Mexico’s Emanuel Navarrete maintained his World Boxing Organization super-featherweight globe title on Saturday with a seven-round technological choice over formerly unbeaten Filipino competitor Charly Suarez in San Diego.
The battle was stopped after 7 rounds with Navarrete blood loss from a cut over his left eye brought on by an unintentional clash of heads in the 6th round.
The end result was after that determined by the scorecards at the time of the deduction with all 3 having Navarrete in advance– 77-76, 77-76 and 78-75.
The 30-year-old Mexican enhanced to 40-2 with one draw as he protected his crown for the 4th time.
Navarrete had actually missed out on the 130-pound weight restriction in his very first shot at the ranges however was inside the restriction 2 hours later on at a last weigh-in.
Suarez, seeking his very first globe title at the age of 36, was up to 18-1.
Suarez was stunned by an unintentional clash of heads late in rounded 4.
Another clash of heads in the 6th opened up a deep tear over Navarrete’s left eye, spurting blood affecting his vision and creating the very early deduction in the spell set up for 12 rounds.
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