Miguel Berchelt stopped Jeremy Triana within the third spherical Saturday night time on the Palenque del Recinto Ferial in Tlaxcala, Mexico. Berchelt improved to 40-3, 36 knockouts.
From the opening bell, Berchelt was the aggressor, making an attempt to chop the ring off as Triana used as a lot of the small ring as doable to create distance and separation from Berchelt. After efficiently reducing off the ring, Berchelt was in a position to assault and repeatedly land punches and combos on Triana.
Berchelt landed straight proper to the pinnacle, adopted by a mixture to the physique in the direction of the tip of the primary spherical. Berchelt landed the identical sequence of punches early in spherical two that pressured Triana to struggle off his again foot. Later in spherical two, a left hook to the physique harm Triana that pressured him again in opposition to the ropes. Triana needed to fend off a Berchelt onslaught till the bell sounded to finish the spherical.
Early in spherical three, Berchelt pinned Triana in opposition to the ropes, touchdown a devastating left hook adopted by a left uppercut to the pinnacle. Triana seemed spent and gassed from the impression of the punches. One other sequence of left hooks and uppercuts despatched Triana reeling throughout the ring. Berchelt went in, the place he landed two proper uppercuts, adopted by two left hooks to the pinnacle, prompting referee Cesar Castanon to step in and cease the struggle at 2:36.
In his earlier struggle, Berchelt, who resides in Merida, Mexico, stopped Diego Ruiz after spherical two of his final struggle on October 14.
Each wins came about at 135 kilos. In his debut at light-weight, Berchelt suffered a knockout loss to Jeremia Nakathila in June 2022. The loss to Nakathila came about 13 months after Berchelt was viciously knocked out by Oscar Valdez.
The 32-year-old Berchelt gained the WBC world junior light-weight title in January 2017, knocking out Francisco Vargas in one in every of that yr’s most entertaining fights. He would make six profitable defenses till he misplaced the title to Valdez.
Triana, who resides in Cartagena, Colombia, falls to 15-5-3, 13 KOs. In his earlier struggle on July 22 of final yr, Triana fought to a majority choice draw in opposition to Manuel Gonzalez.
Previous to the Berchelt struggle, Triana was unbeaten in 4 earlier fights.
Within the co-feature, fringe junior welterweight contender David Moreno improved to 17-1-1, 10 KOs, stopping Elvis Torres (20-4-2, 11 KOs) within the sixth spherical.
Each fighters presently reside in Tijuana. It was a homecoming for Moreno, who was born in Tlaxcala.
Fringe junior featherweight contender Jose Israel Ramirez of Mexicali stopped Venezuela’s Edixon Perez (28-11-1, 10 KOs) within the fourth spherical. Ramirez improved to 21-2, 11 KOs.
In a conflict of Feminine flyweights, Marilyn Badillo of Cuautitlán Izcalli, Mexico remained unbeaten, defeating Mexicali’s Alma Meraz Rodriguez (10-4-1, 2 KOs) by unanimous choice. Badillo improved to 18-0-1, 3 KOs.
Saturday’s card was promoted by Fernando Beltran’s Zanfer Boxing Promotions.
Francisco A. Salazar has written for The Ring since October 2013 and has coated boxing in Southern California and overseas since 2000. Francisco additionally covers boxing for the Ventura County (California) Star newspaper. He may be reached at [email protected]
