In a predictable outcome, WBO super featherweight champion Emanuel Navarrete (39-2-1, 32 KOs) made short work of challenger Oscar Valdez (32-2, 24 KOs), knocking him out with a powerful body shot in the sixth round in the main event of their rematch on Saturday night at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona.
Emanuel Navarrete just reminded everyone why he’s the guy no one wants to share a ring with. In their Saturday night rematch, he made Oscar Valdez look out of his depth, finishing him off in the sixth round with a vicious left hook to the body.
This Saturday night a 2-pack of rematches take place live from the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona on ESPN and streaming live on ESPN+.
Emanuel Navarrete vs. Oscar Valdez 2 both weighed in today for their headliner on Saturday, and Rafael Espinoza and Robeisy Ramirez also weighed in successfully for their chief support bout at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona, live on ESPN+
During the face-off, Valdez, 33, had a look of worry on his face, as if he knows he’s up against it, and heading towards another one-sided loss to Navarrete.
Navarrete-Valdez 2 & Rafael Espinoza-Robeisy Ramirez 2 will be broadcast LIVE on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+ SATURDAY beginning at 10:30 p.m.
In a pair of rematches, WBO Featherweight champion Rafael Espinoza defends against two-time Olympic Cuban gold medalist Robeisy Ramirez, and WBO 130-lb champ Emanuel Navarrete faces Oscar Valdez on December 7th in a Top Rank-promoted show at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona.
According to “The Bible of Boxing,” fight fans who love an all-Mexican showdown (and who the heck doesn’t!) are in luck.
Liam Wilson (13-3, 7 KOs) partially blames his seventh-round TKO defeat on Friday night against Oscar Valdez (32-2, 24 KOs) on choosing to brawl with him rather than using his size to keep the fight at range in their clash for the WBO interim super featherweight title at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona.
Oscar Valdez (32-2, 23 KOs) found the fountain of youth on Friday night to defeat #2 Liam Wilson (13-3, 7 KOs) by a seventh-round technical knockout to win the vacant interim WBO super featherweight title on ESPN+ at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona.
Former two-division world champion Oscar Valdez (32-2, 24 KOs) turned back the clock to wear down and stop inexperienced, younger Liam Wilson (13-3, 7 KOs) in the seventh round to capture the interim WBO super featherweight title on Friday night at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona.