Emanuel Navarrete has retained his lightweight title WBO Junior with winning a technical technical decision from the eighth round over Charly Suarez in the Pechanga Arena in San Diego.
The fight was stopped for 1 second round 8, and Navarrete was not able to continue after cutting the left eye from a random collision of the head. The fight hit the results cards, and all three judges gave Navarrete Edge: 76-75, 77-76 and 77-76.
Navarrete dominated the early rounds with his usual performance, standing Suarez in four of the first five rounds. In the first, Navarrete landed straight, which pulled blood out of his nose Suarez. After that it was a fight there and back, and Navarrete lands his combinations and a trademark, and Suarez tried to reduce the distance to land with his left hand.
But accidental head clash at the beginning of round 6 opened a enormous cut on the left eye of Navarrete. It seemed that the cut came from a blow, but Jack Reiss, a former judge who is currently working as a commissioner with the California sports commission, reviewed the action and remained in a call in the ring.
“I felt good. I felt mighty. I felt completely completely,” said Navarrete, who needed extra time to take weight on Friday, after the fight. “Unfortunately, what happened to the head, of course [the fight] It ended so. But during the fight I felt good. “
Navarrete seemed to have a problem with vision from his left eye for the rest of the round, with the blood flowing through his face. Suarez used, landing a few right hand, which Navarrete did not seem to see. Corner Navarrete did a good job with a cut, but before the start of round 8 judge Edward Collantes laid an end to the Council of the Ring.
“From the first moment I knew it was a head title,” said Navarrete. “He completely divided my eyebrows and from the first moment I noticed that it was the title of the head.”
Navarrete (40-2-1, 32 KO) won the titles in the weight of Munior Feather, Feather Wweight and Featherlight Junior. He won the 130-Funt WBO belt with the ninth round of TKO over Liam Wilson in February 2023. Navarrete defended the belt before he moved to a lightweight one, where he lost his divided decision for Denys Berinchyk for the WBO belt. Navarrete returned to Junior Lightweight and undressed Oscar Valdez in December Ko in the sixth round. The fight was a rematch of the unanimous Navarrete decision with Valdez in August 2013.
Because Navarrete’s problems have weight, there is a chance that he can return to the lightweight division for the next fight.
“First, we will recover the cut we have in the eyebrows,” said Navarrete. “We just need to adapt a few things, but of course we will first take things calmly, make a decision and see if we want to stay at the age of 130 or try again in 135 pounds.”
Suarez (18-1, 10 KO), which represented the Philippines in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, became a professional at the age of 30. He won this title-his first professional career-keeping Jorge Castaned in three rounds in September.
In the Co-Main event Raymond Muratalla (23-0, 17 KO) he defeated Russian Zaur Abdullaev (20-2, 12 KO) to win a free lightweight IBF title according to the results 118-110, 119-109 and 119-109.
Muratalla was very vigorous, landing in double numbers in 10 out of 12 rounds. He kept Abdullaeva with powers from 82 to 36 – 25 to 10 to the body.
“It’s great to have it at the end [belt] Around my waist, “Muratalla said after the fight.”[Abdullaev] He was a demanding warrior. He came to fight. We knew about it. I just used my skills, I just separated it and beat him in every round. “
Vasiliy Lomachenko, the owner of IBF titles, is recovering after a back injury and has until October to decide if he wants to continue boxing and keep the belt. Muratalla was satisfied with the challenge and said that this was the only thing he is now focusing as a mandatory claimant.
“Of course,” Muratalla said about the possibility of facing Lomachenko. “I am obligatory to him, so we can’t wait for that. It will be an honor to fight him to have his name in my CV and I can’t wait.”
Oscar De La Hoya has questioned the general consensus that Canelo Alvarez is a Mexican boxing legend following his unanimous decision victory over Christian Mbilli.
The 36-year-old reclaimed his WBC title last Saturday, having lost his undisputed super-middleweight crown in his previous outing, against Terence Crawfordin September 2025.
Following that defeat, many wondered whether Canelo could succeed again at world level but, sure enough, he did just that by dethroning Mbilli.
Not only did he claim a convincing points victory, but the Mexican contained Mbilli’s aggression and controlled the majority of their contest with superior technical and defensive skills.
