Emanuel Navarrete: record, next fight and profile →
Looking ahead can often get you beat in the sport of boxing. On too many occasions have we seen even the greatest fighters in the world come up short when they took their eyes off the prize.
The co-promoter of Emanuel Navarrete is far from sold on a matchup involving his charge and ace southpaw Shakur Stevenson. Fernando Beltran, who promotes Navarrete with Top Rank, was recently asked about a hypothetical fight pitting Navarrete, a titlist at 130 pounds, against current 135-pound champion Stevenson, and his response was one of visceral distaste, comparing a Stevenson fight to a certain sleep-inducing ecclesiastical activity.
Emanuel Navarrete will embark on a path to capture a major title in a fourth weight division. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that Mexico’s Navarrete has enforced his ‘Super Champion’ status to compete for the vacant WBO lightweight title. The sanctioning body responded in kind and ordered the three-division and reigning WBO 130-pound titlist to enter talks with Ukraine’s Denys Berinchyk.
It isn’t any fun taking on fighters who were once considered great but are now clearly past their best. It’s a normal trend in boxing. When a fighter is looking to make a name for himself, he’ll face a faded contender or former world champion who’s seen better days.
Boxing’s most active reigning titleholder is now required to provide a status update regarding his recent injury. Emanuel Navarrete was served with a medical certification request by the WBO, whose titles he has held at three weights including his current junior lightweight reign. The order came shortly after he revealed in a Facebook post his recent
Emanuel Navarrete’s majority draw against Robson Conceicao two weeks ago has resulted in lingering effects. The WBO super featherweight champion Navarrete announced on Friday that he underwent left-hand surgery.
There’s no need to beat around the bush. Last Thursday night, boxing fans who endured into the early hours of Friday got to experience one of the worst major title fights ever aired. Sure, sometimes styles don’t clash but lack of style clash doesn’t fully explain Shakur Stevenson-Edwin De Los Santos. The
LAS VEGAS – Emanuel Navarrete’s name was brought up again as a potential opponent for Shakur Stevenson’s next fight when Stevenson met with the media late Thursday night.
Undefeated super featherweight, Andres “Savage” Cortes (20-0, 11 KOs), based in Las Vegas and promoted by Top Rank Inc., has boldly thrown down the gauntlet, expressing his desire to face Mexico's WBO world champion Emanuel Navarrete (38-1-1, 31 KOs), and WBC champ O'Shaquie Foster (21-2, 12 KOs). Cortes' call for a high-stakes showdown comes in the wake of Navarrete's recent draw against Robson Conceicao (17-2-1, 8 KOs) at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas last night.
At the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Emanuel Navarrete (38-1-1, 31 KOs) and Robson Conceicao (17-2-1, 8 KOs) fought to a majority draw in high-volume action fight.