The Super Bantamweight division is one on the most exciting division's in the sport of boxing right now with the likes of Nonito Donaire, Guillermo Rigondeaux, Abner Mares and Toshiaki Nishioka all at the top of the tree. As well as those at the top of the division it's also laden with talent on it's way up such as Japanese youngster Yukinori Oguni, Britain's fast rising Carl Frampton and Puerto Rican Luis Orlando Del Valle.
With this in mind I've decided to take a look at the unbeaten Luis Orlando Del Valle (16-0, 11) who fights in his biggest fight so far later this week as he faces former world champion Vic Darchinyan (37-5-1, 27).
The 25 year old "Orlandito" was born in Bayamon, Puerto Rico (the same city that has given us Wilfredo Vazquez, Wilfredo Vazquez Jr and recent world title challenger Francisco Palacios amongst others) and started in the sport at a young age.
By his early teens Orlando was an emerging young amateur and in 2004 he really began to make his mark on the US domestic scene as he claimed the National Golden Gloves title as well as claiming a Silver medal at the National PAL championships. The following year Orlando further proved his quality as he claimed the title at Under 19 National Amateur Championships.
By 2008 Orlando had proven himself as one of the best young fighters in the US, sadly however he had failed to make a name on the international stage and instead of continuing in the amateur he decided to turn professional, aged just 21.
On his professional debut Del Valle stopped Ray Rivera in the 3rd round with a tremendous shot, and by the end of the year he had swiftly moved to 4-0 (3). The following year saw Del Valle adding another 4 wins to his record as he moved to 8-0 (6) and although he was still fighting low level competition he was looking impressive showing the skills he had honed as an amateur.
It wasn't until June 2011 that Del Valle had his first notable fight as he took on the Vietnamese fighter Dat Nguyen for the NABA Featherweight title. In that fight Nguyen showed his toughness, but Del Valle was simply too good, too talented and too fast and won a clear (but competitive) decision.
Since beating Nguyen, Del Valle has scored 3 more wins, including a very impressive victory over the highly rated Christopher Martin. The victory over Martin has so far been the standout result on Del Valle's record though a victory over the experienced Darchinyan on Saturday night would eclipse it (despite the fact Darchinyan isn't the fighter he was down at 115lbs).
At just 25 years old "Orlandito" has plenty of time to become a star, and whilst he's certainly in a tough division he has the time and potential to make a real splash in the near future. A victory over Darchinyan is, in all honesty, expected and then hopefully he'll move on to facing a top 25 Super Bantamweight.
The video below shows highlights of Luis Orlando Del Del Valle and is thanks to xvdmrecords
Thursday 27 September 2012
Monday 3 September 2012
Miguel Berchelt
Mexican Super Featherweight Miguel Berchelt (15-0, 12) may not currently be a big name but it's hard to imagine that the 20 year old will not, sometime soon, become a name on the lips of every hardcore boxing fan.
The unbeaten fighter based in Mérida, Yucatán made his professional debut less than 2 years ago having had a solid amateur career. On Debut he stopped Armin Chan in just 2 rounds before racking up 7 more consecutive T/KO victories to swiftly move to 8-0 (8). He wasn't stopping his early opponents but he was stopping them quickly with his bouts rarely going into a 3rd round.
Miguel's T/KO streak came to an end in his ninth bout, which coincidentally was his first bout to go beyond 3 rounds. Despite going beyond 3 rounds it failed to go to the final bell as Miguel Chi got himself disqualified in round 5 following a deliberate headbutt. following his win over Chi, Berchelt was again taken beyond 3 rounds, this time stopping the unbeaten Pablo Batres in the 5th round.
Amazingly it wasn't until his 11th bout that Berchelt was taken to the final bell as the tough journeyman Cristian Palafox managed to see out the 6 round distance, though lose a clear decision.
By the end of 2011 Berchelt had swiftly moved his record to an impressive 12-0 (10) and whilst he hadn't faced anyone of note he had still be very impressive for such a youngster. It was earlier this year however that Berchelt started to really make waves. Not only did he start the year by blasting out Alberto Chuc (who had amazingly taken the hard punching Carlos Cuadras to a split decision). Berchelt then beat the previously unbeaten Carlos Orozco, dropping Orozco in round 2 on-route to a 6 round decision. Most recently Berchelt took out Sergio Lopez in 99 seconds to move to 15-0 (12).
In just a few days time Berchelt will be looking for win #16 as he faces the much more experienced Nicaraguan Berman Sanchez (26-4-3, 18) who has made his name fighting in Costa Rica. Despite losing last time out, Sanchez has scored a very notable draw with current IBF Super Featherweight champion Juan Carlos Salgado though admittedly that was way back in 2005. This should be a very credibly test for Berchelt who, if he wins, will likely move on to better fights in the near future.
Video below is thanks to porrork93 and shows an early bout of Berchelt's in which after a poor opening round he shows impressive body shots in the second before forcing the stoppage.
The unbeaten fighter based in Mérida, Yucatán made his professional debut less than 2 years ago having had a solid amateur career. On Debut he stopped Armin Chan in just 2 rounds before racking up 7 more consecutive T/KO victories to swiftly move to 8-0 (8). He wasn't stopping his early opponents but he was stopping them quickly with his bouts rarely going into a 3rd round.
Miguel's T/KO streak came to an end in his ninth bout, which coincidentally was his first bout to go beyond 3 rounds. Despite going beyond 3 rounds it failed to go to the final bell as Miguel Chi got himself disqualified in round 5 following a deliberate headbutt. following his win over Chi, Berchelt was again taken beyond 3 rounds, this time stopping the unbeaten Pablo Batres in the 5th round.
Amazingly it wasn't until his 11th bout that Berchelt was taken to the final bell as the tough journeyman Cristian Palafox managed to see out the 6 round distance, though lose a clear decision.
By the end of 2011 Berchelt had swiftly moved his record to an impressive 12-0 (10) and whilst he hadn't faced anyone of note he had still be very impressive for such a youngster. It was earlier this year however that Berchelt started to really make waves. Not only did he start the year by blasting out Alberto Chuc (who had amazingly taken the hard punching Carlos Cuadras to a split decision). Berchelt then beat the previously unbeaten Carlos Orozco, dropping Orozco in round 2 on-route to a 6 round decision. Most recently Berchelt took out Sergio Lopez in 99 seconds to move to 15-0 (12).
In just a few days time Berchelt will be looking for win #16 as he faces the much more experienced Nicaraguan Berman Sanchez (26-4-3, 18) who has made his name fighting in Costa Rica. Despite losing last time out, Sanchez has scored a very notable draw with current IBF Super Featherweight champion Juan Carlos Salgado though admittedly that was way back in 2005. This should be a very credibly test for Berchelt who, if he wins, will likely move on to better fights in the near future.
Video below is thanks to porrork93 and shows an early bout of Berchelt's in which after a poor opening round he shows impressive body shots in the second before forcing the stoppage.
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