Miguel Berchelt won the WBC Super Featherweight title with an 11th round stoppage over previously undefeated Francisco Vargas at the Fantasy Springs Resort in Indio, California.
Vargas was bleeding over his left eye beginning in the fourth round. The blood worsened over the course of the fight, and he was a bloody mess until the bout was stopped at 1:43 of round 11.
Berchelt, 129 3/4 lbs of Juarez, MX is now 31-1 with 28 knockouts. Vargas, 129 1/2 lbs of Mexico City is 23-1-2.
Takashi Miura stopped Miguel Roman in the 12th and final round of their junior lightweight bout.
In round five, Miura’s right eye began to swell.
In round ten, Miura dropped Toman with a left to the body. In round eleve, it was a combination to the head that sent Roman down. Miura ended the fight in the final round when another left deposited Roman on the ground for referee Thomas Taylor’s ten count at 53 seconds.
Miura, 129 3/4 lbs of Tokyo, JAP is 31-3-2 with 24 knockouts. Roman, 129 1.2 lbs of Juarez, MEX is 56-12.
