Emanuel Navarrete

Emanuel Navarrete Martínez (born 17 January 1995) is a Mexican professional boxer.

Navarrete made his professional debut against Misael Ramirez on 18 February 2012.

He won the fight by a first-round technical knockout.

Navarrete amassed a 25–1 record during the next six years, winning all but three of those fights by way of stoppage.

He 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.

As of December 2023, he is ranked as the world's number one active super featherweight by ESPN and BoxRec, and number one by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board.

Navarrete had an amateur record of 108–7.

It was announced on 17 October 2018, that Navarrete would challenge the reigning WBO junior featherweight champion Isaac Dogboe, in what was Dogboe's second title defense.

The bout was scheduled for the undercard of a 8 December 2018, Top Rank card headlined by a unified lightweight title fight between Vasyl Lomachenko and Jose Pedraza.

The event took place at the Hulu Theater in New York City and was broadcast by ESPN in the Americas and by VITV in Dogboe's native Ghana.

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.

Despite this, Navarrete won the fight by unanimous decision.

Two of the judges scored the fight 116–112 for him, while the third judge scored it 115–113 in his favor.

Dogboe dropped Navarrete with a right hand in the ninth round, but no knockdown was called, as referee Benjy Esteves Jr. deemed it an illegal punch.

The fight ended with Navarrete having landed (221 to 176) and thrown (804 to 686) more punches than Dogboe.

The pair was scheduled to fight an immediate rematch on 11 May 2019, at the Convention Center in Tucson, Arizona.

The rematch headlined a Top Rank card, broadcast by ESPN.

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

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

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

Doboe's father and coach finally threw in the towel in the final minute of the last round.

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

It was revealed by ESPN on 14 June 2019, that Navarrete was expected to make his second title defense against the undefeated Francisco De Vaca at a date, location and venue which would be announced later.

The fight was originally scheduled for the José Benavidez Jr. and Luis Collazo undercard, but was later promoted to headline the 17 August Top Rank card, after Benavidez withdrew due to injury.

The fight took place at the Banc of California Stadium on Los Angeles, California, and was broadcast by ESPN.

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

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.

Five days after Navarrete made his second title defense, Top Rank vice-president Carl Moretti confirmed that Navarrete would make his third title defense against the #2 ranked WBO junior featherweight Juan Miguel Elorde.

The fight was booked for the undercard of the Tyson Fury and Otto Wallin heavyweight bout, which took place on 14 September 2019, just 28 days after Navarrete's previous fight.

The fight was broadcast on BT Sport and ESPN+ pay per view.

Navarrete came into the fight as a -3000 favorite.

Navarrete won the fight by a fourth-round technical knockout.

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

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

The fight was scheduled as for the undercard of an ESPN broadcast Top Rank card which took place on 7 December 2019, at the Auditorio GNP Seguros in Puebla, Mexico.

It was Navarrete's first title fight in his native Mexico.

Navarrete won the fight by a fourth-round technical knockout.

After a slow start, Navarrete began catching Horta with looping punches, finally stopping his opponent at the 2:09 minute mark of the fourth round.

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

The fight was booked for the Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury II pay per view undercard, which took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada on 22 February 2020.