By: Sean Crose
Emanuel Navarrete highlighted an ESPN card in Phoenix Saturday night time when he confronted Oscar Valdez for the second time. At stake was the WBO junior light-weight title. Defending titlist Navarrete gained the primary battle with Valdez, however Valdez had apparent plans for issues to work out in another way in Saturday’s scheduled 12 rounder. The primary spherical was comparatively shut – till Navarrete put Valdez to the mat with a sequence of blows. With that being mentioned, Valdez was in a position to get again to his toes and survive the spherical. Nonetheless, it was a lower than stellar starting for the decided challenger.
Valdez fought properly and aggressively within the second. But he was rocked by Navarrete once more later within the spherical. Positive sufficient, Navarrete fired properly from vary within the third. By the tip of the chapter it was clear the defending champion was trying to finish issues early. And certainly, he dropped Valdez once more on the finish of the fourth. Valdez beat the rely as soon as once more, however was clearly in actual hassle. And nonetheless Valdez went ahead in opposition to Navarrete within the fifth. That didn’t cease Navarrete from knocking out his opponent’s mouthpiece. The battle was turning into a one sided beatdown.
An uppercut rocked Valdez within the sixth. A crushing intestine shot seconds later put the sport Valdez down and out. “I take my hat off to him,” Valdez mentioned in an act of fine sportsmanship within the publish battle interview. “He stored coming ahead so what I needed to do was cease him in his tracks,” Navarrete mentioned of the battle. “You at the moment are witnessing the second stage of my profession.” It was no doubt a terrific night time for Navarrete who placed on a particularly spectacular efficiency. The victor indicated after the battle that he has his eyes on a better weight class down the street.
