Emanuel Navarrete retained his WBO junior lightweight title with a 12-round unanimous decision win tonight over Oscar Valdez.
It was a fight that lived up to whatever hype anyone had for it, as Navarrete fought through a pretty clearly and badly damaged right hand in the second half of the bout, while Valdez had his right eye beaten shut but never gave up on the bout.
Scores were 116-112, 118-110, and 119-109 for Navarrete; the latter two may have been a bit wide for many people, but you could also probably argue it that way, was Navarrete was just a lot of constant work, and that may have nicked him the rounds others gave Valdez here and there.
Bad Left Hook unofficially scored it 116-112 and 116-112 on two separate score cards, not the exact same rounds, but the same end score. ESPN’s Mark Kriegel had it the same.
We’ll have more on Navarrete vs Valdez shortly, stick with us!
Navarrete vs Valdez highlights
Undercard highlights and results Lindolfo Delgado UD-10 Jair Valtierra (98-92, 99-91, 99-91): It was originally meant to be a prelims fight, and boy did it feel like a prelims fight, and boy did the crowd let them know it felt like a prelims fight. Valtierra (16-3, 8 KO) had a couple rounds where he out-worked Delgado (18-0, 13 KO), but then Delgado started doing anything and took over for the rest of the fight. The crowd did not enjoy the fight. Richard Torrez Jr TKO-1 Willie Jake Jr (1:22): Can he fight someone approaching being a warm body yet? He’s 24 years old, an Olympic silver medalist, he’s clearly miles beyond this scrub parade they’ve had him fighting. Nobody reasonable is asking for a contender, but maybe someone who won’t be 100 percent beaten on their way to the ring?
