Floyd Schofield claimed the vacant WBA lightweight title, while Sergio Mendoza delivered the night’s biggest upset by stopping unified flyweight champion Ricardo Sandoval on Saturday at Wintrust Arena in Chicago.
The Golden Boy Promotions and Most Valuable Promotions card aired on DAZN. Schofield’s title victory came with disputed knockdown calls, while Mendoza overturned expectations in the co-feature.
Schofield (20-0, 13 KOs), of Austin, Texas, defeated Lucas “Prince” Bahdi (20-1, 15 KOs), of Niagara Falls, Ontario, by unanimous decision over 12 rounds. The judges scored the fight 116-110, 119-108, and 115-111.
Schofield’s speed and movement helped him win rounds, but Bahdi’s power made the contest more competitive than the widest score suggested. In the third, Schofield knocked Bahdi into the ropes, prompting referee Ben Rodriguez to rule a knockdown.
Bahdi hurt Schofield during a fierce sixth round and landed a right hand in the ninth that sent Schofield’s knee to the canvas without a knockdown being called. Rodriguez credited Bahdi with a knockdown in the eleventh, although Bahdi appeared to step on Schofield’s foot as he went down. Schofield stayed mobile in the final round to secure the belt.
In the co-feature, southpaw Sergio “Yoreme” Mendoza (28-1, 24 KOs), of Hermosillo, Mexico, stopped Ricardo “El Niño” Sandoval (27-3, 18 KOs), of Rialto, California, at 0:24 of the fifth round to capture the WBA and WBC flyweight titles.
Mendoza dropped Sandoval twice during the final half-minute of the second round, with referee Mark Nelson administering a count each time. Sandoval rallied in the fourth, outscoring the challenger, but Mendoza dropped him again early in the fifth. After Sandoval rose, Mendoza drove him into the ropes with another attack, prompting Nelson to stop the fight.
The defeat ended Sandoval’s reign in his first defense and disrupted his plans for bigger fights following a lengthy layoff.
Super featherweight Jan Paul Rivera (17-0, 7 KOs), of Salinas, Puerto Rico, defeated Abraham Perfecto (14-3, 9 KOs), of Tecate, Mexico, by unanimous decision over ten rounds.
Rivera dropped Perfecto with a left hook in the second, prompting a count from referee Tommy Gonzalez. Rivera lost a point for a low blow in the ninth but remained comfortably ahead, winning 99-89 on all three cards.
Cruiserweight Tristan “Sweet T” Kalkreuth (18-1, 13 KOs), of North Las Vegas, Nevada, stopped Ivan Rosado (12-1, 9 KOs), of San Juan, Puerto Rico, at 0:44 of the third round of their scheduled ten-round bout.
Kalkreuth dropped Rosado with a right hand to the chin in the first. A third-round flurry brought the intervention of referee Ben Rodriguez, with Rosado still on his feet.
Light middleweight Grant Flores (14-0, 10 KOs), of Coachella, California, stopped Mikey Dahlman (19-3, 17 KOs) at 1:48 of the second round.
Flores dropped Dahlman with a left to the body in round two. Dahlman beat referee Dave Smith’s count, but Flores followed with unanswered punches until Smith halted the contest.
Lightweight Jahmal Harvey (5-0, 4 KOs), a 2024 U.S. Olympian from Oxon Hill, Maryland, stopped Pedro Castaneda (9-2-1, 5 KOs), of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, at 0:28 of the third round of their scheduled eight-round fight.
Boxing from a southpaw stance, Harvey landed a left hand to the chin that dropped Castaneda. Castaneda got up but was in no condition to continue, prompting referee Dave Smith to wave it off.
Super featherweight Cris Williams (15-0, 8 KOs), of Chicago, defeated southpaw Asa “Ace” Stevens (7-1-1, 2 KOs), of Waianae, Hawaii, by unanimous decision over eight rounds.
Williams controlled the opening four rounds and hurt Stevens in the seventh. The judges scored it 78-74 twice and 77-75, with Mark Nelson refereeing.
Minimumweight Naomy “Wonder Woman” Valle (16-1, 9 KOs), of San Jose, Costa Rica, defeated Sheyla Moreno by unanimous decision over eight two-minute rounds.
Valle’s cleaner punching helped her build a lead, and a point deduction for holding in the eighth did not prevent her from winning her professional U.S. debut. Dave Smith refereed the bout.
Heavyweight Joshua “The Rocket” Edwards (8-0, 7 KOs), a 2024 U.S. Olympian from Houston, stopped Craig Lewis (15-10-1, 8 KOs), of Detroit, one second into the third round of their scheduled eight-round contest.
Edwards controlled the first two rounds and hurt Lewis near the end of the second. Lewis could not continue because of an injury, and referee Tommy Gonzalez halted the fight at the start of the third.
Michael Vale served as ring announcer.
