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Navarrete maintains the title with a technical decision over Suarez

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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.”

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Usyk Analyzes Anthony Joshuas Performance Against Kristian Prenga After Overcoming Two Knockdowns

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"Usyk Analyzes Anthony Joshua's Performance Against Kristian Prenga After Overcoming Two Knockdowns"

Oleksandr Usyk has shared his reaction to Anthony Joshua‘s dramatic knockout victory against Kristian Prenga.

Usyk nearly suffered his own shock defeat in May when he was pushed to the limit by kickboxing star Rico Verhoevenand two months on it was nrw teammate Joshua’s turn to come close to a massive upset loss that would have stunned the heavyweight division.

The Brit was dropped twice by massive underdog Prenga in the opening round of their clash in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, but ‘AJ’ managed to recover and record a big knockdown of his own in the second round that resulted in the stoppage victory.

Joshua and Usyk now train together, having famously had two battles for the unified world heavyweight title in 2021 and 2022, and the Ukrainian has had his say on his stablemate’s victory over Prenga.

Speaking to TalkSporttwo-time undisputed champion Usyk praised Joshua, insisting ‘AJ is back’ before predicting that Joshua will now claim a knockout win over long-term rival Tyson Fury in his next bout.

“Anthony Joshua is next undisputed champion. First round it’s a test but AJ is back.

It’s boxing, [the] big upper cut is good, it’s a knockdown. AJ [come] back and win.

“Greedy Belly [Fury] will speak now and say weak chin, Greedy Belly get out. AJ wins [against Fury], [he will] knock him out.”

Fury was victorious on Friday as he earned a seventh round retirement win against Mariusz Wach in Thailand, paving the way for the showdown against Joshua later this year.

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Jake Paul Reacts to Anthony Joshuas Stunning Victory Over Kristian Prenga After Two Early Knockdowns

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Jake Paul was the last man to fight Anthony Joshua and he has now revealed his verdict on AJ’s chaotic victory over Kristian Prenga.

Joshua went up against Prenga in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Saturdayin a clash that was expected to be a comfortable win for the former world heavyweight champion in order to set up the long overdue battle against Tyson Fury.

Any hopes of seeing that clash were nearly ended after AJ was dropped twice in the opening round of the bout, though he was able to recover and claim the second round knockout to come out on top and prevent a stunning shock upset from taking place.

Saturday’s outing saw Joshua back in the ring for the first time since his sixth round triumph over YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul back in Decemberand now ‘The Problem Child’ himself has shared his reaction to his former rival’s victory over Prenga.

Posting on social mediaPaul praised AJ for earning the win, after returning to action following the tragic car crash he was involved in at the end of last year which took the lives of his two close friends.

“Happy for Joshua with that win after all he’s been through. Remembering Sina and Latz with this one.”

The win for Joshua should now tee up for meeting with Fury later this year, after ‘The Gypsy King’ held up his end of the bargain by also securing a win in his warm-up bout on Friday, securing a seventh round retirement win against Mariusz Wach.

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Tony Bellew Reviews Anthony Joshuas Comeback Victory Over Kristian Prenga After Knockdown Drama

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Tony Bellew Reviews Anthony Joshua's Comeback Victory Over Kristian Prenga After Knockdown Drama

Anthony Joshua may have earned a knockout win over Kristian Prenga but the fight certainly didn’t unfold as most people expected.

Joshua was facing the Albanian in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, and it looked like a massive upset could be on the cards when he was dropped twice in the opening round.

‘AJ’ was able to recover and went on to secure a second round knockout victory to prevent the shock lossseemingly paving the way for the battle against Tyson Fury later this year.

One man who was ringside to witness the battle was former cruiserweight world champion Tony Bellewand he praised Joshua’s ability to turn things around in the fight after describing it as ‘chaos’.

“We predicted round two but I don’t think we foresaw that. That was chaos. He doesn’t see the uppercut coming and finds himself on the floor without knowing how he got there.

“The second one he did see it coming and he was able to clench down on the jaw. He got up and then the experience that he has he used tonight because he tied him up. Against Andy Ruiz he didn’t know what he was doing and didn’t know how to do that, but tonight he did.

“He showed once again there is no quit. To be that hurt in the first round and get up, that’s the recoveries of power. People talk about your chin, but it’s not, it’s the level of fitness that gets you up from the floor.

“When Joshua gets a fighter hurt he’s the best finisher in the division. Whenever he hurts someone they’re gone. I haven’t seen him drop anybody and they survive, only Andy Ruiz. He’s a ruthless finisher.”

The clash between Joshua and Fury is now expected to be announced soon for later this year, after Fury won his own interim fight on Friday by defeating Mariusz Wach.

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