Miguel Berchelt (35-1, 31 KO) scored technical knockout victory in the ninth round over Miguel Roman (60-13, 47 KO) at the gala in El Paso and defended his WBC super featherweight title. 32-year-old Roman was on canvas three times before the duel was stopped. An experienced Mexican twice was counted in the sixth and once in the ninth rounds.
Miguel Berchelt (35-1, 31 KOs) defeated Miguel Roman (60-13, 47 KOs) by technical knockout in the ninth round in the main event in El Paso, Texas, and defended his WBC super lightweight title. The 32-year-old Roman was three times on the floor before the fight was stopped. An experienced Mexican twice fell in the sixth and once in the ninth rounds.
The live broadcast of the boxing evening from El Paso, Texas, in the main event of which two Mexicans will fight. WBC super featherweight champion Miguel Berchelt (34-1, 30 KOs) will face the official contender for his title Miguel Roman (60 12, 47 KO). For Berchelt this will be the fourth defense of his belt he took from Francisco Vargas in January 2017.
In an extremely spectacular battle between two Mexican veterans Miguel Roman (58-12, 45 KOs) scored a stoppage victory in the ninth round over Orlando Salido (44-14-4, 31 KOs). In the fourth and eighth rounds, Salido was knocked down, and in the ninth round, after another fall the referee Robert Bird decided that he saw enough for Orlando today. The time was 1:43.
In his second fight since losing 2015’s Fight of the Year to tonight’s main event fighter Francisco Vargas, super featherweight contender Takashi Miura, (31-3-2, 24 KOs), rode an amazing second wind to score three late knockdowns en route to a twelfth round knockout of Mickey Roman, (56-12, 43 KOs) in a WBC eliminator at Fantasy Springs Resort in Indio, California.