Maybe Miguel Berchelt needed some rest and time away from the ring after all.
The longtime WBC junior lightweight titleholder returned to action in his hometown of Merida, Mexico, on Saturday night, earning a two-round stoppage win over Diego Ruiz at the Polyforum Zam Na.
Berchelt improved to 39-3 (35 knockouts).
From the opening bell, Berchelt was the aggressor, immediately putting Ruiz on the defensive. Mixing his attack behind a jab and throwing lead right hands to the head, Berchelt looked very sharp and determined to make it a short night.
As the bout progressed into the second round, Ruiz backed away, looking overwhelmed and doing little to engage Berchelt.
After the end of the second round, Ruiz complained of an injury to his right hand. After consulting with a ringside physician, the fight was stopped.
“This kind of performance…puts him back in the mix”
– Gabriel Rosado on Miguel Berchelt’s victory#BercheltRuiz | LIVE on our YouTube Channel and DAZN pic.twitter.com/NyRYCukFqi— Golden Boy (@GoldenBoyBoxing) October 15, 2023
The win over Ruiz was Berchelt’s first battle since March 26 of final 12 months, when he was stopped by Jeremia Nakathila after the sixth spherical. Berchelt regarded sluggish in a battle the place he was dropped within the third spherical. Many boxing insiders known as for Berchelt to retire from the game, contemplating he had been viciously knocked by Oscar Valdez in his earlier battle, dropping the WBC world 130-pound title because of this. The 31-year-old Berchelt had made six profitable defenses of the belt.
The win over Ruiz happened at light-weight.
Ruiz, who resides in Las Talitas, Argentina, falls to 24-8-1 (12 KOs). The 29-year-old has misplaced 4 of his final 5 bouts, with that lone win coming in opposition to Gamal Yafai on February 18.
The Berchelt-Ruiz battle happened on a card co-promoted by Golden Boy Promotions and Zanfer Boxing.
In preliminary motion, tremendous middleweight Aaron Silva of Monterrey, Mexico, misplaced by unanimous choice to Emilio Aguillon Castro. Scores had been 97-94, 97-94 and 98-93 for Castro, who improved to 8-0-1 (6 KOs). Castro resides in Queretaro, Mexico.
Silva, who not too long ago signed a promotional take care of Golden Boy, dropped to 13-1 (10 KOs).
In a conflict of unbeaten featherweights, Sebastian Hernandez of Tijuana, Mexico, improved to 14-0 (13 KOs), knocking out Monterrey’s Irving Turrubiartes (25-1-1, 15 KOs) within the fifth spherical. A proper cross put Hernandez down and out for the depend.
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]
