The ‘Scorpion’ recognized a great night for Valdez and accepted that physically he was never in the battle
The two-time world monarch Miguel ‘Alacrán’ Berchelt revealed to ESPN KNOCKOUT that his rise to 135 pounds is imminent, after the resounding fall against also the Mexican Oscar Valdez in the 130-pound division on Feb. 20 in Las Vegas.
Berchelt recognized a great night for Valdez and accepted that physically he was never in the battle, but he promised to return and with force.
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“No, since it wasn’t my night, you don’t have to demerit the work that my rival, Óscar, did. He did a great fight, he did a great preparation and the result is good, the truth is that I had a hard time giving the Superpluma, I don’t want to make excuses because in the end I don’t think there is one in boxing. It wasn’t my night, it wasn’t my best version, the truth is I didn’t go feel fast like on other nights, maybe the weight will affect me, maybe the light weight I see very close and well, to sit with our team and see what is best for me, what is best for to Miguel Berchelt “, established from start the cancunense.
He was insisted on what could define his promotion, and said it will be a final analysis with his work team. “I certainly see the Lightweight category very close, but we will sit down with our work team, with Mario Abraham with Fernando Beltrán with Alfredo Caballero and see that it was done well, that it was done badly, re-pass the cassette, the movie, make the necessary adjustments and come back stronger, correct the mistakes as it was done in the first defeat we had to be a defeat I did many years ago and I became World Champion “.
Commenting that there was a lot of criticism for Alfredo Caballero for not stopping the fight before this knockout in the tenth round, he said that the confidence he had in the work did not allow the Sonoran coach stop the fight. “It’s normal, people will crucify you when the results are not what you want, but the truth is I felt good, I felt strong and I told Caballero not to stop the fight I think that’s why he chose to don’t stop me, I think he knows his fighter, he knows of my interest that I wanted to win, he knows what was being played and well the result was like that, no way we lost by knockout, these are things that happen in boxing you win and you lose and you have to take it as a man who is one and other gains will come for us “, stressed Miquel.
Berchelt believes he disappointed many who trusted him and, no doubt, in reviewing the knockout against it, it was impressive. “I saw the video, it was definitely a very resounding fall it was a full, whole blow. The truth is there wasn’t much to do here in the fall; the truth that fell out of being a very clean blow that he came in and good or talk to correct mistakes and come back stronger, ”he described.
And finally, the promise to return inspired by one of the most inspiring films in the world, that of Rocky Balboa. “I’m a fan of Rocky movies and certainly as he says in the movie, it doesn’t matter how many times you fall, but how many times you get up and go back into the arena, and we’re definitely going to get stronger again.” the Mexican finished.