WBO World Super Featherweight Champion Oscar Valdez was knocked out defending against former WBO World Super Featherweight champion Emanuel Navarrete in the sixth round on Saturday night in their rematch at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona.
In the co-feature, WBO World Featherweight Champion Rafael ‘El Divino’ Espinoza stopped former WBO 126-lb champion Robeisy Ramirez (14-3, KOs) in the sixth round.
Valdez, 32-3 (24), was stopped by Navarrete, 39-2-1 (32) at 2:46 of the sixth round of a scheduled 12.
In the final seconds of the first round, Navarrete landed a right to the side of Valdez’s head, leaving him with an 8-count by referee Raul Caiz, Jr. .
In the final seconds of the fourth round, Navarrete landed a right uppercut to the chin, dropping Valdez for an 8-count by Ref Caiz, Jr. In the final seconds of the fifth round, Navarrate twisted the southpaw, landing a left to the chin and knocking off the mouthpiece of Valdez, who had landed a right at the same time.
In the last thirty seconds of the sixth round, Navarette landed half a dozen punches while Valdez only got a few back when a left to the body (liver) from Navarrete dropped Valdez as Ref Caiz, Jr. he was shaking it.
In the Co-Feature rematch, WBO featherweight champion Rafael ‘El Divino’ Espinoza, 26-0 (22), stopped Robeisy Ramirez, 14-3 (9) and Las Vegas, NV, at 0:12 seconds of the sixth round. .
It was close for the first four laps, with Ramirez holding a slight lead. In the fifth round, Espinosa backed up Ramirez throughout the round, although an elbow from Espinosa damaged Ramirez’s right eye. In the sixth round, Espinoza landed a right to the right eye, causing Ramirez to raise his hands and walk away, prompting referee Chris Flores to stop. Ramirez later claimed to have double vision.
WBO Super Light champion Lindolfo Delgado, 22-0 (16), stopped Jackson ‘El Fenix’ Martinez, 22-4 (10), in the fifth round of 10.
In the early rounds, it was all Delgado. In the fifth round, Delgado had trouble with Martinez, prompting referee Wes Melton to stop.
2021 Silver Medalist and current Jr Heavy Southpaw Champion Richard Torrez, Jr., 12-0 (11), stopped Isaac ‘Drago’ Munoz, 18-1-1 (15) at 0:59 of the third round of 8.
In the third round, Torrez had Munoz down and defenseless when referee Raul Caiz, Jr. asked to stop.
Super Featherweight Albert ‘Chop Chop’ Gonzalez, 12-0 (7), defeated Gerardo Antonio Perez, 12-7-1 in eight rounds of action.
In the first four rounds of action, Gonzalez outshot Perez in all solid rounds. In the fifth to eighth rounds, Perez put up a fight but fell to the impressive Gonzalez
Referee Tony Zaino scores twice 80-72, 79-73.
Super FlyweightSteven ‘Kid Dinamite’ Navarro, 5-0 (4) stopped Gabriel ‘Gabby’ Bernardi, 7-2 (3) at 0:29 seconds of the second round in 6.
In the second round, Navarro landed a combination that dropped Bernardi for an 8-count by referee Raul Caiz, Jr. Seconds later, a right cross from the southpaw dropped him for a second time. A combination dropped Bernardi for the third time, with referee Raul Caiz, Jr.
Welterweight southpaw Giovani “Golden Cock” Santillan, 32-1 (17) defeated Lawson’s Fredrick “General” O’Kun, 30-5 (22) over ten rounds.
In the first round, Santillan dominated Lawson. Between rounds, Lawson’s corner stalled.
Welterweight Art Berrera, Jr., 7-0 (5) stopped Juan Carlos Campos Medina, 4-2 (3) at 2:58 of the second of a sixth.
In the second round, Berrera had Medina defenseless, prompting referee Wes Melton to stop.
Super Featherweight DJ ‘The War Machine’ Zamora, 14-0 (9), defeated Roman Ruben Reynosa, 22-5-2 (10) in six rounds.
Lightweight Cesar Morales, 0-1 (0) lost a majority decision to Kevin Mosquera, 3-0 (1), in 4 rounds.
