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Navarrete Battles Villa for WBO Featherweight World Title Friday in Las Vegas
By Carlos Costa
PhilBoxing.com
Tue, 06 Oct 2020
Mexican former super bantam world champ Emanuel “Vaquero” Navarrete – the warrior who overpowered Masbateño Jeo “Santino” Santísima last February – is set to battle unbeaten Mexican-American southpaw Rubén Villa this Friday, October 9, @ the MGM Grand’s Bubble in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
After 5 successful defenses of his WBO súperbantam belt, “Vaquero” Navarrete now wants to conquer the featherweight division. Can he do that?
The 25-year-old from San Juan Zitaltlepec, a fighter also known as “The Mexican Iron Man,” has been boxing's most active world champion, waging 6 world title fights in just over 14 months (from December 2018 to February 2020). How about that?
The last time he fought in a non-title rumble was against Uriel López last June 20 in Ciudad de México, a fight “Vaquero” won via 6th round TKO.
Navarrete in action against the Philippines' Santisima.
Currently ranked as the WBO #1 featherweight, Navarrete (31-1, 27 KO’s), has won 27 consecutive bouts, including 14 of his last 15 by way of KO, and the target for this Friday is Rubén Villa.
Meanwhile, the 23-year-old Villa (18-0, 5 KO’s) from Salinas, California – promoted by Thompson Boxing – comes from defeating Alexei Collado, José Enrique Vivas and Luis Alberto López in his last three rumbles to earn this world title shot.
Will Rubén Villa make the best of it by stunning, shocking and defeating Navarrete?
Does this California boxer pack enough firepower to damage the strong “Vaquero?”
Or will “Vaquero” Navarrete brutally ravage Villa to claim the WBO feather belt?
That we’ll find out soon enough.
The show is promoted by Bob Arum live on ESPN.
Navarrete vs Villa in Featherweight action. May the Best Man Win..!!
The author boxing writer Carlos Costa lives in Cebu, can be reached at carlos512@hotmail.com and WhatsApp +639184538152.
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