LOS ANGELES — Most eyes in the boxing world will be trained on Las Vegas Saturday, and Canelo Alvarez’s brazen challenge to light heavyweight Sergey Kovalev.

Most will not be attentive to Miguel Berchelt, who defends his WBC 130-pound championship at Dignity Health Sports Park against Jason Sosa.

A victory for Berchelt will redirect those priorities. If Berchelt gets past Sosa he’ll have a date next year with Oscar Valdez in Los Angeles, maybe at Banc of California Stadium. That should be a fan magnet and would either brighten Valdez’s star or turn Berchelt into one.Valdez (26-0) has moved up from 126 pounds and will face Andres Gutierrez on Nov. 20.

Certainly the boxing itself isn’t the problem. Berchelt is ranked ninth on Boxrec.com’s pound-for-pound list. Lanky and athletic with power in both hands, Berchelt impressed people with a dismantling of Francisco Vargas in 2017. He took Vargas’ title and has defended it five times since. He also is 36-1 and has taken 20 of his past 21 victories by knockout.

“Maybe Vargas overlooked me, but he had come off two very tough fights,” Berchelt said. “I have power but in that fight I showed I could box, too.”

The card also features super-featherweight Alex Saucedo, who was 28-0 before he lost to Maurice Hooker last November. He will face Rod Salka.

Jerwin Anjacas, the IBF junior bantamweight champ who is 31-2-1, defends against Jonathan Rodriguez of Mexico (21-1).

Berchelt will have a four-inch reach advantage on Sosa, who has won three consecutive fights since he lost back-to-back to Yuriokis Gamboa and Vasyl Lomachenko. The native of Camden, N.J. is 23-3-4.

“I want to dominate my division,” Berchelt said. “I would also like to move up to 135 to fight Lomachenko, but that will have to be a really good opportunity.”

The super-featherweight division is stacked. Since Berchelt and WBO champ Jamel Herring both work with Top Rank, a unification is certainly likely. The other 130 champs are Andrew Cancio (WBA) and Tevin Farmer (IBF).

Berchelt is from Cancun, which is also the hometown of LAFC star Carlos Vela. Berchelt attended LAFC’s loss to Seattle Tuesday in the MLS Western Conference finals.

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Melsik Baghdasaryan devotes long hours to his UFC dream “I wanted to do what he’s doing now,” Berchelt said, “but I wasn’t good enough. I went into the gym for the first time in 16. I got a fight after a couple of weeks and I won. I said, ‘I’m not so bad.’’’

He said his fame is growing in Mexico, but he wants a higher profile in the U.S., too.

“One day I want Cancun not just to be known as a resort,” he said, smiling, “but as the home of Carlos Vela and Miguel Berchelt.”