Ricardo Sandoval

You know, you've seen a guy come out of nowhere after knockout loss winning, he started crying in the ring.

Um, you know, beating, beating a guy such as Ricardo Sandoval coming off his own big win against a, uh, future Hall of Famer.

You know, that's, that's what makes these moments special.

Um, it's, it's, it's not just getting these, um, you know, $200, $300 belts, but it's the journey and, and what they had to overcome, um, all the way to inside the ring, uh, you know, having doubts, having people, you know, pick against them, having people not believe in them, and going against the big bad wolf, someone that's expected to run them over or, or embarrass them, and they come out on top.

Man, going back to the Mendoza fight.

And, and, and now, and now also what I witnessed just last Sat- this Saturday that passed, I saw another Mendoza come in and shock the world and beat Ricardo Sandoval-

Ah, damn

... and take both his belts.

romero did the post-fight interview and obviously i do speak a bit of spanish and he translated his last answer where there's a very famous saying in spanish but if you were to translate it translate it literally does involve a heavy swear word and he shouted it to the crowd and andy clark didn't know the meaning of it and he went to the translator go on and everyone was like no no no no yeah it was very very funny he was just like oh he says well done yeah yeah he didn't say that he didn't say that um Floyd Schofield came through a real firefight against Lucas Bardi to claim their WBA title.

And on the undercard, Sergio Mendoza dropped Ricardo Sandoval three times to become unified WBC, WBA flyweight champion.

Sad news to finish on.

Wilfredo Gomez passed away on Saturday, aged 69 years old, former three-weight world champion.

Last call for them callers.

Ayo, Ness, what about that young man, bro, um, Mendoza, man? You know, he came in there and he beat the shit out of Ricardo Sandoval, bro.

And he came off that loss out there in Japan where they had him go down three pounds.

And he didn't get out to Japan to acclimate, and I thought that that was all, like, you know, fighters making excuses for the loss.

And that, you know, uh, he came in to replace Oscar Collazo in this fight, and, um, at 112, and it was just impressive to see.

You know, uh, Ricardo Sandoval has never been stopped.

He lost two times, but he's never been knocked out.

And for this kid to come off that kind of loss, and you know, he, he, e- e- e- it, the hurt, the, the loss hurt him.

Now, last night in Chicago, we had Golden Boy and Most Valuable Promotions, who put on a pretty entertaining card last night, and the matchmaking itself deserves a pat on the back because the night produced a new world champion, a genuine upset, and a highlight stoppage from a young prospect who already looks like he belongs on bigger stages.

So this evening, I'm gonna break down the main event between Floyd Schofield and Lucas Badie, and then the co-main where Sergio Mendoza took the unified flyweight titles off Ricardo Sandoval.

I also wanna touch on Naomi Vaez's US debut.

She was the only female fight on that card last night.

Okay, next up we have Mendoza versus Sandoval.

This was the co-main event that was the clearest upset of the night.

Sergio Mendoza stopped Ricardo Sandoval in the fifth to take the unified WBA and WBC flyweight titles.

Now, Mendoza stepped in on short notice after Oscar Collazo withdrew and entered as a heavy underdog.

There was a huge upset in the flyweight division.

We were all looking forward to Ricardo Sandoval, uh, against Oscar Collazo.

Oscar Collazo moving up in weight.

Uh, Collazo pulled out, and Sergio Mendoza pulled up and blew him away, really.

Looking forward to seeing what happens next.

Not sure whether there will be a rematch.

I assume there is a rematch clause, but if you're Ricardo Sandoval after that, I, I, I don't know.

He'll want to do, I think.

Mm-hmm.

Uh, Ricardo Sandoval, so yeah, w- was, was he ill-prepared? How could he not be? This was a replacement.

Mm-hmm.

There's no sparring you could find like that around the flyweight division.

Sergio Mendoza, and, uh, ran into a buzzsaw.

Yeah.

And he, though, I have a lot of respect for Ricardo Sandoval.

After those first two knockdowns, he was giving it everything he got.