Emanuel Navarrete (37-1, 31 KOs) and Oscar Valdez (31-1, 23 KOs) battle it out live on ESPN+ from Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, AZ on Saturday, August 12. The contest features three-weight world champion of San Juan Zitlaltepec defending his WBO junior lightweight title against fellow-Mexican and two-division world champion of Nogales. The bout is scheduled for 12 rounds. A day before the fight show the athletes step on the scales to make it official.
In Australia, the event airs live on Sunday, August 13.
In the co-main event, unbeated 2016 Mexican Olympian Lindolfo Delgado (17-0, 13 KOs) of Linares, Nuevo Leon takes on compatriot Jair Valtierra (16-2, 8 KOs) of Leon, Guanajuato. The bout is scheduled for 10 rounds at junior welterweight.
Kicking off the main card, U.S. Olympic silver medalist Richard Torrez Jr (5-0, 5 KOs) of Tulare, California faces Willie Jake Jr (11-3-2, 3 KOs) of Indianapolis, Indiana. The bout is scheduled for six rounds at heavyweight.
Get Navarrete vs Valdez full fight card and stay tuned for weigh-in results below.
Navarrete vs Valdez fight card
Main card
- Emanuel Navarrete vs. Oscar Valdez, 12 rounds, junior lightweight – Navarrete’s WBO junior lightweight title
- Lindolfo Delgado vs. Jair Valtierra, 10 rounds, junior welterweight
- Richard Torrez Jr vs. Willie Jake Jr, 6 rounds, heavyweight
Undercard
- Emiliano Vargas vs. Jorge Luis Marquez Alvarado, 4 rounds, lightweight
- Sergio Leon Rodriguez vs. Eduardo Ayala, 6 rounds, super middleweight
- Ricardo Ruvalcaba vs. Adrian Orban, 6 rounds, junior welterweight
- Antonio Mireles vs. Dajuan Calloway, 6 rounds, heavyweight
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