Emanuel Navarrete returns to place the WBO super-featherweight title on the road in opposition to Charly Suarez.
After a superb knockout win over Oscar Valdez in his final battle, Navarrete meets Suarez on the Pechanga Enviornment in San Diego, reside on Sky Sports activities Motion from 1am on Sunday morning.
Navarrete is an all-action fighter, who throws punches in unbelievable quantity with a brutal knockout ratio of over 80 per cent in 42 skilled bouts.
A world champion at super-bantamweight, featherweight and now super-feather, Navarrete discovered light-weight a step too far when he misplaced a cut up resolution to Denys Berinchyk for the WBO title at 135lbs final yr.
He hasn’t although dominated out one other try at a world title in a fourth weight class. “We have to defend my title first. We’re going to work hard and take the title home,” Navarrete stated.
“After, we’ll see if I stay at 130lbs or move up again.”
He bounced again from his first defeat in 12 years to dominate Valdez in a rematch in December.
“My performance against Oscar Valdez was my way of showing that I’m now at 100 per cent. There’s no doubt about that now. So, all we have to do is prepare well to achieve my goals,” Navarrete stated.
“We know what happened the last time I was in San Diego. We did not get the victory. We lost against Denys Berinchyk in our attempt to win a title at 135lbs. But now, defending at 130lbs, we want to let the people know I’m ready to move forward with my career.
“I ready for an awesome battle. We all know that Suarez is coming for my title. So I would like an awesome battle so everybody can see I am able to proceed on the trail of victory.”
Suarez in distinction has a lot much less skilled expertise. Unbeaten in 18 bouts, the 2016 Olympian from the Philippines goes into his first world title battle, whereas Navarrete is a veteran of 15.
“I prayed for this fight. And here it is. The opportunity has come, and I have taken it. And we won’t lose,” Suarez stated. “I’m bringing all my amateur experience into this fight. This is it. The world title shot is here, so I’m ready and I’m excited for the fight.
“This can be a good alternative for me to characterize my nation and to indicate the world that Filipinos are good at boxing and that Filipinos and Mexicans placed on nice fights.”