Dallas' 4 Eva
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So the UK fanbase, who is used to $10-20 ticket prices are about to start paying $100 plus for tickets bro?
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Oscar Valdez-Emanuel Navarrete WBO Title Fight To Land At Desert Diamond Arena
BY JAKE DONOVAN
Published Thu Dec 08, 2022, 07:19 AM EST
Another big title fight is heading to the greater Phoenix area.
BoxingScene.com has learned that the highly anticipated Oscar Valdez-Emanuel Navarrete now has a home. The vacant WBO junior lightweight title fight will land at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona.
As previously reported by BoxingScene.com, Valdez-Navarrete is due to take place February 3 on an ESPN platform.
The location provides a slight fan support edge to Valdez (30-1, 23KOs), a two-time Olympian for Mexico who has childhood roots in Tucson—less than two hours southeast of Phoenix. It will mark his sixth overall appearance in Arizona, and his first time back in Phoenix since a pair of prospect-level fights in 2014.
Valdez will also enter on the heels of his lone career defeat, a twelve-round, unanimous decision to Shakur Stevenson in their April 30 WBC/WBO junior lightweight unification bout. Valdez suffered a sixth-round knockdown en route to losing by scores of 118-109, 118-109 and 117-110 in their ESPN-televised championship fight from MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Valdez was attempting the second defense of the WBC title he claimed in a tenth-round knockout of countryman Miguel Berchelt last February 20 at MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas. His lone successful defense marked his most recent appearance in Arizona, though mired in controversy. Valdez outpointed Robson Conceicao over twelve rounds at Casino Del Sol in Tucson last September 10, atop an event that was permitted to move forward after Valdez was cleared by the Pascua Yaqui Tribe Athletic Commission who chose to ignore the results of a positive drug test produced earlier last summer through testing contracted by VADA.
Both belts became available when Stevenson (19-0, 9KOs) missed weight ahead of his eventual win over Conceicao this past September 23 in Newark.
The WBC belt was already spoken for, while Valdez (30-1, 22KOs) remained the highest ranked available contender with the WBO.
Navarrete (36-1, 30KOs) was permitted to jump the line given his status as a two-division and reigning WBO featherweight titleholder. The streaking boxer from San Juan Zitlaltepec, Mexico entered as the number-one contender and permitted to vie for the vacant title per a ruling from the WBO during its recent annual convention this past October in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The fight will not yet impact the status of the WBO featherweight title, which Navarrete successfully defended three times since winning the belt in October 2020. His sixth-round knockout of Eduardo Baez on August 20 in San Diego saw Navarrete rally from a scorecard deficit in a fight where he struggled mightily to make weight. It was all but a given that his next fight—barring a unification clash—would take place at 130, with Stevenson’s scale-fail helping create a path towards Navarrete’s bid to become a three-division titlist.
Navarrete previously held the WBO junior featherweight title dating back to his December 2018 win over Isaac Dogboe in New York City, marking his U.S. debut. Their May 2019 rematch took place in Tucson, marking Navarrete’s lone career appearance in Arizona heading into his upcoming and highly anticipated showdown with Valdez.
The inclusion of Valdez-Navarrete provides the Desert Diamond Arena with its fourth high profile event in nine months, the last three of which come in a 14-week span.
The venue—previously known as the Gila River Arena—hosted Phoenix native and former two-time super middleweight champion David Benavidez in a rout of David Lemieux atop a May 21 Showtime card. Content creator and rising cruiserweight Jake Paul headlined an Oct. 29 Showtime Pay-Per-View event, scoring a late knockdown of Anderson Silva to seal an eight-round decision win.
This past weekend saw Juan Francisco Estrada prevail via majority decision over Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez the long-awaited rubber match atop a Dec. 3 DAZN show. The venue is across the street from State Farm Stadium, home to the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals and host to Super Bowl LVII which takes place nine days after Valdez-Navarrete.
BY JAKE DONOVAN
Published Thu Dec 08, 2022, 07:19 AM EST
Another big title fight is heading to the greater Phoenix area.
BoxingScene.com has learned that the highly anticipated Oscar Valdez-Emanuel Navarrete now has a home. The vacant WBO junior lightweight title fight will land at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona.
As previously reported by BoxingScene.com, Valdez-Navarrete is due to take place February 3 on an ESPN platform.
The location provides a slight fan support edge to Valdez (30-1, 23KOs), a two-time Olympian for Mexico who has childhood roots in Tucson—less than two hours southeast of Phoenix. It will mark his sixth overall appearance in Arizona, and his first time back in Phoenix since a pair of prospect-level fights in 2014.
Valdez will also enter on the heels of his lone career defeat, a twelve-round, unanimous decision to Shakur Stevenson in their April 30 WBC/WBO junior lightweight unification bout. Valdez suffered a sixth-round knockdown en route to losing by scores of 118-109, 118-109 and 117-110 in their ESPN-televised championship fight from MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Valdez was attempting the second defense of the WBC title he claimed in a tenth-round knockout of countryman Miguel Berchelt last February 20 at MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas. His lone successful defense marked his most recent appearance in Arizona, though mired in controversy. Valdez outpointed Robson Conceicao over twelve rounds at Casino Del Sol in Tucson last September 10, atop an event that was permitted to move forward after Valdez was cleared by the Pascua Yaqui Tribe Athletic Commission who chose to ignore the results of a positive drug test produced earlier last summer through testing contracted by VADA.
Both belts became available when Stevenson (19-0, 9KOs) missed weight ahead of his eventual win over Conceicao this past September 23 in Newark.
The WBC belt was already spoken for, while Valdez (30-1, 22KOs) remained the highest ranked available contender with the WBO.
Navarrete (36-1, 30KOs) was permitted to jump the line given his status as a two-division and reigning WBO featherweight titleholder. The streaking boxer from San Juan Zitlaltepec, Mexico entered as the number-one contender and permitted to vie for the vacant title per a ruling from the WBO during its recent annual convention this past October in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The fight will not yet impact the status of the WBO featherweight title, which Navarrete successfully defended three times since winning the belt in October 2020. His sixth-round knockout of Eduardo Baez on August 20 in San Diego saw Navarrete rally from a scorecard deficit in a fight where he struggled mightily to make weight. It was all but a given that his next fight—barring a unification clash—would take place at 130, with Stevenson’s scale-fail helping create a path towards Navarrete’s bid to become a three-division titlist.
Navarrete previously held the WBO junior featherweight title dating back to his December 2018 win over Isaac Dogboe in New York City, marking his U.S. debut. Their May 2019 rematch took place in Tucson, marking Navarrete’s lone career appearance in Arizona heading into his upcoming and highly anticipated showdown with Valdez.
The inclusion of Valdez-Navarrete provides the Desert Diamond Arena with its fourth high profile event in nine months, the last three of which come in a 14-week span.
The venue—previously known as the Gila River Arena—hosted Phoenix native and former two-time super middleweight champion David Benavidez in a rout of David Lemieux atop a May 21 Showtime card. Content creator and rising cruiserweight Jake Paul headlined an Oct. 29 Showtime Pay-Per-View event, scoring a late knockdown of Anderson Silva to seal an eight-round decision win.
This past weekend saw Juan Francisco Estrada prevail via majority decision over Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez the long-awaited rubber match atop a Dec. 3 DAZN show. The venue is across the street from State Farm Stadium, home to the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals and host to Super Bowl LVII which takes place nine days after Valdez-Navarrete.
Black_Jesus
Superstar
For Spence vs Crawford.. absolutely.... capitalism and supply n demand isn't only an American constructSo the UK fanbase, who is used to $10-20 ticket prices are about to start paying $100 plus for tickets bro?
Dallas' 4 Eva
Superstar
So let me get this straight. You're telling me that the UK fanbase, who is notorious for not liking US fighters like that, are going to support two US fighters who don't even have big fanbases in that country(Eddie Hearn has said multiple times this fight isn't a big deal like that to the casual fan, he's talking overseas bruh) are going to magically pay close to $100 more for a ticket at the live gate and close to $50-60 more PPV prices... for two fighters they don't really care about like that? Is this what you're telling me right now?
Black_Jesus
Superstar
Notorious for not liking US fighters?? Is that really a fact cause any time I see US fighters over their they are getting plenty love.. where are you getting $10-$20 tickets from?? Local domestic ballroom fights? You really believe the majority of tickets for a fight of that magnitude is only $10 in the UK??
I can care less what Eddie Hearn says. Eddie shyts on any fight that isn't apart of his stable that he can't profit from.. If you chose to listen to a lying ass promoter, go right ahead..
There are more diehard boxing fans in the UK than the US they dont have to appeal to a casual market as much like here in the states. I believe both The UK and US would show up for this fight regardless.. they will sell ppvs n both countries regardless the location but in the US and UK regardless of the location. I believe The UK fans understand how important this fight is and will have no problem coughing up extra $$$ at the gate
ChocolateGiddyUp
Superstar
Do you know that Timmy and Choc's fav fighter Danny Garcia have common opponents in Lamont Peterson and Kendall H0lt? One fighter had better results against those 2 than the other
Kendall **** put Tim Bradley into the Shadow Realm
… Nice try to rewrite history Pat 
Why is **** edited
H0lt dropped Bradley early and late and still won a UD on the cards; Danny on the other hand a judge saw a win for H0ltKendall **** put Tim Bradley into the Shadow Realm
Why is **** edited
no mention of Peterson though?
ChocolateGiddyUp
Superstar
H0lt dropped Bradley early and late and still won a UD on the cards; Danny on the other hand a judge saw a win for H0lt
no mention of Peterson though?
Oh ok … so tell me how the judges saw Swift v PED
Oh ok … so tell me how the judges saw Swift v PED
tell me how the judges saw bradley vs peterson first..thats what we are comparing...who beat peterson better? you know the answer as do I?
FreedMind
DOPAMINE FOR MY BABY!!
You right
But throw Crawford and Spence on the undercard of Khan Brook 2 and they finna print money
Dallas' 4 Eva
Superstar
They are not about to do that for two foreign born fighters man, stop it.Notorious for not liking US fighters?? Is that really a fact cause any time I see US fighters over their they are getting plenty love.. where are you getting $10-$20 tickets from?? Local domestic ballroom fights? You really believe the majority of tickets for a fight of that magnitude is only $10 in the UK??
I can care less what Eddie Hearn says. Eddie shyts on any fight that isn't apart of his stable that he can't profit from.. If you chose to listen to a lying ass promoter, go right ahead..
There are more diehard boxing fans in the UK than the US they dont have to appeal to a casual market as much like here in the states. I believe both The UK and US would show up for this fight regardless.. they will sell ppvs n both countries regardless the location but in the US and UK regardless of the location. I believe The UK fans understand how important this fight is and will have no problem coughing up extra $$$ at the gate
Black_Jesus
Superstar
Or throw Khan v Brook2 on the undercard