Emanuel Navarrete stopped Eduardo Nunez earlier than the beginning of the eleventh spherical to unify the WBO and IBF super-featherweight titles in Arizona on Saturday evening.
The three-division champion prevailed within the pair’s all-Mexican conflict to enhance his file to 40-2-1 (33 KOs), whereas Nunez dropped to 30-2 (28 KOs) within the greatest battle of his profession up to now.
Navarrete clinched the IBF title to accompany his WBO belt when the physician at ringside stopped the competition forward of the eleventh spherical.
“It’s difficult to see your opponent hurting in there, but it’s also really difficult to not continue and go on to win the fight,” mentioned Navarrete.
“You never know what might happen in those last rounds. He could catch you with a shot and it could be over. So I needed to continue doing my work.”
Navarrete dominated a lot of the battle within the face of Nunez’s effort to modify up types, prepared to satisfy his opponent on the within within the early rounds earlier than weathering some work to the physique from Nunez.
Navarrete stepped up his assault within the ninth spherical by touchdown a string of proper palms to the chin of Nunez, whose legs had been wobbling and eye closing up.
Blood poured from the suitable eye of Nunez in spherical 10, however he refused to again down till the ringside physician known as time on the bout.
Navarrete appears to be like primed to face WBO obligatory challenger Charly Suarez subsequent, the pair having fought to a no-contest final Might.
