Cain Sandoval and Mark Bernaldez make weight for Friday clash

Junior welterweight Cain Sandoval will face Mark Bernaldez in a 10-round headlining bout Friday at the Chumash Casino and Resort in Santa Ynez, California.

Sandoval, 22, weighed in at the contracted weight of 143 lbs Bernaldez came in lighter, at 139lbs, which is the heaviest of his career.

Sandoval, 14-0 (12 KOs), moved from Sacramento, California, to Los Angeles in December – ahead of this fight training camp – and now trains with Freddie Roach. He fought three times in 2024, his last performance being a sixth-round knockout of Romero Duno in August.

Bernaldez, a 30-year-old from General Santos City, Philippines, has served as a veteran test for up-and-coming prospects and is currently on a two-fight win streak. In 2022, Bernaldez, 25-6 (18 KOs), suffered defeats against Oscar Duarte and Andres Cortes, but he has proven capable of competing against top fighters on the cusp of world title challenges.

Full weigh-in results are as follows:

Junior welterweight – 10 rounds
Cain Sandoval (143.0lbs) vs Mark Bernaldez (139.0lbs)

Junior bantamweight – eight rounds
Daniel Barrera (115.0lbs) vs Christopher Rios (114.8lbs)

Welterweight – eight rounds
Gor Yeritsyan (146.6lbs) vs Luis Hernandez Ramos (149.0lbs)

Minimumweight – eight rounds
Guadalupe Medina (104.6lbs) vs Agustina Vazquez (105.0lbs)

Junior lightweight – six rounds
Abel Mejia (130.0lbs) vs Alfredo Diaz Minjarez (129.6lbs)

Lightweight – six rounds
Alan Garcia (137.6lbs) vs Juan Centeno (137.4lbs)

Lucas Ketelle is the author of “Inside the Ropes of Boxing,” a guide for young fighters, a writer for BoxingScene and a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America. Find him on X at @LukieBoxing.