Top Rank undercard

In the co-feature, super middleweight Edgar Berlanga (14-0, 14 KOS) knocked out Eric Moon (11-2, six KOS) 1:02 into the first round. Berlanga has won all of his fights by first-round knockout.

Welterweight Elvis Rodriguez (8-0-1, eight knockouts) dropped Dennis Okoth (44-1, two KOS) 2:33 into the second round for a knockout victory.

Light flyweight Kim Clavel (12-0, two KOS) rolled to an 80-72 unanimous win over Natalie Gonzalez (6-1, one KO).

Former WBO super bantamweight champion Isaac Dogboe (21-2, 15 KOS) stopped Chris Avalos (27-8, 20 KOS) 2:25 into the eighth round to win his first featherweight fight since 2016.

Sam Gordon prove it inside the ring. I rate myself a seven. It wasn’t that great due to the long period that I was resting, but I’m ready to go back in the gym and keep on working.”

Valdez broke through in the fifth round with a left hook and began to wear down Velez (29-7-1, 21 KOS) in the later rounds, finishing the fight with a short left and long right that both resulted in knockdowns.

Valdez landed 138 punches to Velez’s 16 and 29 percent of his punches to Velez’s 12 percent.

Berchelt (37-1, 34 KOS) looms as one of the sport’s most ferocious fighters.

“Berchelt is a great warrior. A great champion. I’ve got nothing but respect for him,” Valdez said. “But I’m hungry. I’m hungry to be a world champion again. He has something that everybody wants, and that’s the WBC world title. That’s my aim right now.”

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