Emanuel Navarrete will defend his 130-pound title towards former champ Oscar Valdez on Saturday in Glendale, Arizona.
EMANUEL NAVARRETE (37-1, 31 KOs)
VS. OSCAR VALDEZ (31-1, 23 KOs)
Date: Saturday, Aug. 12
Time: 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT (important occasion later in present)
The place: Desert Diamond Area, Glendale, Arizona
TV/Stream: ESPN, ESPN+
Division: Junior light-weight (130 kilos)
At stake: Navarrete’s WBO title
Odds: Valdez 1½-1 favourite (common of a number of shops)
Pound-for-pound: None
Additionally on the cardboard:Â Raymond Muratalla vs. Diego Torres, lightweights; Lindolfo Delgado vs. Jair Valtierra, junior welterweights; Richard Torrez Jr. vs. Willie Jake Jr., heavyweights
Prediction: Valdez UD
Background: Navarrete will probably be making the primary protection of the title he received by knocking out Liam Wilson within the ninth spherical of a wild struggle wherein each males went down this previous February in the identical venue. The amount-punching Mexican, a former 122- and 126-pound titleholder, has been undefeated since he misplaced a choice in a four-rounder in his sixth skilled struggle. Valdez, additionally Mexican, is on the comeback path after he was outclassed in a 130-pound title-unification bout towards the gifted Shakur Stevenson in April of final 12 months. Stevenson received a one-sided resolution. Valdez bounced again to defeat succesful Adam Lopez by a large resolution this previous Could, which earned him a shot at Navarrete’s title. Valdez additionally held the WBO 126-pound title between 2016 and 2019.
