Berchelt vs. Nakathila Official ESPN Weights
Weigh-In Results: Miguel Berchelt vs. Jeremiah Nakathila- 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT LIVE on ESPN, ESPN Deportes & ESPN+
• Miguel Berchelt 135 vs. Jeremiah Nakathila 133.6
(Lightweight — 10 Rounds)
• Jose Enrique Vivas 125.8 lbs vs. Eduardo Baez 126.6 lbs
(Vacant WBC-USNBC Featherweight Title— 10 Rounds)
* Baez not eligible to win title with a victory
(ESPN+, 6:45 p.m. ET/3:45 p.m. PT)
• Carlos Caraballo 120 lbs vs. Luis Fernando Saavedra 120 lbs
(Junior Featherweight— 8 Rounds)
• Tiger Johnson 142 lbs vs. Sebastian Gabriel Chaves 143.2 lbs
(Welterweight— 6 Rounds)
• Josue Vargas 142 lbs vs. Nicolas Pablo Demario 141.6 lbs
(Junior Welterweight — 8 Rounds)
• Haven Brady Jr. 127 lbs vs. Jose Argel 126.6 lbs
(Featherweight — 6 Rounds)
• Dante Benjamin Jr. 173.6 lbs vs. Kevin Johnson 174.4 lbs
(Light Heavyweight — 4 Rounds)
• Arturo Cardenas 122.4 lbs vs. Juan Hernandez Martinez 123.6 lbs
(Junior Featherweight — 4 Rounds)
• Adrian Serrano 134.4 lbs vs. Estevan Partida 133.6 lbs
(Lightweight — 4 Rounds)

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 25: Adrian Serrano (L) and Estevan Partida (R) face-off during the weigh in prior to their lightweight fight at Resorts World Las Vegas on March 25, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 25: Adrian Serrano (L) and Estevan Partida (R) pose during the weigh in prior to their lightweight fight at Resorts World Las Vegas on March 25, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 25: Arturo Cardenas (L) and Juan Hernandez Martinez (R) face-off during the weigh in prior to their junior featherweight fight at Resorts World Las Vegas on March 25, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 25: Arturo Cardenas (L) and Juan Hernandez Martinez (R) pose during the weigh in prior to their junior featherweight fight at Resorts World Las Vegas on March 25, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 25: Carlos Caraballo (L) and Luis Fernando Saavedra (R) face-off during the weigh in prior to their junior featherweight fight at Resorts World Las Vegas on March 25, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 25: Carlos Caraballo (L) and Luis Fernando Saavedra (R) pose during the weigh in prior to their junior featherweight fight at Resorts World Las Vegas on March 25, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 25: Dante Benjamin Jr (L) and Kevin Johnson (R) face-off during the weigh in prior to their light heavyweight fight at Resorts World Las Vegas on March 25, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 25: Dante Benjamin Jr (L) and Kevin Johnson (R) pose during the weigh in prior to their light heavyweight fight at Resorts World Las Vegas on March 25, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 25: Haven Brady Jr (L) and Jose Argel (R) face-off during the weigh in prior to their featherweight fight at Resorts World Las Vegas on March 25, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 25: Haven Brady Jr (L) and Jose Argel (R) pose during the weigh in prior to their featherweight fight at Resorts World Las Vegas on March 25, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 25: Jose Enrique Vivas (L) and Eduardo Baez (R) face-off during the weigh in prior to their vacant WBC USNBC featherweight championship fight at Resorts World Las Vegas on March 25, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 25: Jose Enrique Vivas (L) and Eduardo Baez (R) pose during the weigh in prior to their to their vacant WBC USNBC featherweight championship fight at Resorts World Las Vegas on March 25, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 25: Josue Vargas (L) and Nicolas Pablo Demario (R) face-off during the weigh in prior to their junior welterweight fight at Resorts World Las Vegas on March 25, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 25: Josue Vargas (L) and Nicolas Pablo Demario (R) pose during the weigh in prior to their junior welterweight fight at Resorts World Las Vegas on March 25, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 25: Miguel Berchelt (L) and Jeremiah Nakathila (R) face-off during the weigh in prior to their lightweight fight at Resorts World Las Vegas on March 25, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 25: Miguel Berchelt (L) and Jeremiah Nakathila (R) pose during the weigh in prior to their lightweight fight at Resorts World Las Vegas on March 25, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 25: Tiger Johnson (L) and Sebastian Gabriel Chaves (R) face-off during the weigh in prior to their welterweight fight at Resorts World Las Vegas on March 25, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 25: Tiger Johnson (L) and Sebastian Gabriel Chaves (R) pose during the weigh in prior to their welterweight fight at Resorts World Las Vegas on March 25, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images)
Former WBC super featherweight world champion Miguel “El Alacran” Berchelt is all about new beginnings. After reigning at 130 pounds for more than four years, he has set his sights on conquering the lightweight division.
