{"id":928848,"date":"2026-10-11T09:32:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T09:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/928848\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T09:32:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T09:32:24","slug":"new-champion-sergio-mendoza-shocks-ricardo-sandoval-with-three-knockdowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/928848\/","title":{"rendered":"New champion Sergio Mendoza shocks Ricardo Sandoval with three knockdowns"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The emotions rushed upon Sergio Mendoza as thoroughly as the replacement challenger from Mexico swarmed Ricardo Sandoval Saturday night to post three knockdowns and claim the unified WBC\/WBA flyweight titles.<\/p>\n

Dedicating the victory to a brother who had recently passed away, Mendoza, 28-1 (24 KOs), posted what might be the upset of the year with a fifth-round TKO of Sandoval.<\/p>\n

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New champion Sergio Mendoza shocks Ricardo Sandoval with three knockdowns<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the hard work paid off. I\u2019m a natural 112-pounder and this showed it,\u201d said Mendoza, who credited the isolation of training for focusing him on the task at hand.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have no family, no friends, but I\u2019ve got my team and I was focused to win.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mendoza stunningly dropped Sandoval twice in the second round, following a flash knockdown on a right hand to the face with a destructive left uppercut to the chin.<\/p>\n

The taller Mendoza again wobbled Sandoval, 27-3, in the third as the Californian seemed weakened by his 15-month layoff since claiming two 112lbs belts.<\/p>\n

Mendoza landed the title shot only six months after losing the IBF light-flyweight title fight in Japan to Thailand\u2019s Thanongsak Simsri by second-round knockout.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew my power would be effective at 112 and it was. I had him hurt, but he was motivated and prepared, and I got him out of there. All the sacrifice paid off. Being away from my family was hard.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sandoval, of Rialto, California, captured the unified WBC\/WBA flyweight title in Japan in July 2025 versus Kenshiro Teraji. Sandoval was supposed to fight minimumweight champion Oscar Collazo Saturday, but Collazo suffered an injury and withdrew.<\/p>\n

Mendoza presented a far different style, standing six inches taller than Collazo while possessing 6 \u00bd inches more reach.<\/p>\n

Promoter Oscar De La Hoya told BoxingScene, \u201cAmazing surprise \u2026 the kid [Mendoza] had like seven days\u2019 notice to replace Collazo. Incredible KO of Sandoval.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the fifth, Mendoza dropped Sandoval again and the referee surged in to stop the fight when Mendoza rushed from the knockdown to send a decisive flurry as Sandoval\u2019s resistance waned and the stoppage came 1:46 into the fifth to make Mendoza the latest world champion from his home country.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m in shock right now,\u201d Mendoza said. \u201cViva Mexico!\u201d<\/p>\n

Earlier, Maryland lightweight Jahmahl Harvey produced a stirring third-round knockout of Pedro Castaneda, 9-2-1, to improve to 5-0.<\/p>\n

Delivering a wicked left-handed blast to the jaw, Harvey scored his fourth knockout 1:08 into the frame.<\/p>\n

Southpaw Harvey, a 2024 U.S.Olympic quarterfinalist, flashed impressive hand speed against the part-time soccer player from Mexico, working the body impressively in the second.<\/p>\n

That volume made it unlikely that Harvey would need all the rounds booked for him in his debut eight-round affair.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything was clicking \u2026 working to the jab, he could never tell where I was going with my shots,\u201d Harvey said. \u201cI didn\u2019t throw [the final blow] to knock him out \u2026 I saw his eyes. I knew he was hurt.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Puerto Rico\u2019s Jan Paul Rivera dominated Abraham Perfecto in the DAZN main-card opener, winning by three scores of 99-89.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rivera decked Mexico\u2019s Perfecto, 14-3, with a second-round left hook to the chin and worked to set him up later with body shots followed by a head blow.<\/p>\n

A prospect in Jake Paul\u2019s Most Valuable Promotions stable who\u2019s fought four times this year, Rivera, 17-0, slowed down Perfecto with the hurtful body work.<\/p>\n

Rivera\u2019s cruise-control road to victory was only slowed by a dubious ninth-round point deduction for a low blow.<\/p>\n

Rivera is the WBO\u2019s No.14-ranked super-featherweight contender.<\/p>\n

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