Emanuel Navarrete: record, next fight and profile →
Mexico’s fighting cowboy is ready to roll into San Diego. Two-division kingpin Emanuel “Vaquero” Navarrete will defend his WBO featherweight world title against mandatory challenger Joet Gonzalez on Friday, Oct. 15 at Pechanga Arena San Diego.
Emanuel Navarrete and Joet Gonzalez have a new date and an official site for their featherweight title fight. BoxingScene.com has learned that Navarrete will defend his WBO 126-pound championship against Gonzalez on October 15 in San Diego. ESPN+ will stream Navarrete-Gonzalez as a main event on a Friday night from Pechanga Arena, the venue formerly known as San Diego Sports Arena.
WBA "regular" featherweight world champion Leigh Wood has signed a multi-fight promotional deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing. Wood (25-2, 15 KOs) stopped Xu Can in the 12th and final round to claim the WBA World Title in a big upset at the top of the bill on the first week of Matchroom Fight Camp in Brentwood, Essex last month.
Last Saturday night, Isaac "Royal Storm" Dogboe fought through fire to get the win. The former junior featherweight world champion, two fights removed from a pair of title fight defeats to Emanuel Navarrete, edged Adam Lopez via 10-round majority decision (95-95, 96-94 and 97-93) to win the NABF featherweight title.
Featherweight contender Christopher "Smurf" Diaz is motivated to regroup and move forward with his career. Last month, he suffered the first stoppage loss of his pro run when he took punishment and was stopped in the twelfth round by World Boxing Organization (WBO) world champion Emanuel “Vaquero” Navarrete (33-1, 27 KO's) at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee, Florida.
ESPN’s audience grew Saturday night as knockout artist Edgar Berlanga was extended the distance for the first time as a pro. Nielsen Media Research released data Tuesday that indicated an average of 803,000 viewers watched Berlanga’s eight-round points victory over Demond Nicholson on Saturday night. Viewership peaked at 829,000 toward the end of Berlanga’s unanimous-decision victory over Nicholson at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee, Florida.
Plans are in the works for WBO featherweight world titlist Emanuel Navarrete to make his second defense against mandatory challenger Joet Gonzalez, both camps told BoxingScene on Monday.
Emanuel Navarrete expected his latest title challenger to rise to the occasion, though surprised at how much was required to eventually get rid of Christopher Diaz.
Christopher ‘Pitufo’ Diaz sensed that a boxing match would turn into a fight at some point. Neither the game plan nor outcome went as planned for the two-time challenger, who suffered a 12th round stoppage loss to WBO featherweight titlist Emanuel ‘Vaquero’ Navarrete. Puerto Rico’s Diaz was dropped four times before his corner called for referee Samuel Burgos to end the fight at 2:49 of round 12 in Saturday’s ESPN-televised main event from a sold-out Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee, Florida.
Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee, Florida - WBO featherweight world champion Emanuel Navarrete fought off a very game Christopher Diaz for a twelfth round stoppage. The Mexican star knocked down Puerto Rican contender Christopher “Pitufo” Diaz four times.