On Saturday night in Indio, California, HBO’s Boxing After Dark featured a doubleheader of 130 lbs matchups, with WBC champion Francisco Vargas taking on fellow Mexican Miguel Berchelt, while Japan’s Takashi Miura faced Mexico’s Mickey Roman, also at 130 lbs. This card didn’t have nearly the fanfare as Showtime’s broadcast of Carl Frampton vs. Leo Santa Cruz 2, which was understandable given the latter was the biggest fight of the weekend, but the HBO broadcast was just a giant helping of violence heaped on top of more violence.
Miura (31-3-2, 24 KOs) and Roman (56-12, 43 KOs) went to war for twelve absolutely ruthless rounds.