In the Emanuel Navarrete vs. Joet Gonzalez boxing match, two-weight champion Navarrete will face off against Gonzalez for the WBO featherweight title. The Emanuel Navarrete vs. Joet Gonzalez boxing match will take place live on Friday, October 15, at the Pechanga Arena in San Diego, California. The Emanuel Navarrete vs. Joet Gonzalez boxing match will be a 12-round bout. It will be the headliner of the night’s boxing fight card. There will be another co-main event in which Angel Ruiz will fight against Giovani Santillan. The fight is a welterweight one and will go on for ten rounds. There are also other fights on the Emanuel Navarrete vs. Joet Gonzalez boxing match undercard. There will be an eight-rounder junior lightweight fight between Manuel Rey Rojas and Henry Lebron. There is a six-rounder middleweight fight between Darryl Jones and Javier Martinez and another eight-rounder at junior welterweight between Juan Garcia Mendez and Lindolfo Delgado.
In terms of broadcasting, the service ESPN+ will show the fight and not the usual ESPN because of college football. This will not change if there is any postponement or adjustment of the dates or times of the event. One of the last matches of Emanuel Navarrete was in Kissimmee in a stoppage-time victory over Christopher Diaz in his successive defense of the featherweight title the previous year. Joet Gonzalez is getting another shot at the featherweight title that slipped his hold a couple of years ago against Shakur Stevenson by a wide points decision. Emanuel Navarrete is on a nearly 30-win streak that goes back nearly nine years when he lost against Daniel Argueta very early in his career. In the Emanuel Navarrete vs. Joet Gonzalez boxing match, he will be the favorite. This is because Joet is the mandatory challenger in this match.
Emanuel Navarrete is Looking as the Firm Favorite
Emanuel has been winning against everyone, and he has been at the forefront in the past few years. The pattern is looking set to continue in the Emanuel Navarrete vs. Joet Gonzalez boxing match. It is looking like he will go for the unification bid next year. But Gonzalez is not playing this match to correct the score. He understands that he came up short in the initial title match. It was a wide unanimous decision against Shakur Stevenson. But Gonzalez has made peace with the decision and has offered no excuses. He figures, and he fights, and the circumstances create the urgency. That is the strategy that he will seek to bring in the Emanuel Navarrete vs. Joet Gonzalez match. This will be the third successive time that the latter will be the challenger, a place that does not discomfort him.
Gonzalez said, “My mindset is that I am already three rounds down. Navarrete’s winning the fight 3-0, so I have gotta catch up in those rounds.” This mentality had served him well in his previous match. It was the first one since his solo loss. He understood that he was a serious contender to Miguel Marriaga’s plans of another world title chance when they met last year. The latter had not been able to capitalize on world title chances against Vasily Lomachenko, Oscar Valdez, and Nicholas Walters. He had hoped to get another chance with a victory over the struggling Gonzalez. But, Joet put together a great performance. He dominated his strong opponent and nearly knocked him out a couple of rounds before the end. He finally won that through a wide decision.
“It was pretty much a fight that I needed to win to show the boxing people that I am a contender, that one loss does not define me. I am here to fight the best fighters, the top fighters, and that win proves that,” said Joet. On the other hand, Navarrete gained the vacant belt that Valdez left. He defeated Ruben Villa a short time after Joet won that aforementioned match. Joet, the top contender, who was thought to be the next in line, had to wait when Navarrete played his first defense match against Christopher Diaz. Navarrete had to grow above the odds to grow in his career. The young man from Mexico was nearly discounted before going into the WBO junior featherweight title match against Isaac Dogboe. He started slow. But the longer and taller Navarrete started to wear down Dogboe. He punched out a unanimous decision that was narrower on the cards than it was visually in the ring.
Emanuel Navarette has Awkward Angles
After numerous defenses, Navarette has proved that he still has the awkward angles, punch volume, and size to defeat featherweights. Gonzalez states that the difference between the former’s past rivals and him is that he possesses the strength to equal the unconventional features of Navarrete. “He is a fighter. He is here to please the people and give them a great show. But I just feel like he is fighting a natural featherweight this time,” said Gonzalez. Golden Boy Promotions promote him. Joet has been training with Jose Gonzalez, his father, and sparring with his brothers and several local amateurs in La Verne, California. It is a Los Angeles suburb. He claims that he has several qualities that differentiate him from everyone he has fought at this level. He thinks that these qualities will take him to a world title.
He says, “I think my size is one of them. I think my mentality. I am a fighter that does not quit. I look to fight the best fighters out there. I just feel that I see a lot of holes in his style. Villa was outboxing him pretty well, but he did not have the firepower to keep him off. Christopher Diaz was outboxing him pretty well, but he got caught up in a war, which is Navarrete’s style. I just feel I can do things a lot better than these guys that he has fought.”
The Emanuel Navarrete vs. Joet Gonzalez boxing match will take place on Friday, October 15, at the Pechanga Arena, San Diego, California. The tickets can be bought through Vivid Seats. Boxing spectators in the US can watch the Emanuel Navarrete vs. Joet Gonzalez boxing match live stream on ESPN+. The start time of the match is 7 PM PT / 10 PM ET. The UK time and date is Saturday, October 16 at 3 AM BST. UK viewers can watch the stream on Sky Sports. In Australia, one can view the match on FITE TV. The time and date are Sunday, October 16 at 1 PM AEDT. The international start time on FITV TV can be found on the broadcaster’s website.
Main Card
- Emanuel Navarrete vs. Joet Gonzalez – Navarrete’s WBO featherweight title
- Giovani Santillan vs. Angel Ruiz
Undercard
- Henry Lebron vs. Manuel Rey Rojas
- Javier Martinez vs. Darryl Jones
- Lindolfo Delgado vs. Juan Garcia Mendez
- Delmonte Randle vs. Antonio Mireles
- Esquiva Falcao vs. Patrick Wojcicki
Conclusion
Navarrete has more than five knockouts in world title matches. He has had a busy championship run that began three years ago with a dominant win over Isaac Dogboe to get the WBO junior featherweight world title. Over the next year, he had to defend his title several times. After that, he defeated Ruben Villa by unanimous decision to get the WBO world title. He held on to that title and knocked out Christopher Diaz last year. Joet Gonzalez could not muster up a victory in his first world title match a few years ago when he lost to Shakur Stevenson. He returned last year to gain a dominant victory over multiple-time world title challenger Miguel Marriaga to get top ranking in the WBO. The Emanuel Navarrete vs. Joet Gonzalez boxing match is going to be an excellent match for sure.