Navarrete and Villa Ready for War

Emanuel Navarrete showed great motivation, confidence, and emotion because he is two days away from being able to conquer another of his goals: To be a world champion in 2 divisions.

His rival, Mexican-American Rubén Villa, is psyched up on the fact that this is the biggest fight of his career, and Villa ready for a 12-round war.

“Vaquero” Navarrete (31-1-0, 27 ko’s) and “RV4” Villa (18-0-0, 5 ko’s) will meet this Friday, playing the WBO Feather World Championship, which for now is vacant, within La Bubble of the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, in a function that will be broadcast by ESPN to the United States, by Space to Latin America, and by Azteca 7, the House of Boxing, this Saturday night.

This Wednesday, Navarrete, and Villa were the guests of honor at the promotional press conference, and although they showed respect, they were clear in predicting their respective triumphs.

“I am very motivated to be here in Las Vegas, two days away from my second world championship.

“We have worked very hard, it has been a very demanding preparation but we arrived in great physical and mental shape, we feel very strong and fast in this division, and they will see an exhibition this Friday ”, assured the“ Vaquero ”.

Villa, for his part, the current WBO Silver International Champion, pointed out that the opportunity that he dreamed of since childhood comes to him, in a great personal and professional moment, that he knows the danger and quality of Navarrete, but warns of having the talent and the boxing to get over it.

“I made a great preparation, I feel at the top, the quality of my sparring was at the maximum and we have the boxing, the quality and the strategy to beat Navarrete, he was a great champion, but it is my moment and we are ready to fight 12 rounds. of war to take the title home ”, declared Villa.

The last four rivals that Villa has faced, three in 2019 and one in January of this year, whom he has beaten by unanimous decision, have a record of 70-3-0, and of them, two were undefeated.

CO-FEATURE FIGHT:

In the main backup fight, the Olympian in Rio 2016, the Kazakh Zhanibek Alimkhanuly (8-0-0, 4 ko’s) will risk his undefeated against Argentine Gonzalo Gastón Coria (16-3-0, 6 ko’s) to 10 rounds in Middleweight.

It will be a duel between champions. Alimkhanuly is the WBC Americas Continental Champion, and Coria is the WBC Fecarbox Champion, a scepter that he won just last June in Chihuahua, defeating the Mexican Marcos.