Emanuel Navarrete VS Charly Suarez TKO
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00:00The technical masterpiece we saw in our last fight by any means, but still an entertaining fight.
00:09Nonetheless, as Charlie Suarez has stepped up for his first world title shot tonight.
00:18And is taking it to the champ the best that he can as Navarrete circling around the outside.
00:25Hasn't really landed anything too flush quite yet on Suarez.
00:30Good shots from Suarez.
00:55Body shot with the left hand for Suarez.
01:00His corner really going crazy any time he just even lets his hands move.
01:02Yeah, definitely.
01:04Here comes Navarrete.
01:06You don't want to be in the corner like that against Vaquero.
01:10Fortunately for Suarez, he moves action back to the center of the ring.
01:14Don't be up against the ropes.
01:15Against the champion.
01:16Dangerous territory.
01:18He catches a stray from Suarez with the left hand.
01:21You can just see Navarrete just puts all his weight into these punches.
01:32Even a one-two.
01:33Like, it just pushes you back and he kind of leans on you and just gets you out of position.
01:38He knows what to do to make you fight his fight.
01:40The fans are loving it here in San Diego as round four is in the box.
01:49The fans are loving it.
01:57Look at them.
01:59They're on their feet.
02:00All right, so right here we see Suarez is catching Navarrete moving out, you know, being irresponsible.
02:20He does a little headbutt there in the exchange of punches, but Suarez is taking advantage of Navarrete being irresponsible, moving out, exiting the exchange.
02:30When he's over, he is on the other side.
02:32He's on the other side.
02:35He's on the other side.
02:37He's on the other side.
02:42And when he's on the other side, he's on the other side.
02:44Let's go coach.
02:46Tiana, Tiana.
02:48Coach, coach.
02:55Charlie Suarez telling us when we talked to him this week that I'm dedicating this fight to my country,
02:59to my people, as a soldier.
03:02A lot of preparation for him going into this fight.
03:06A lot of pressure, but also, you know, a lot of pride for what he stands for and what he represents.
03:12And he's shown that tonight.
03:13He's giving his all.
03:14Definitely.
03:15He's for sure winning his heart on his sleeve right now.
03:19Excellent way to put it.
03:24Switch southpaw for Suarez, and now he switched back to Orthodox.
03:29Back in the southpaw stance again.
03:38Manuel Navarrete cutting off the ring, doing a good job there.
03:41Getting ready to shoot that uppercut.
03:42Let that right hand go.
03:43And the way he's fighting, we, you know, talked about the reach advantage.
04:03It definitely has not become a factor.
04:05And what it looks like, without a doubt, even that Navarrete has a longer reach with the way he uses every inch of his to land those shots.
04:14Navarrete just, you know, he breaks the distance as well, too, just by doing his little off-tempo lunges, you know, in between his own combinations.
04:22Reach really doesn't matter when it comes to Navarrete at times.
04:24Lunging forward with the lead left is Suarez.
04:33Right back comes Navarrete.
04:38He's throwing Hail Mary hooks, man.
04:41Did a peril wet there.
04:42And missed.
04:44And misses.
04:45Two misses there for Suarez.
04:47These guys are going for it.
04:49Their shots are, like, they have nothing but bad intentions behind them.
04:56Oh, good body shot.
04:57Good uppercut from Navarrete.
04:59For the inside shots.
05:01Suarez gets his right back, though, with the chopping left hand.
05:03And then on comes Navarrete.
05:06Like a pinball that you just pissed off.
05:09He comes right back, landing the right hand.
05:11In between those wide shots, Suarez needs to land those body shots to slow him down.
05:21Navarrete's one of those guys that you don't want to make mad.
05:23He's like a snowball that just keeps tumbling down the hill, getting bigger and bigger and more aggressive.
05:33Navarrete definitely has lows in his own attack, so those are the times you need to take advantage.
05:37Agreed.
05:38That's where Suarez has to work.
05:40Right there.
05:41Right there to the body.
05:42Good combination.
05:45Maybe not enough to win him the round there, but that's exactly where he needs to work.
05:49And to the Navarrete corner.
06:06And to the number 50 quarter.
06:18I'm still working. I'm still working.
06:20I don't know what to do when you start like this.
06:23How are your legs?
06:25Good.
06:26So...
06:28So, suddenly...
06:30Replace from the last round.
06:32You brake and you go.
06:34There's the shots through the guard from Navarrete.
06:39And a hot body shot, too.
06:46Red one.
06:49Second down, let's go!
06:51And just like that, we're in round six.
07:05Yeah, fight.
07:06It seems like it's just going really fast just because it's just high action throughout.
07:10Oh, and a clash of heads causes a cut.
07:15That opened up immediately.
