PHOENIX – Will the changes alter the end result, or has the die been forged?
That’s the intrigue over Saturday evening’s two-title-fights ESPN card at Footprint Middle with WBO super-featherweight champion Emanuel Navarrete defending his belt towards former two-division champion Oscar Valdez and WBO featherweight champion Rafael Espinoza searching for a repeat victory over Cuba’s Robeisy Ramirez.
The fighters every made weight Friday.
Maybe essentially the most consternation hovered round Navarrete, who’s transferring again all the way down to 130 kilos after dropping his shot to turn out to be a four-division champion in Could whereas dropping to new WBO light-weight champion Denys Berinchyk.
Mexico’s Navarrete 38-2-1, (31 KOs) weighed 129.9 kilos and whereas he appeared a bit of sunken within the face in comparison with Mexico’s Valdez 32-2 (24 KOs), so did the 6-feet-1 Espinoza 25-0 (21 KOs) whereas weighing 125.7 kilos with the 5-6 Ramirez 14-2 (9 KOs) coming in at 125 kilos.
Of their first assembly final yr, Navarrete, 29, overwhelmed Valdez, 33, to cruise to a large unanimous resolution. Valdez rallied to cease an opponent in Liam Wilson who had dropped Navarrete.
And after Navarrete’s flat exhibiting towards Berinchyk, the expectation is that the savvy two-time Mexican Olympian Valdez will craft a artistic combat plan with coach Eddy Reynoso to regain a 130-pound belt.
Valdez stated after weighing in he was stuffed with feelings and was planning a special method in his first profession rematch.
“Who’s the perfect? We’ll discover out. It means the world to me to be the perfect,” Valdez stated.
Right here’s the rest of the weights for the 10-bout card that begins at 6:30 p.m. Jap/3:30 p.m. Pacific, with the ESPN portion beginning at 10:30 p.m. Jap/7:30 p.m. Pacific.
Lindolfo Delgado 139.9, Jackson Marinez 139.3, junior-welterweights; Richard Torrez Jr. 236.6, Isaac Munoz 252.1, heavyweights; Albert “Chop Chop” Gonzalez 127.2, Gerardo Antonio Perez 127.7, featherweights; Steven Navarro 115.6, Gabriel Bernardi 115.4, junior-bantamweights; Giovanni Santillan 147.9, Frederick Lawson 146.3, welterweights; Artwork Barrera Jr. 149.4, Juan Carlos Campos Medina, 149.7, welterweights; Cesar Morales 136.3, Kevin Mosquera 136.4, lightweights; DJ Zamora 131.3, Roman Ruben Reynoso 131.9.
