On Saturday, January 28, 2017, Francisco Vargas (23-0-2, 17 KOs) defends his WBC Super Featherweight title against hard-hitting contender, Miguel Berchelt (30-1, 27 KOs).
The fight headlines an HBO Boxing After Dark card from the Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California which will also feature a co-main event between Takashi Miura (30-3-2, 23 KOs) and Mickey Roman (56-11, 43 KOs).
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Vargas vs. Berchelt Fight Results
Francisco Vargas vs. Miguel Berchelt
Berchelt scored an 11th-round TKO victory and earned himself the WBC Super Featherweight crown
Takashi Miura vs. Miguel Roman
Miura scored a 12th-round KO victory.
Tureano Johnson vs. Antonio Gutierrez
This fight was cancelled as Gutierrez came several pounds overweight.
Sadam Ali vs. Jorge Silva
Ali scored a knockdown in Round 1 before stopping Silva in Round 3.
Lamont Roach Jr. vs. Alejandro Valdez
Roach scored a first round KO victory against Valdez. After easily defending shots from the much slower Valdez, Roach landed a hard series of counterpunches that dropped Valdez within the first seconds.
After Valdez got back up, Roach finished the job, earning himself the WBC Youth Super Featherweight Title.
Vicente Portillo vs. Mike Melikyan
In what was a tough fight, Portillo scored a majority decision victory against Melikyan. Melikyan, however, clearly was dominant in the fight.
The win is questionable at worst, if not an outright robbery at best.
Cesar Diaz vs. Joel Castro
Diaz scored second-round KO victory against Castro.
Vergil Ortiz vs. Israel Villela
Ortiz scored a first-round TKO victory against Villela.
Luis Coria vs. Gerardo Molina
Coria stopped Molina at 1:52 of Round 1.
