By Francisco Salazar
The bout between Miguel Berchelt and Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo finally has a home for Saturday night.
Berchelt will defend his interim junior lightweight world title belt at the Polideportivo Soraya Jimenez in Los Reyes La Paz, Mexico, Mexico, Zanfer Promotions liaison Sean Gibbons confirmed to BoxingScene.com in a recent interview.
The bout will top a Zanfer Promotions card and will air on beIN Sports en Espanol, beginning at 11 p.m. ET/ 8 p.m. PT.
Berchelt (29-1, 26 KOs) won the interim world title bout on March 12, stopping overmatched George Jupp in the sixth round in Merida, Mexico.
The 24-year-old Berchelt has won his last eight bouts since a knockout loss to Luis Eduardo Florez in March of 2014.
Should Berchelt come out victorious, a fight against WBO junior lightweight titleholder Vasyl Lomachenko is in the cards. Roman 'Rocky' Martinez, whom Lomachenko defeated on June 11, was obligated to face Berchelt before losing the title.
Piriyapinyo (61-2, 41 KOs) has won his last nine bouts against mediocre opposition since losing a one-sided 12 round decision to Lomachenko in November of 2014.
FULL WEIGHTS
Miguel Berchelt 129.5 lbs, Chortarn Piriyapinyo 129.5 lbs
World Super featherweight championship WBO 12 rds.
Anabel Ortiz 108 lbs, Krely López 108 lbs
Emmanuel Navarrete 124 lbs, Roberto Pucheta 124 lbs
Victor Olivo 122 lbs, Angel Aviles 121 lbs
Victor Méndez 123 lbs, Armando terreros 122 lbs
Francisco A. Salazar has written for Boxingscene.com since September of 2012 and has covered boxing in Southern California and abroad since 2000. Francisco also covers boxing for the Ventura County (CA) Star newspaper, RingTV, and Knockout Nation. He can be reached by email at santio89@yahoo.com or on Twitter at FSalazarBoxing
