Cowboy fans have reason to rejoice. No, we are not talking about a new Hollywood Western. It is the return of the “Vaquero”! On May 18 Emmanuel Navarrete suffered a surprising defeat against Denys Berinchyk in San Diego. The fight took place just one day after Tyson Fury–Alexander Usyk. Fans may remember the newly crowned undisputed champion dancing for joy when Berinchyk emerged as the new lightweight champion. Now, according to available sources, Navarrete could potentially make a comeback six months after that fateful night.
On the night of revenge he could meet his old opponent Oscar Valdez. It has been almost a year since the two last met in Arizona. And as if that wasn’t enough, another exciting duel could be the icing on the cake. Almost a year after they met when he became world champion for the first time, Rafael Espinoza could against Robey Ramirez on the same map.
The “Cowboy” gets ready for action: Emanuel Navarrete against Oscar Valdez
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Quote Salvador Rodriguez, talkSPORT‘S Michael Benson shared an update.”The rematch between Emanuel Navarrete and Oscar Valdez for the WBO super featherweight world title and the rematch between Rafael Espinoza and Robeisy Ramirez for the WBO featherweight world title could both reportedly take place on the same card on December 7 in Arizona.”
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The rematch between Emanuel Navarrete and Oscar Valdez for the WBO super featherweight world title and the rematch between Rafael Espinoza and Robeisy Ramirez for the WBO featherweight world title could reportedly both take place on the same card on December 7 in Arizona. (According to @ChavaESPN)
— Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) 11 August 2024
On August 12, 2023, Emanuel Navarrete defended his third championship belt at the Desert Diamon Arena in Arizona, where he had secured the vacant WBO super featherweight title six months earlier. After his first career loss against Shakur StevensonIt was Oscar Valdez’s first attempt to regain a world title. Unfortunately, the “Cowboy” was superior to him. If Valdez hadn’t been injured, the two could have met earlier. Nevertheless, the subsequent performances were not particularly encouraging for Navarrete.
In his third fight of the year on November 16, the Mexican champion faced Robson Conceicao. Although he was fortunate enough to defend his title, Navarrete narrowly managed a draw (majority decision) against the Olympic gold medalist, who is now the WBC super featherweight champion. Six months after the fight, “Vaquero” suffered his second career loss after his failed attempt to win his fourth world title.
Emanuel Navarrete is still the WBO super featherweight titleholder and thus the “super” champion. Oscar Valdez’s recent triumph over Liam Wilson made him the interim champion and thus the mandatory challenger to the “Vaquero”.
“The train” is slowly approaching.
On April 1st last year, Cuban Robeisy Ramirez won his first championship belt. He defeated the Ghanaian-British Isaac Dogboe in Oklahoma. Later on July 25th, on Naoya Inoue–Stephen FultonOn the 19th card, he defeated Satoshi Shimizu in his first title defense. Six months later, he entered the ring for the third time to fend off the challenge of ‘El Divino.
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Despite being the proverbial underdog, the hard-hitting Mexican proved everyone wrong by pulling off one of the biggest upsets of last year. Despite going down to the mat once, the undefeated boxer recovered to secure a majority decision victory. After suffering his second career loss, Ramirez fought a ten-round bout with Brandon Benitez for the NABO featherweight title. Now he may have a chance to reclaim his legacy.
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Oscar Valdez seems to have pulled himself together again. He defeated Liam Wilson on March 29th of this year at the same place where Emanuel Navarrete defeated him. For ‘Vaquero’ the fight is decisive; he cannot afford to lose another fight. He has to win.
When the exciting fight card drops on December 7, who is your favorite to win the Valdez-Navarrete and Ramirez-Espinoza fights?
