By: Sean Crose
WBO featherweight titlist Emanuel Navarrete will be defending his crown Saturday evening in San Diego at the Pechanga Arena when he takes on Eduardo Baez in a scheduled 12 round affair. Navarette, who goes by the nickname of “Vaquero” is the star here, as he’s a Top Rank signed attraction with a 35-1 record and 29 knockouts under his belt. Eduardo, however, is fresh off a win against Enrique Vivas just last March. With only 7 knockouts to be found on his 21-2-2 resume, the fighter known as “”El Gemelo,” isn’t much of a power puncher. Boxing is nothing if not a sport of upsets, however, so it might be interesting to see how this one shakes out.
The Navarrete-Baez card will be broadcast live on ESPN starting at 10PM eastern time on Saturday.
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Across the block at Showtime there’s another card airing Saturday night, one that was supposed to feature Adrien Broner, though the controversial multi-titlist dropped out of the fight for emotional issues. This certainly didn’t please his scheduled opponent, Omar Figueroa, though a very solid replacement has been presented. Long story short: Sergey Lipinets was supposed to be on Saturday’s undercard. Now he’s in the main event.
Boasting a record of 28-2-1, Figueroa is said to be looking to reestablish himself after dropping two in a row, to Abel Ramos and Yordenis Ugas, respectively. He has some names of note in his win column, including Robert Guerrero and Ricky Burns. Needless to say, the 16-2-1Lipinets will be another win of note – provided Figueroa can best him. Lipinet’s only losses have come to Mikey Garcia and Jaron Ennis – two exceedingly high caliber names.
The Figueroa-Lipinet’s card will be broadcast live on Showtime Saturday starting at 8PM eastern time.
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