
Emanuel Navarrete finishes off Oscar Valdez faster this time
PHOENIX – At his best, Emanuel Navarrete makes men decide just how much punishment they are capable of enduring.
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PHOENIX – At his best, Emanuel Navarrete makes men decide just how much punishment they are capable of enduring.

Will the adjustments alter the outcome, or has the die been cast? That’s the intrigue over Saturday night’s two-title-fights ESPN card at Footprint Center with WBO super-featherweight champion Emanuel Navarrete defending his belt against former two-division champion Oscar Valdez and WBO featherweight champion Rafael Espinoza seeking a repeat victory over Cuba’s Robeisy Ramirez.

It was apropos that Hall of Famer Marco Antonio Barrerra was on hand in Phoenix on Thursday, when he talked rematches ahead of Emanuel Navarrete-Oscar Valdez II and Rafael Espinoza-Robeisy Ramirez II.

Oscar Valdez hears the talk. Reads the headlines. Win or retire. That’s the message from pundits and social media just days before he faces Emanuel Navarrete for a second time Saturday night at Footprint Center. But don’t expect a retirement party, Valdez says. At least, not one on his behalf.

A little more than 10 years ago, before he became a two-division world champion, Oscar Valdez fought on a Manny Pacquiao pay-per-view card as promoter Top Rank assembled a powerful contingent of young fighters.

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Emanuel Navarrete came up short in his first attempt at winning a world title in a fourth weight class. He’s open to the prospect of trying again.

Before WBO junior lightweight titleholder Emanuel Navarrete and former two-weight champion Oscar Valdez (pictured) square off in their December 7 rematch at Footprint Center in Phoenix, the two joined four of Mexico’s most celebrated boxing legends – Julio Cesar Chavez Snr, Erik Morales, Marco Antonio Barrera and Juan Manuel Marquez – for a historic on-camera roundtable.

Junior lightweight Oscar Valdez may have lost his maiden fight to Emanuel Navarrete, but the Mexican fighter says he’s ready for revenge.

Welterweights Giovani Santillan and Frederick Lawson will square off in a 10-round fight on December 7 at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, a bout that was added to the undercard of Emanuel Navarrete’s junior lightweight title defense against Oscar Valdez.