Berchelt stops Valenzuela in 6!

Junior Lightweight world champion Miguel Berchelt moved up to lightweight and stopped Eleazar Valenzuela in round six of a scheduled 10-round bout at The TV Azteca Studios in Mexico City.

At the end of round one, Berchelt dropped Valenzuela with a left hook.

In round six, Berchelt landed a hard right that drove Valenzuela to the ropes. Berchelt followed up with four shots to the head and the bout was stopped.

Berchelt, 135 lbs of is 38-1 with 34 knockouts. Valenzuela, 135 1/2 lbs is 21-14-4.

“Now what follows is the expected fight against Oscar Valdez,” Berchelt said. “Every fan wants to see that fight, and we are ready for that war.

“I felt great, but the altitude Mexico City hit me a little bit. It is not easy to fight in Mexico City, but thank God we got the victory. Eleazar is a tough fighter. He endured everything I threw at him. He gained my respect. My experience as world champion pushed me forward.”

Omar Aguilar remained undefeated by scoring a 1st round stoppage over Dante Jardon in a scheduled 10-round super lightweight bout.

Aguilar landed a big flurry in the corner and the bout stopped.

Aguilar, 140 lbs is 18-0 with 17 knockouts. Jardon, 141 lbs is 32-7.

Alan David Picasso won a eight-round unanimous decision over Florentino Perez in a super bantamweight bout.

In a fight scored by six judges, Picasso, 121 1/4 lbs won by scores of 80-72 on three cards, 79-74, 79-73 and 78-74 to raise his record to 14-1. Perez is 14-6-1.