Miguel “Alacrán” Berchelt had one of his worst nights in boxing and was clearly defeated by the Namibian Jeremiah Nakathila, after the referee prevented the Mexican from going out to dispute the seventh round.
Since the beginning of the fight, which was held in Las Vegas, the native of Cancun he looked unfocused, his movements were rigid and it seemed that he could not keep his guard, so the African took advantage of all this to impose conditions from the beginning and sentence the contest quickly.
Barely in the third round, Miguel Berchelt sat down on the canvas, after receiving a couple of jabs from the Namibian, who finished the entire fight, without injuries.
From that moment the result was already in sight, with everything and that In the fifth round “El Alacrán” tried to row against the current and managed to make his rival a little uncomfortable.
In the next round, the Mexican bet on a combination of powerful blows to finish the fight, but it was counterproductive, since in the African he finished him for his audacity and landed a combination on him that didn’t knock him down, but left him severely injured and even sent his mouth guard flying.
What came next was the technical knockout, since the referee did not allow the Mexican to play the next round and decreed victory for Nakathila.
However, despite the fact that we all saw that the African was far superior in the ring, Berchelt was left with a bitter knowledge, since he wanted to continue and I believed that I could win.
“I was ready to continue, I am a Mexican warrior, the referee stopped her, he did not let me out and he is the highest authority. I felt good, I have the power to change the fight with one punch. I wanted to continue, but the referee didn’t let me”, expressed the one from Cancún at the end of the fight.
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