On August 20, 2022, Emanuel Navarrete (35-1, 29 KOs), the featherweight WBO champion, defends his title against fellow Mexican challenger, Eduardo Baez (21-2-2, 7 KOs).
Emanuel Navarrete is coming in to the fight on a 30-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Joet Gonzalez, 10 months and 5 days ago. Eduardo Baez is on a 1-fight win streak with a 28% KO rate, with his last fight being a majority decision win over Jose Enrique Durantes Vivas, 4 months and 25 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Emanuel Navarrete at 99-1 winning odds. Eduardo Baez really doesn't have much to present against Navarrete.
Emanuel Navarrete stopped Eduardo Baez via KO in the 6th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBO featherweight title. Navarrete improves his record to 36-1 (30 KOs), while Baez adds a loss to his record at 21-3-2.