Oscar Valdez says that is the “biggest fight of his life” in his rematch against WBO featherweight champion Emanuel Navarrete this Saturday night, December seventh.
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Valdez (32-2, 24 KOs) was not competitive, losing a 12-round unanimous decision to Navarrete a yr ago on August twelfth. The previous two-division world champion Valdez fought in addition to he could, but his punches didn’t affect ‘El Vaquero’ Navarrete (38-2-1, 31 KOs).
The co-feature between WBO featherweight champion Rafael Espinoza and Robeisy Ramirez 2 should arguably be the most important event because their first fight on December 9, 2023, a yr ago, was one of the crucial exciting of the yr.
Espinoza, 6’1″, pulled off an enormous upset, beating the two-time Olympic gold medalist Robeisy by a 12-round majority decision to dethrone him of his WBO 126-lb belt. He did an excellent job of getting off the deck within the fifth round to come back back to wear down Robeisy and drop him within the twelfth to get the win.
Robeisy said within the build-up to this fight that he wasn’t at his best, but we’ll see if that’s valid. If he wins this fight and appears spectacular, you’d should buy his excuse about not being 100% last time.
Saturday’s Navarrete-Valdez 2 rematch will occur on the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona. The event starts at 10:30 p.m. ET on ESPN & ESPN+.
“I feel like I can do so much more in the game. After I lost, I went back home. I used to be upset by my performance,” said Oscar Valdez. “It’s not like other sports where you may lose and you may do higher in the subsequent season. In boxing, most individuals don’t need to see you again after a few losses. So, doing that fight was very essential for me. That is the largest fight of my life.”
Valdez doesn’t say if he’ll retire if he loses to Navarrete or not. There’s no reason to because he would have an excellent likelihood of beating among the other champions within the 130-lb division. It’s asking quite a lot of Valdez to be going up against a man as big as Navarrete because he doesn’t have the dimensions, power, or volume to match him.
“Now, he’s coming with a special method. In the primary fight, I believe it helped each of us to regulate details. Now, we’re here utilizing the tools we extracted from the primary fight. This fight, we’re going to have more experience and the identical heart,” said Emanuel Navarrete.
ESPN+ Undercard at 5:30 p.m. ET
- Lindolfo Delgado (21-0, 15 KOs) vs. Jackson Marinez (22-3, 10 KOs): Light welterweight clash scheduled for ten rounds
- Richard Torrez Jr. (11-0, 10 KOs) vs. Issac Muñoz (18-1-1, 15 KOs): Heavyweight fight for eight rounds.
- Giovani Santillan (32-1, 17 KOs) vs. Fredrick Lawson (30-5, 22 KOs): Welterweight contest scheduled for ten rounds.
