Emanuel Navarrete vs. Charly Suarez:
Navarrete wins by TD in the 8th round.
Raymond Muratalla vs. Zaur Abdullaev:
Muratalla wins by UD.
Andres Cortes vs. Salvador Jimenez:
Cortes wins by UD.
Giovani Santillan vs. Angel Beltran Villa:
Santillan wins by UD.
Perla Bazaldua vs. Mona Ward:
Bazaldua wins by UD.
Samuel Contreras vs. Dyllon Cervantes Alvarado:
Contreras wins by UD.
Alan Garcia vs. Cristian Medina Garcia:
Garcia wins by UD.
Sebastian Hernandez Reyes vs. Azat Hovhannisyan:
Reyes wins by UD.
Mexico’s three-division champion Emanuel “Vaquero” Navarrete makes his latest defense of the WBO junior lightweight world title against unbeaten Filipino contender Charly Suarez on Saturday at Pechanga Arena San Diego. The event, promoted by Top Rank, also features a vacant interim IBF lightweight world title showdown between Southern California’s Raymond Muratalla (22-0, 17 KOs) and Russia’s Zaur Abdullaev (20-1, 12 KOs). Both fights will air live on ESPN, ESPN Deportes, and ESPN+.
Navarrete, 28, returns to the same venue where he suffered a split-decision setback in a bid to become a four-division world champion at 135 pounds last May. Having moved back down to 130, he rekindled his form in December by stopping Oscar Valdez over six one-sided rounds. Suarez, an accomplished Olympian for the Philippines, has turned heads with notable wins, including a last-round stoppage of Paul Fleming in March 2023. Now, he aims to join an elite list of Filipino world titleholders.
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The co-feature sees local favorite Muratalla, 26, chasing the interim IBF lightweight crown after rising steadily in the rankings with wins over heavy hitters Jeremia Nakathila and Tevin Farmer. Abdullaev, meanwhile, has rattled off nine straight victories since his lone defeat to Devin Haney in 2019, including statements over former three-weight champion Jorge Linares and ex-WBC titleholder Dejan Zlatičanin.
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An ESPN+-streamed undercard includes San Diego’s own Giovani Santillan (33-1, 18 KOs) in a 10-round welterweight clash with Angel Beltran (18-2-1, 11 KOs), among other regional talents.
Main card:
▪️Emanuel Navarrete vs. Charly Suarez, 12 rounds, for Navarrete’s WBO world super featherweight title
▪️Raymond Muratalla vs. Zaur Abdullaev, 12 rounds, for the vacant IBF interim lightweight title
Prelims (Starts at 5:30 pm ET):
▪️Andres Cortes vs. Salvador Jimenez, 10 rounds, super featherweight
▪️Giovani Santillan vs. Angel Beltran, 10 rounds, welterweight
▪️Perla Bazaldua vs. Mona Ward, 4 rounds, junior bantamweight
▪️Samuel Contreras vs. Dyllon Cervantes, 4 rounds, super lightweight
▪️Alan Garcia vs. Cristian Medina Garcia, 8 rounds, lightweight
▪️Sebastian Hernandez vs. Azat Hovhannisyan, 8 rounds, super bantamweight
Watch the weigh-in here:
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