San Diego, California-Emanuel Navarrete (40-2-1, 32 food) return to the Pechanga arena was dramatic and controversial. He fought a veteran whose experience, durability and determination were challenging. From the opening bell, Charly Suarez (18-1, 10 COs) jumped on Navarrete.
The round showed a look at the fight, a back and forth war between two relentless fighters. Navarrete started strong and Suarez gave a bloody nose in the first round. His best rounds were the early rounds, and he then began to show signs of fatigue in the middle rounds. According to Suarez, he said at the after the fight that he felt that Navarrete’s bumps were weaker as the fight progressed.
Navarrete struggled to make weight, requiring six attempts to reach the target weight of 130. His weight issues seem to have influenced his conditioning. In the sixth round, the fight changed, with Navarrete with a nasty cut over his left eye. The referee ruled it as a head bud, but the repetition of a slow movement shows a left -wing sun thrown by Suarez and then followed by a slight clash of heads. The battle continued in the eighth round, when the ring doctor stopped the battle at the beginning of the round due to the cut. With the decision of a head bud, it went to the scorecards, for which the judges in Navarrete’s favor decided. Earn him the technical decision victory.
If the cuts decided a punch, the fight would have ended in a technical knockout victory. Make Suarez the new WBO Junior Lightweight Champion. The California State Athletics Commission is to review the incident. Carl Moretti posted on X that a re -broadcast was earned after revision of the repetition. Suarez showed an interest in having the rematch at the press. However, Navarrete does not clearly express a desire to do so. His difficulty in making weight may be the reason why he hesitates to give a definite yes, because he may have outgrown the division.
As it stands now, Navarrete could end up 32.5 percent of its power punch in 7 rounds. He exceeded Suarez, 98 to 86 in total blows. If the game was not stopped in the eighth round and continued, both fighters feel that they could have won the game if it goes
distance. Suarez said he was just warming up, while Navarrete felt that Suarez had a lot of experience, but he could hurt him on the inside. Because of the controversial nature of how the game ended and because of how close it was in general, a rematch would look threatening. The
The question remains whether Navarrets can fight against this weight again, or has he set up a leap to lightweight weather?
Last updated on 05/11/2025
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