Berchelt’s road to two-weight supremacy begins Saturday evening in a 10-rounder against Jeremiah Nakathila at Resorts World Event Center at Resorts World Las Vegas (ESPN, ESPN Deportes & ESPN+, 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT). In the 10-round featherweight co-feature, Jose Enrique Vivas (21-1, 11 KOs) will battle Eduardo Baez (20-2-2, 7 KOs) in an all-Mexican showdown.
Undercard action will stream live and exclusively on ESPN+ (6:45 p.m. ET/3:45 p.m. PT) and includes Puerto Rican junior featherweight puncher Carlos Caraballo (14-1, 14 KOs), welterweight U.S. Olympian Tiger Johnson (2-0, 1 KO), featherweight prospect Haven Brady Jr. (5-0, 3 KOs), junior welterweight contender Josue Vargas (19-2, 9 KOs), and rising light heavyweight Dante Benjamin Jr. (1-0, 1 KO).
This is what Berchelt and Nakathila had to say at Thursday’s press conference.
Miguel Berchelt
“I feel good. I feel happy. I want to thank Top Rank and Zanfer for always handling my career well. I feel very motivated and focused on winning this fight. I know I’m facing a tough fighter in Jeremiah Nakathila, whom I respect a lot. But I’m coming to show that I can once again be world champion. This Saturday, I will show that.”
“The process following my last fight went well. It allowed me to rest. It helped me to get rid of the fibrosis that I had as a result of COVID. Now I feel new in this new city and with a new trainer. I’m in a new division, and I have new dreams to achieve. I want to be world champion again.”
“I feel better. I feel stronger. I think my body needed to move up in weight. I was a world champion for four years. Now I’m coming for the victory this Saturday.”
“I’m very focused and prepared for what I want to do this Saturday. I want to win this Saturday and make it so that the name of Miguel Berchelt is considered among the top of the division. They definitely will have to take me into account, and I will show that this Saturday.”
“Fans can expect a great show. Miguel Berchelt is coming very hungry and with a strong desire to once again become world champion. I’ve been training for this fight since November in Las Vegas. I left my family. I left my house. I left a lot of things behind just like I did when I started in boxing. I will make sure that all those efforts were worthwhile.”
Jeremiah Nakathila
“I like fighting. Him being an aggressive fighter is a good thing for me. I can see that he’s awake now. But I want to tell him to be careful because I will put him back to sleep.”
“I’m very excited to be fighting at this level. Boxers train to fight at this level. I’m grateful, and I’m grateful to my team to be fighting at this level. I’m here to obtain the victory. March is a big month in my country {Namibia}. We just celebrated Independence Day for us, and I will for sure make history again for my country.”
“I feel much stronger at lightweight. It was a good decision to move to lightweight. It was a lot easier to make weight compared to junior lightweight.”
“This is a very exciting time for me. Seeing all that promotion and excitement motivates me a lot. I just like the way Top Rank promotes the events. It’s on another level.”
“Expect fireworks. Come Saturday, I’m going to destroy Miguel Berchelt, and I will be victorious.”

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 24: Jeremiah Nakathila speaks during the press conference with Miguel Berchelt prior to their lightweight fight at Resorts World Las Vegas on March 24, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 24: Miguel Berchelt (L) and Jeremiah Nakathila (R) face-off during the press conference prior to their lightweight fight at Resorts World Las Vegas on March 24, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 24: Miguel Berchelt (L) and Jeremiah Nakathila (R) pose during the press conference prior to their lightweight fight at Resorts World Las Vegas on March 24, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 24: Miguel Berchelt speaks during the press conference with Jeremiah Nakathila prior to their lightweight fight at Resorts World Las Vegas on March 24, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 24: Miguel Berchelt poses after the press conference with Jeremiah Nakathila prior to their lightweight fight at Resorts World Las Vegas on March 24, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images)