By Jake Donovan

*UPDATE: Resurging featherweight Orlando Salido made the first defense of his alphabet title on Saturday evening with an 11th round stoppage over visiting Kenichi Yamaguchi.

The official time was 2:50 of the 11th round of their Fox Deportes main event, which aired live from Centro de Usos Multiples in Salido’s hometown of Ciudad Obrego, Sonora, Mexico.

Full report to come…

Ruben Tamayo stopped Jose Cardenas at 2:24 of the second round.

The up and down career of Alejandro Valdez seems to have taken a permanent turn for the worse.

His latest folly came on Saturday evening in his hometown of Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico, where he suffered a fourth round knockout loss at the hands of Enrique Bernache in their Fox Deportes-televised co-feature bout.

Valdez was nearly out on his feet barely a minute into the fight, but weathered the storm and boxed back well enough to earn his opponent’s respect.

What he failed to do, pretty much at any point in the bout, was gain control of the action. Bernache seemed to have an answer every time he was presented with a challenge, save for the occasional accidental foul, including a low blow and headbutt on separate occasions in the second and third round.

The beginning of the end came late in the fourth when Valdez was once again hurt and eventually sent to the canvas. The former title challenger tried in vain to beat the referee’s count, but couldn’t find his legs and was unable to sell the third man on the prospect of his being able to continue.

The official time was 2:59 of the fourth round.

Bernache, who turns 23 in September, is on quite a role as he begins to transition from prospect to contender. The rising Mexican talent improves to 18-2 (9KO) with the win, possibly the biggest of his young career which already includes victories over previously unbeaten Ramon Maas and Felipe Orucuta within the past 12 months.

Valdez’ trend of win one and lose one continues, though this loss can prove to be far more damaging than any of his previous efforts. He falls to 25-6-2 (19KO), losing for the second time in the past five months.

Jake Donovan is the Managing Editor of Boxingscene.com. Follow Jake on Twitter at twitter.com/JakeNDaBox or submit questions/comments to JakeNDaBox@gmail.com.