Lightweight contender Christopher “Pitufo” Diaz is preparing to face the world featherweight champion of the World Boxing Organization (WBO), Emanuel “Vaquero” Navarrete. During the training camp, Diaz has left the reins of his car wash business in t...
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Edgar Berlanga still awaits the opportunity to headline a boxing event of his own, though his star power is already on the rise. The April 24 ESPN-televised show featuring the unbeaten super middleweight will play to a sold-out crowd at Silver Spurs...
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WBO featherweight world champion Emanuel “Vaquero” Navarrete recognizes the qualities of Christopher “Pitufo” Diaz . However, if the Puerto Rican fighter wants to upset the odds and become a champion, he will have to present his best boxing form in t...
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Emanuel "Vaquero" Navarrete is preparing in Tijuana for his scheduled return to the ring. The world featherweight champion of the World Boxing Organization (WBO), Navarrete (32-1; 27 KO's), is getting ready to make the first defense of his world titl...
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Mexican great Emanuel “Vaquero” Navarrete, boxing’s busiest world champion, is set to kick off his 2021 campaign by reviving a long-standing pugilistic rivalry. Navarrete will make his first defense of the WBO featherweight world title Saturday, Apri...
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Emanuel Navarrete will begin his second title reign in hostile territory. The two-division and reigning WBO featherweight titlist will hit the road for his first defense, as he faces Puerto Rico’s Christopher ‘Pitufo’ Diaz. Their bout will take place...
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Christopher Diaz (26-2, 16 KOs) would have liked to become a world champion at the super featherweight limit of 130-pounds. In two months, he will get another opportunity to capture a title, this time at featherweight, when he faces WBO world champio...
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Christopher 'Pitufo' Diaz spent most of the second half of 2020 awaiting word on a title eliminator which never materialized. The universe has instead rewarded him with a straightaway title shot. The featherweight contender has accepted an opportunit...
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Emanuel Navarrete has turned his attention toward adding another featherweight title to the WBO belt he won earlier this month with a victory over Ruben Villa. Mexico’s Navarrete revealed Villa that he wants to battle IBF champ Josh Warrington in his...
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Navarrete, Villa Fight Photos Gallery - MGM Grand Conference Center - For the vacant WBO featherweight title, Emanuel Navarrete (33-1, 28 KOs) scored two knockdowns on his way to a twelve round unanimous decision over previously unbeaten Ruben Villa...
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Fighting a more controlled pace (14 of 56 punches landed per round), Emanuel Navarrete had a 131-58 edge in power landed vs. Ruben Villa, whose 73 landed jabs were the most by a Navarrete opponent. Navarrete, who averaged 26 of 76 punches per round i...
Navarrete, Villa Official Scorecards - New weight class, same buzzsaw. Former junior featherweight world champion Emanuel Navarrete defeated Ruben Villa via unanimous decision (115-111 and 114-112 2X) to win the vacant WBO featherweight world title F...
By Keith Idec - Emanuel Navarrete’s power separated him from Ruben Villa on Friday night. Villa knew he had to be “perfect” to upset Navarrete in their featherweight title fight, but he had difficulty dealing with the awkward Mexican’s aggression and...
Navarrete, Villa Scorecard BoxingScene Live - It's fight night inside the MGM Grand Las Vegas "Bubble," a seven-fight card headlined by the vacant WBO featherweight world title bout between former junior featherweight world champion Emanuel Navarrete...
Tonight’s clash between Emanuel Navarrete and Ruben Villa is compelling as it is as evenly-matched. Or so we think. Both Navarrete and Villa will be vying for the vacant WBO featherweight title tonight at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas,...
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