This, however, was not quite enough to satisfy his former promoter, De La Hoya, who has suggested that Canelo’s low punch output made for a largely tedious affair.
As per his semi-regular social media series, Clapback Thursdaythe Hall of Famer also undermined Canelo’s widely-accepted legacy as a Mexican great.
“I’m so f**king tired of 100 punches [being] thrown in a fight with no action whatsoever, and I know the fans are over it.
“We all miss those days of [Marco Antonio] Barrera, [Erik] Morales [and] Julio Cesar Chavez – that’s what Mexican boxing is known for.
“Canelo, do you try to proclaim you’re the best Mexican fighter ever? You couldn’t hold Chavez’ jockstrap. And I can name 10 other Mexican fighters who are way better boxers than you are. And they didn’t sell-out to fight in front of 15 people in Saudi Arabia.”
In fairness, Canelo has never proclaimed to be the greatest Mexican fighter in history, though most would argue he deserves to be considered in an all-time top 10.
A formal press release was issued today announcing the December 19 welterweight title unification between Devin Haney and Liam Paro at San Francisco’s Chase Center, and in anticipation of the meeting with a co-feature of Brian Norman vs Abel RamosHaney shared his excitement for what he expects to be another successful outing to snag some more hardware.
“My resume speaks for itself,” Haney said. “I’ve never been afraid to go into a champion’s backyard and put my record on the line. I went to Australia, took George Kambosos’ belts, and became undisputed lightweight champion of the world. Now I’m bringing another Australian world champion, Liam Paro, into my backyard. This time, I plan to take his belt and become a unified welterweight world champion right here at home. “Oakland is where my story started, and the Bay Area has always been part of who I am. The Valkyries just brought a championship to Chase Center, and on December 19, I plan to keep that championship energy going.
“I made history in Australia. Now it’s time to make history at home.”
Paro, however hopes to upset the odds, knowing he’ll be coming into this fight as a decided underdog.
“Three years ago, I was on the undercard at Chase Center the night Devin fought Regis Prograis,” Paro said. “I said back then that Haney versus Paro rolls off the tongue. Now it’s here. Champion versus champion, two belts on the line, in his backyard.
“I’ve never taken the easy road. I went to Puerto Rico and took the title off Matias in front of his own people. Devin’s a great fighter and I respect that. But I’ve been the underdog plenty of times and I’ve made history before. December 19, I’m coming to unify the division and make more history.”
With the WBO and IBF welterweight world titles on the line, one fight will be heading into the new year halfway to undisputed.
Liam Paro served as supporting cast the last time Devin Haney headlined at Chase Center. Come December 19, he walks into San Francisco carrying the IBF welterweight title, gunning to strip Haney of his WBO strap.
Three years transformed Paro from an undercard face into a headline attraction. He watched Haney shut out Regis Prograis from the locker room in December 2023. Now he commands the marquee, even if getting US fight fans to open their wallets on pay-per-view presents an uphill battle.
“Three years ago, I was on the undercard at Chase Center the night Devin fought Regis Prograis. I said back then that Haney versus Paro rolls off the tongue. Now it is here. Champion versus champion, two belts on the line, in his backyard. I have never taken the easy road. I went to Puerto Rico and took the title off Matias in front of his own people,” Paro stated.
The Australian proved his mettle by snatching the 140-pound crown from Subriel Matias on hostile soil. Richardson Hitchins took it right back six months later, checking Paro’s momentum before mainstream crowds took notice.
The jump to 147 pounds provided the reboot he needed. Three straight wins, capped by a gritty points victory over Lewis Crocker to claim the IBF strap, set the stage for this encounter.
Haney ends a lengthy layoff on home turf. Sitting out more than twelve months makes asking fans to purchase a DAZN PPV against a fighter unknown to mainstream viewers a tough sell. Belts by themselves rarely move the needle at the box office.
Brian Norman Jr. takes on Abel Ramos in the ten-round co-feature. Norman dropped his WBO belt to Haney last November and must now accept undercard placement on his conqueror’s bill.
Paro earned his position the hard way. December 19 decides if his punch output can upset the hometown favorite or if Haney cruises behind his jab.
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