Unification in Sight: Navarrete’s Ring Invasion Signals a Clash with Nunez

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 resolution 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 combat 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 combat earlier this 12 months on Might 10. That combat was stopped attributable to a lower over Navarrete’s left eye that was initially dominated to have been attributable to an unintentional head conflict within the sixth spherical. If Navarrete is victorious within the rematch with Suarez, an unification conflict with ‘Sugar’ Nunez could be supreme.

‘Sugar’ Nunez, 30, didn’t look spectacular beating #14 IBF Diaz on Saturday night time. He absorbed numerous heavy photographs from Diaz and appeared near being knocked out within the twelfth. The judges gave Nunez the victory by the huge scores of 117-109, 117-109, and 116-110. Whereas the combat did seem nearer than the scores handed in, Nunez did seem to have finished sufficient to deserve the win.

Nunez’s Susceptible Victory

Nunez seemed susceptible all through and confirmed little energy compared to Diaz. It was onerous to consider that Nunez has such a formidable knockout file regardless of not being a giant puncher. Tonight’s combat confirmed that ‘Sugar’ Nunez is a high-volume puncher within the William Zepeda mould, however not geared up together with his dimension or energy.

Hearn must determine which is the most suitable choice for Nunez’s subsequent combat, as he seemed very beatable towards Diaz. Matching Nunez towards #4 Raymond Ford could be a mistake. Ford has too many expertise and would seemingly defeat him.

If Hearn desires Eduardo to carry onto his IBF title so long as potential, he ought to overlook about Navarrete. That will be too troublesome a combat for him.

Higher choices for Nunez

Ryan Garner
Liam Wilson
Danny Quartermaine
Mauricio Lara