40 Facts About Emanuel Navarrete

Emanuel Navarrete Martinez was born on 17 January 1995 and is a Mexican professional boxer.

Emanuel Navarrete is a three-division world champion, having held the WBO junior featherweight title from 2018 to 2020, the WBO featherweight title from 2020 to 2023, and the WBO junior lightweight title since February 2023.

Emanuel Navarrete won the fight by a first-round technical knockout.

Emanuel Navarrete entered the first title bout of his career as a significant underdog, with most odds-makers having him a +500 underdog, while Dogboe was seen as a -800 favorite.

Emanuel Navarrete was more convincing in their second meeting, winning the fight by a later twelfth-round technical knockout.

Emanuel Navarrete was in control from the beginning of the fight, keeping Dogboe at range with jabs and accumulating damage with straight punches.

Emanuel Navarrete began to dominate from the ninth round onward, with the former champion visibly flagging.

Emanuel Navarrete landed almost three times as many strikes as Dogboe, out-landing the Ghanaian 314 to 121 in total punches.

Emanuel Navarrete justified his role as the betting favorite, winning the fight by a third-round technical knockout.

Emanuel Navarrete spent the entirety of the fight pressuring De Vaca, undeterred by the power coming back at him, finally finishing his opponent with a flurry of punches at the 1:54 minute mark of the third round.

Emanuel Navarrete first knocked Elorde down in the third round, before stopping him with a flurry of punches a round later.

Emanuel Navarrete was booked to make his fourth title WBO junior featherweight title defense against Francisco Horta, in his fourth fight of the year.

On 30 January 2020, it was announced that Emanuel Navarrete would make the fifth defense of his title against Jeo Santisima.

Emanuel Navarrete justified his role as the favorite, winning the fight by an eleventh-round stoppage.

Emanuel Navarrete appeared to be unusually slow and fatigued throughout the bout, but still managed to stagger the Filipino challenger in the fifth round, before stopping him with a barrage of punches at the 2:20 minute mark of the eleventh round.

Emanuel Navarrete claimed that he had suffered a right thumb injury during the post-fight interview, saying: "I hurt him weirdly with my right hand and hurt my thumb but I had to plough through it".

Emanuel Navarrete accepted a fight at featherweight against Uriel Lopez on 20 June 2020, for his next bout.

Emanuel Navarrete won the fight by a sixth-round technical knockout.

Emanuel Navarrete dominated his opponent, out-landing him 190 to 49 in total punches, and 150 to 38 in power punches.

Emanuel Navarrete officially vacated the WBO junior featherweight title on 12 July 2020, and moved up to featherweight.

Emanuel Navarrete first knocked Villa down with a left uppercut near the end of the first round, while the second knockdown was the result of a left hook in the fourth round.

Emanuel Navarrete landed 163 to Villa's 131 total punches, while the difference in power punches landed was far more pronounced, with Emanuel Navarrete landing 131 to Villa's 58.

Just as in all of his previous title defenses, Emanuel Navarrete was seen as the favorite to retain, with most odds-makers having him as a -900 favorite.

In front of a crowd of 3,262 people, Emanuel Navarrete won the fight by a late twelfth-round technical knockout.

Emanuel Navarrete managed to knock Diaz a total of four times throughout the bout, with the final knockdown prompting both his corner-men and the referee to stop the fight.

Emanuel Navarrete landed 257 to Diaz's 183 total punches, with 241 of those being power punches.

On 27 April 2021, just three days after his first title defense, it was revealed that Emanuel Navarrete was in talks to face mandatory challenger Joet Gonzalez.

Emanuel Navarrete landed a hundred punches over what Gonzalez landed, and about fifty more power punches.

Emanuel Navarrete threw 979 punches throughout the twelve round bout, averaging 81.6 punches per round.

Emanuel Navarrete overcame a slow start to win the bout by a sixth-round knockout.

Emanuel Navarrete hit Baez with a left hook to the body in the first minute of the sixth round, which led to his opponent taking a knee and being counted out at the 1:00 minute mark.

Emanuel Navarrete wasn't stripped of his featherweight title however, as he was granted a one-fight exception to move up in weight.

Emanuel Navarrete was knocked down in the fourth round but was given a long count, Navarette was then able to rally back and win the fight by a ninth-round technical knockout.

Emanuel Navarrete vacated his WBO featherweight title on 9 February 2023.

Emanuel Navarrete successfully defended his WBO junior lightweight title defense against the former two-weight world champion Oscar Valdez on 12 August 2023, at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona.

Emanuel Navarrete out-landed Valdez 216 to 140 in total punches, as well as 176 to 114 in power punches.

Emanuel Navarrete submitted a formal request to be promoted to "Super" champion status to the WBO on 15 September 2023.

Emanuel Navarrete successfully underwent a minor left hand surgery on 2 December 2023, to repair an injury that was re-aggravated during the contest with Conceicao.

Emanuel Navarrete was scheduled to face Denys Berinchyk for the vacant WBO lightweight title at Pechanga Arena in San Diego, California, on May 18,2024.

In October 2024, Top Rank confirmed Emanuel Navarrete would defend his WBO junior lightweight title against Oscar Valdez in a rematch at Footprint Center in Phoenix, AZ on December 7,2024.