Emanuel Navarrete entered the ring to congratulate and have a face-off with IBF tremendous featherweight champion Eduardo ‘Sugar’ Nunez (29-1, 27 KOs) following his crowd-pleasing 12-round unanimous determination win over Christopher Diaz (30-6, 19 KOs) on Saturday night time on the Centro de Usos Multiples, Los Mochis, Mexico.
A Unification Battle Teased
With WBO tremendous featherweight champion Navarrete, 30, being granted entry to the ring for a face-off with Nunez, it means that Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn could also be planning a unification battle between them.
Navarrete (39-2-1, 32 KOs) nonetheless must face Charly Suarez within the WBO-ordered rematch to clear up the controversy of their battle earlier this 12 months on Could 10. That battle was stopped on account of a reduce over Navarrete’s left eye that was initially dominated to have been brought on by an unintended head conflict within the sixth spherical. If Navarrete is victorious within the rematch with Suarez, an unification conflict with ‘Sugar’ Nunez can be ultimate.
‘Sugar’ Nunez, 30, didn’t look spectacular beating #14 IBF Diaz on Saturday night time. He absorbed numerous heavy pictures from Diaz and appeared near being knocked out within the twelfth. The judges gave Nunez the victory by the large scores of 117-109, 117-109, and 116-110. Whereas the battle did seem nearer than the scores handed in, Nunez did seem to have accomplished sufficient to deserve the win.
Nunez’s Weak Victory
Nunez seemed weak all through and confirmed little energy compared to Diaz. It was onerous to imagine that Nunez has such a formidable knockout report regardless of not being an enormous puncher. Tonight’s battle confirmed that ‘Sugar’ Nunez is a high-volume puncher within the William Zepeda mould, however not outfitted along with his dimension or energy.
Hearn must determine which is the best choice for Nunez’s subsequent battle, as he seemed very beatable towards Diaz. Matching Nunez towards #4 Raymond Ford can be a mistake. Ford has too many expertise and would possible defeat him.
If Hearn needs Eduardo to carry onto his IBF title so long as attainable, he ought to neglect about Navarrete. That may be too troublesome a battle for him.
Higher choices for Nunez
- Ryan Garner
- Liam Wilson
- Danny Quartermaine
- Mauricio Lara
Final Up to date on 09/07/2025
