By Mark Eisner: Emanuel Navarrete is in motion tonight in opposition to the tough-as-nails #3 ranked Liam Wilson in a battle for the vacant WBO tremendous featherweight title in a High Rank card dwell on ESPN, ESPN Deportes, and ESPN+ from the Desert Diamond Enviornment in Glendale, Arizona. The primary portion of the occasion begins at 10:00 p.m. ET.
The 11-year skilled Navarrete (36-1, 30 KOs) will try and seize his third division world title in opposition to a digital unknown, Wilson (11-1, 7 KOs), who may want a miracle to win tonight.
Boxing Information 24 might be giving dwell updates & outcomes of the motion on tonight’s card on ESPN.
Undefeated mild welterweight Lindolfo Delgado (17-0, 13 KOs) defeated Clarence Sales space (21-7, 13 KOs) by a one-sided eight spherical unanimous determination. Delgado knocked Sales space within the eighth spherical. The judges’ scores have been 80-71, 79-72, and 79-72 win.
Light-weight prospect Emiliano Vargas (2-0, 2 KOs) beat Francisco Duque (1-1) by a 4 spherical unanimous determination with the scores of 40-36, 40-36, and 40-36.
With the 28-year-old Navarrete transferring as much as a brand new weight class at 130, it received’t be a serious shock if he struggles with the scale & heavy arms of Wilson and winds up dropping.
Undercard:
Arnold Barboza Jr vs. Jose Pedraza
Richard Torrez Jr vs. James Bryant
Andres Cortes vs. Luis Melendez
Nico Ali Walsh vs. Eduardo Ayala
Lindolfo Delgado vs. Clarence Sales space
Emiliano Vargas vs. Francisco Duque
High Rank has assembled a superb undercard, with the unbeaten mild welterweight contender Arnold Barboza Jr (27-0, 10 KO) dealing with Jose ‘Sniper’ Pedraza (29-4-1, 14 KO) in a 10-round chief help bout.
In one other stable combat on the cardboard, 2020 heavyweight Olympic silver medalist Richard Torrez Jr (4-0, 4 KOs) squares off in opposition to the succesful James Bryant (6-2, 4 KO) in six spherical combat.
The 23-year-old Torrez Jr has an thrilling type, however his lack of peak & attain might be one thing that would restrict him until he’s in a position to turn out to be extra cellular like Oleksandr Usyk to maintain the larger heavyweights from dominating him.
It’s an ideal combat that ought to present whether or not Barboza can seize a world title at 140. At 31, Barboza Jr isn’t younger, so he should make his transfer by shinning in opposition to Pedraza, who’s beginning to lose a step after 12 years within the professional ranks and a protracted newbie profession, which incorporates competing within the 2008 Olympics.
If Barboza struggles in opposition to the 33-year-old former two-division world champion Pedraza, it might be a robust indication that he’d be destined for gatekeeper standing.
In fact, on this period of boxing, with the various world titles in every division, Barboza might nonetheless finally win a strap with the assistance of cautious match-making by High Rank. With that stated, Barboza goes to wish to actually dominate tonight in opposition to the veteran Pedraza for him to have a critical shot at successful a world title in his profession.
The transfer for Navarrete to 130 clears the best way for the proficient two-time Cuban Olympic gold medalist Robeisy Romero to seize the vacant WBO featherweight title.
In contrast to Navarrete, Romero has the makings of a star, and he simply wanted the chance to seize his first world title after having turned skilled in 2019.
Robeisy is preventing Isaac Dogboe on April 1st for the vacant WBO interim featherweight title. The winner of that combat, which figures to be Robeisy, will doubtless be elevated to the complete WBO 126-lb title quickly after until the World Boxing Group chooses to order one other combat for the complete belt.