WBO super featherweight champion Emanuel Navarrete (38-1, 31 KOs) defeated Oscar Valdez (31-2, 23 KOs) by a twelve round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona.
Tonight, LIVE on ESPN, an all-action main event between Emanuel Navarrete and Oscar Valdez will produce plenty of fireworks for the viewing audience at home and live from Glendale, Arizona, in Desert Diamond Arena.
WBO super featherweight champion Emanuel Navarrete and challenger Oscar Valdez both made weight successfully on Friday for their showdown on ESPN this Saturday night, August 12th.
WBO super featherweight champion Emanuel Navarrete says he expects Oscar Valdez to be coming forward all night trying to take his head off with every shot this Saturday night, August 12th, at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona.
Emanuel Navarrete will defend his WBO super featherweight title this Saturday, August 12th, against former two-division world champion Oscar Valdez on ESPN at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona.
In a move that he could soon regret, Emanuel “El Vaquero” Navarrete has chosen to relinquish his WBO 126-lb title and will stay at super featherweight after capturing the World Boxing Council 130-lb belt last Friday night with a ninth round technical knockout over Liam Wilson in Glendale, Arizona.
It was an early Fight of the Year contender, and it was also a fight filled with controversy.
Friday night saw super-featherweights warriors Emanuel Navarette and Liam Wilson live up to their billing with one huge capital “W.”
Andre Ward says Liam Wilson (11-2, 7 KOs) let Emanuel Navarrete (37-1, 31 KOs) off the hook on Friday night, and it cost him the fight in a ninth round technical knockout defeat for the Aussie in a battle for the vacant WBO super featherweight title at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona.
A flabby & vulnerable-looking Emanuel “Vaquero” Navarrete (37-1, 31 KOs) had to rally in the second half to stop the huge underdog Liam Wilson (11-2, 7 KOs) by a 9th round TKO to win the vacant WBO super featherweight belt on Friday night at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona.
In a heroic performance, Former two-division world champion Emanuel Navarrete (37-1, 31 KO) tasted the canvas early but came on strong in the second half of the fight to stop the upset-minded little-known Liam Wilson (11-2, 7 KOs) in the ninth round to claim the vacant WBO super featherweight title on Friday night at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona.