Emanuel Navarrete vs. Charly Suarez fight prediction, odds, undercard, start time, where to watch, preview
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The WBO junior lightweight title is on the line on Saturday night in San Diego
Emanuel Navarrete will look to add to his already impressive resume on Saturday when he puts the WBO junior lightweight title on the line against Charly Suarez, and he's bringing some significant momentum into the fight.
Navarrete had a 33-fight winning streak -- during which he won world titles at junior featherweight, featherweight and junior lightweight -- snapped in November 2023 when he fought to a majority draw with Robson Conceicao. While the draw meant he had retained his title, Navarrete still attempted a jump to lightweight in pursuit of a title in the fourth weight class in his career, but came up short against Denys Berinchyk in their WBO title fight.
That two-fight stretch had many wondering if time had begun to catch up with Navarrete after more than 40 trips to the ring. Navarrete silenced those concerns in a big way in his most recent fight, when he returned to junior lightweight to defend his title and scored a sixth-round knockout of Oscar Valdez in a rematch of their August 2023 fight.
