Emanuel Navarrete

One of Mexico's great champions, a hometown hero, and the grandson of a legend will take center stage in San Diego next Saturday, Aug. 20, at Pechanga Arena San Diego. (photos by Top Rank) Emanuel "Vaquero" Navarrete (35-1, 29 KOs) makes the third defense of his WBO featherweight world title...

A fighting cowboy, a hometown hero, and the grandson of “The Greatest” are set for a summer night to remember in San Diego. Mexican star Emanuel “Vaquero” Navarrete will defend his WBO featherweight world title in the main event against countryman Eduardo “El Gemelo” Baez on Saturday, Aug. 20 at Pechanga Arena San Diego. Navarrete also signed a new multi-year promotional agreement with Top Rank that will see him fight on the ESPN family of networks in events promoted in association with Zanfer Promotions.

Mexico’s Emanuel “Vaquero” Navarrete will defend his WBO featherweight title against countryman Eduardo “El Gemelo” Baez on Saturday, Aug. 20 at Pechanga Arena San Diego. Navarrete also signed a new multi-year promotional agreement with Top Rank that will see him fight on the ESPN family...

Emanuel Navarrete vs. Eduardo Baez, our August 20th consolation prize after “Vaquero’s” negotiations with Shakur Stevenson fell through, has found a home at San Diego’s Pechanga Arena. Navarrete (35-1, 29 KO) will be ending a 10-month layoff, his longest since 2014. He was last seen turning...

A fighting cowboy, a hometown hero, and the grandson of “The Greatest” are set for a summer night to remember in San Diego. Mexican star Emanuel “Vaquero” Navarrete will defend his WBO featherweight world title in the main event against countryman Eduardo “El Gemelo” Baez on Saturday, Aug. 20 at Pechanga Arena San Diego. Navarrete also signed a new multi-year promotional agreement with Top Rank that will see him fight on the ESPN family of networks in events promoted in association with Zanfer Promotions.

Abraham Nova has heard the warning cries from fans of Emanuel Navarrete. The current WBO 126 pound belt holder has proudly defended his title in devastating fashion, stopping seven of his last nine opponents since ripping the golden trinket away from former titlist Isaac Dogboe. Yet, despite their cautionary words...

William Encarnacion (L) and Abraham Nova (R) exchange punches during their featherweight fight at Turning Stone Resort Casino on January 15, 2022 in Verona, New York. (Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images) 19. Jan. Abraham Nova may be enjoying some well-earned sun and fun in Jamaica, but...

Split-T Management Fighters kicked off the new year in style as featherweight Abraham Nova and junior welterweight Omar Rosario registered impressive victories at The Turning Stone Casino Resort in Verona, New York. Abraham Nova made his featherweight debut with an 8th round stoppage over William Encarnacion. Nova dominated the action...

Boxing is as unique as it is fickle. Whether anyone outside of Kiko Martinez and his tight circle truly believed he would dethrone Kid Galahad and win the IBF featherweight title on Nov. 13 in Sheffield is up for debate. The contest was labelled a “welcome home defence” for Galahad...

The two-time world champion Emanuel 'Vaquero' Navarrete is now analyzing the best options for his career after starting a period of being a promotional free agent. Navarrete is looking for bigger things after having already achieved a 9-0 mark in world championship fights. At 26-years-old and holding a pro record...

After a lengthy partnership with Top Rank and Zanfer, WBO featherweight champion Emanuel Navarrete took to Instagram today to announce his free agency. Navarrete (35-1, 29 KO) has worked with Arum and co. since his star-making duology against Isaac Dogboe, maintaining an extremely busy but not always challenging schedule. Having dispatched Christopher Diaz and mandatory challenger Joet Gonzalez this year, he presumably has free reign to pursue big-name fights for a while.

Seemingly everywhere Oscar Valdez turns, he hears his name on the lips of a 130 pounder. The newly crowned WBC super featherweight champion staked his claim earlier this year with a one-sided drubbing over former titlist, Miguel Berchelt. Despite being considered a sizable underdog, Valdez went on to drop Berchelt a total of three times before closing the show in the 10th round.

Emanuel Navarrete's face looked clean, like he'd just completed a strenuous run. Across the ring, the face of Joet Gonzalez looked like it was going through what both men were actually doing Friday night -- fighting for the WBO featherweight championship. While Navarrete successfully defended his featherweight title with a...

Pechanga Arena, San Diego - “Milwaukee Made” middleweight prospect Javier Martinez (5-0, 2 KOs) delivered a one-sided beating over Daryl Jones (4-3-1, 2 KOs) to land a unanimous decision with scores of 60-54, 60-53 and 60-53. The Robert Garcia-trained Martinez got off to a great start in the first round...

WBO featherweight world champion Emanuel "Vaquero" Navarrete (34-1, 29 KOs) will make the second defense of his crown against Southern California's Joet Gonzalez (24-1, 14 KOs) TONIGHT at the Pechanga Arena San Diego. The 10-round welterweight co-feature will see San Diego native Giovani Santillan (27-0, 15 KOs) against the upset-minded...

At the age of 26, Lindolfo Delgado (14-0, 12 KOs) has continued to show new wrinkles to his game. After putting on a boxing clinic against Tloxing Garcia Mendez (21-5-2, 13 KOs) early on in their showdown at the Pechanga Arena, in San Diego, the undefeated super lightweight prospect scored a knockdown in the eighth and final round before picking up a wide unanimous decision win.

Emanuel "Vaquero" Navarrete and Joet Gonzalez engaged in a border war for the ages. Navarrete (35-1, 29 KOs) retained his WBO featherweight world title with a bloody unanimous decision (118-110 and 116-112 2x) over Joet Gonzalez (24-2, 14 KOs) on Friday evening at Pechanga Arena San Diego. “It was a...

Offensive juggernaut Emanuel Navarrete and the hardnosed Joet Gonzalez promised to destroy each other in a war during their pre-fight buildup, and they did just that on Friday night. It was the powerful, aggressive, more active and experienced champion Navarrete who soldiered through and proved to be the stronger warrior...