i kept hearing Ward praising Navarretes IQ
thats how you know you’re a great fighter
thats how you know you’re a great fighter
4/24 ESPN/ESPN+: Emanuel Navarrete vs Christopher Diaz / Edgar Berlanga vs Demond Nicholson
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NZA
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i would not have stopped that. let that man finish what he fought for and keep that KO off his resume. there wasnt much time left anyway
navarrete is a beast at 126. he will be fine at 130 but the competition is so much better that i have to move him downt he list if he goes up. all that lunging is going to cost him when he moves up.
very good fight for berlanga. good to see him get some rounds, and nicholson was game. much respect to the man.
navarrete is a beast at 126. he will be fine at 130 but the competition is so much better that i have to move him downt he list if he goes up. all that lunging is going to cost him when he moves up.
very good fight for berlanga. good to see him get some rounds, and nicholson was game. much respect to the man.
reservoirdogs
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He just moved up to 126 less than a year ago ffs... could be years till he moves to 130 if even...
NZA
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he never got adequate rounds from his opponents so he is less experienced than his resume would have you think. you see he was taking round 7 off and couldnt finish this guy who was getting knocked silly. 8 rounders is right where he needs to be for a while
reservoirdogs
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Berlanga strikes me as a basic slugger with big power even for a slugger. He can really put all in his power shots, if he hits you clean there's a good chance he can knock you off of your feet but other than his preferred range which is mid distance or in the pocket he can be picked off from range and smothered on the inside. It's not super hard to tell when he's gonna throw either, he winds up on his shots and usually doesn't set them up that intricate 
He showed a solid chin but he didn't seem to like those body shots and he was a little winded in the last 2 rounds, good for him that he could go rounds though.
Jab-straight-grab-smother him-body shots on the inside, etc... will go a long way against him. Or even just throwing body jabs at him from range if you are fast and technical enough to not get caught by his counters. Don't exchange with him though.
I don't think that he goes all the way but we'll see, he is young, can still improve on paper. Jesse Hart might be just too much too soon for him now.
He showed a solid chin but he didn't seem to like those body shots and he was a little winded in the last 2 rounds, good for him that he could go rounds though.
Jab-straight-grab-smother him-body shots on the inside, etc... will go a long way against him. Or even just throwing body jabs at him from range if you are fast and technical enough to not get caught by his counters. Don't exchange with him though.
I don't think that he goes all the way but we'll see, he is young, can still improve on paper. Jesse Hart might be just too much too soon for him now.
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Navarrette switch hitting and showed great iq. The future is bright
Bigblackted4
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Great card overall.
Berlanga needs another year of fights, but reminds me of Fernando Vargas. He doesn’t need to be moved too fast because if he is he might get detailed brutally. He is extremely heavy handed and power is there even in complete exhaustion.
Navarette is one of the best fighters in the world. I know it doesn’t look like anybody we’ve seen but that’s what makes him him. It’s kind of like seeing Wilder and thinking how is he doing this but they are just unique. The faints, punches from awkward angles, the tank, the stiff jab, even some good head movement and decent feet. He’s a real fighter.
Josue was in a great test and one more fight away from a Pedraza or Zepeda type fight.
Adorno brothers are highlight reel KOs for somebody else waiting to happen. They will get feed eventually.
Xander is a real prospect but he’s already large at 147 and will probably do his damage at 154.
Berlanga needs another year of fights, but reminds me of Fernando Vargas. He doesn’t need to be moved too fast because if he is he might get detailed brutally. He is extremely heavy handed and power is there even in complete exhaustion.
Navarette is one of the best fighters in the world. I know it doesn’t look like anybody we’ve seen but that’s what makes him him. It’s kind of like seeing Wilder and thinking how is he doing this but they are just unique. The faints, punches from awkward angles, the tank, the stiff jab, even some good head movement and decent feet. He’s a real fighter.
Josue was in a great test and one more fight away from a Pedraza or Zepeda type fight.
Adorno brothers are highlight reel KOs for somebody else waiting to happen. They will get feed eventually.
Xander is a real prospect but he’s already large at 147 and will probably do his damage at 154.
Amare's Right Hook
Southeast World Champion
I'm a Navarrete fan now.
Berglana-Nicholson Drew Average Viewership Of 803,000 On ESPN, More Than Main Event
BY KEITH IDEC
Published Tue Apr 27, 2021, 01:17 PM EDT
ESPN’s audience grew Saturday night as knockout artist Edgar Berlanga was extended the distance for the first time as a pro.
Nielsen Media Research released data Tuesday that indicated an average of 803,000 viewers watched Berlanga’s eight-round points victory over Demond Nicholson on Saturday night. Viewership peaked at 829,000 toward the end of Berlanga’s unanimous-decision victory over Nicholson at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee, Florida.
More viewers tuned in for Berlanga-Nicholson, the opener of ESPN’s doubleheader, than the main event. An average of 715,000 viewers and a peak audience of 797,000 watched the network’s featured attraction, Emanuel Navarrete’s stoppage of Christopher Diaz in the 12th-round of their fan-friendly featherweight title fight.
The entire telecast, which lasted two hours and two minutes, attracted an average audience of 733,000.
Nielsen’s totals include only those that watched the two-bout broadcast live on ESPN. The network doesn’t release viewership totals from ESPN+, its streaming service, which also offered those two fights live to its subscribers.
Brooklyn’s Berlanga (17-0, 16 KOs) had knocked out each of his first 16 professional opponents in the first round. The hard-hitting super middleweight prospect knocked down Nicholson four times – once apiece in the second, third, fifth and eighth rounds – and won by huge margins on the scorecards (79-68, 79-69 and 79-69).
The resilient Nicholson (23-4-1, 20 KOs) recorded a victory of sorts by taking Berlanga the distance. The Laurel, Maryland, native showed toughness right up until the very end of their one-sided fight, when he got up from Berlanga’s devastating right hand with less than 10 seconds remaining in the eighth round and made it to the final bell.
Later Saturday night, Mexico’s Navarrete and Puerto Rico’s Diaz provided plenty of entertainment in the main event.
Navarrete (34-1, 29 KOs), the WBO 126-pound champion, also dropped Diaz (26-3, 16 KOs) four times. A courageous Diaz got up from a knockdown during the fourth round, two knockdowns in the eighth round and a final trip to the canvas late in the 12th round.
Diaz’s trainer, Nelson Rodriguez, requested a stoppage once his battered, bloodied fighter reached his feet following that fourth knockdown. Referee Samuel Burgos stopped their fight with 11 seconds remaining in the final round.
Keith Idec is a senior writer/columnist for BoxingScene.com. He can be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing.
