WBO world super-featherweight champion Emanuel Navarrete has locked eyes with Charly Suarez for one final time, as the pair will instead lock horns tomorrow morning.
Stretching beyond the late hours of this evening – in UK time, at least – their clash at the Pechanga Arena, California, promises to deliver little more than a routine title defence.
With Navarrete, 39-2-1 (32 KOs), boasting far greater experience, and indeed power, at the elite level, another victory inside the distance for the all-action puncher is certainly on the cards.
That said, the 30-year-old’s unorthodox style typically lends itself to both uncertainty and chaos, meaning that Suarez, 18-0 (10 KOs), a sturdy yet unremarkable technician, may in fact have a chance.
Either way, both combatants have now hit the scales – seemingly overcoming their final hurdle with minimal difficulty – ahead of what looks, on paper, to be a relatively uninspiring Top Rank card.
Official weights for Emanuel Navarrete vs Charly Suarez card
12 x 3 mins – WBO world super-featherweight title
Emanuel Navarrete – 130lbs
Charly Suarez – 129.9lbs
12 x 3 mins – IBF interim lightweight title
Raymond Muratalla – 134.4lbs
Zaur Abdullaev – 134.6lbs
10 x 3 mins – super-featherweight bout
Andres Cortes – 131.7lbs
Salvador Jimenez – 131.9lbs
10 x 3 mins – welterweight bout
Giovani Santillan – 147.2lbs
Angel Beltran – 146.6lbs
10 x 3 mins – super-bantamweight bout
Sebastian Hernandez – 122lbs
Azat Hovhannisyan – 122.7lbs
8 x 3 mins – lightweight bout
Alan Garcia – 136.7lbs
Cristian Medina – 136.7lbs
4 x 3 mins – super-lightweight bout
Samuel Contreras – 138.9lbs
Dyllon Cervantes – 139.6lbs
4 x 2 mins – super-flyweight bout
Perla Bazaldua – 114.4lbs
Mona Ward – 114.1lbs