07:16About Emmanuel Navarrete.
07:19Oh, right over the eyebrow. Not a good spot.
07:22At least it's high.
07:23Yeah, yeah.
07:24It's high.
07:25Up on the forehead, but that's a nasty cut.
07:27Yeah.
07:28Take a look.
07:32Accent on headbutt. Accent on headbutt.
07:34That opened up immediately.
07:35And it was for sure called an accidental headbutt.
07:36Yeah.
07:37He's going to be able to continue.
07:38Watch your hands.
07:39Watch your hands.
07:40Watch your hands.
07:41And we should have bought a poncho.
07:42Because it's about to get bloody here ringside.
07:43As they're able to continue.
07:44And there's the clash of heads.
07:45You just saw it right there.
07:46And immediately you saw the reaction from Navarrete.
07:47He knew it.
07:48But not in the worst spot.
07:49Yeah.
07:50Up kind of high above the eyebrow.
07:51But it will be streaming into the eye for the entire second half of this fight,
07:54or as long as it does last.
07:56What does that do to you as a fighter?
07:57Yeah.
07:58And he's going to be able to continue.
07:59And he's going to be able to continue.
08:00Watch your hands.
08:01Watch your hands.
08:02Watch your hands.
08:03Watch your hands.
08:04Watch your hands.
08:05And we should have bought a poncho.
08:06Because it's about to get bloody here ringside.
08:07As they're able to continue.
08:08And there's the clash of heads.
08:09You just saw it right there.
08:10And immediately you saw the reaction from Navarrete.
08:11He knew it.
08:12But not in the worst spot.
08:13Yeah.
08:14As long as it does last.
08:15Okay.
08:16Stop.
08:17What does that do to you as a fighter when you see your opponent cut like that?
08:19Oh, man.
08:20That gives me a lot of adrenaline and motivation.
08:22Because I know that that is going to be bothering you the whole night.
08:24And I'm going to just be wanting to use that as a target.
08:26Keep targeting that that putt.
08:28Maybe even open it up.
08:29Oh!
08:30Nice right hand by Suarez.
08:31One upper cut with the right hand.
08:35Oh!
08:36Nice upper cut from Suarez.
08:37He got it right there again.
08:38Big shots from Suarez right on that putt.
08:44You can see Suarez just building up confidence after this cut as well too.
08:49He's landing these shots with like big power, big, big leverage.
08:54And bad intentions.
08:55Yes.
08:56As that right hand, which is the strong hand for Suarez, is perfectly placed above that left eye of Emmanuel Navarrete who is having some trouble.
09:09And they might have a decision to make in the Navarrete corner.
09:12Definitely.
09:13The cut man has a job to do though.
09:15He has a real, real tough job to do because it's a lot of blood streaming from Navarrete's face.
09:20It's funny how you say in boxing like, oh that's a, that's a good spot for a cut.
09:29Even though the cut looks the way it is.
09:30But, you know, if the cut is over the eye, the eyebrow, then it'll stream on the side of the eye.
09:36So the blood won't bother you as much.
09:38But if the cut is under the eyebrow, then that's when, like, more of a chance for the blood to stream into the eye.
09:43But you can tell obviously it's bothering Navarrete.
09:46He just keep wiping at it.
09:51Good shots there for Navar, excuse me, for Suarez.
09:54Who like you said is using that as target practice and more motivation.
10:00And a bloody mess is Navarrete here in round six.
10:04Navarrete has been cut before.
10:16He was cut over the right eye by Akasha.
10:18Oh, good body shot.
10:19From Baranchek and by Dogbe.
10:21As he comes as, Charlie's on his bike now.
10:24He hit Charlie.
10:26Good body shot.
10:28Backed him up a bit.
10:29Oh!
10:30Oh!
10:31Walked right into the right hand.
10:33What a fight.
10:34Back and forth they go.
10:36What a round.
10:37Navarrete in trouble with that eye.
10:43We have a fight tonight.
10:45We're going to give you another look at how the cut happened.
11:01Because upon further review on replay, it actually looks like it was by a punch and not a headbutt like the referee said.
11:10Let's take another look.
11:11This was in the last round.
11:13And that left hand on the inside.
11:16Yes!
11:17That happened immediately.
11:18Yes!
11:19Great look at it right there.
11:21Right.
11:22He ducks under.
11:23Boom!
11:24Oh, man.
11:25And then their heads do come together.
11:26But the punch itself may have very well caused the cut from the left hand of Suarez.
11:32Great job by our production team.
11:34Good job by our team to get another look at it.
11:37As the referee was probably on the other side and kind of saw what we saw.
11:41That's why he said headbutt.
11:42Definitely a punch.
11:43Navarrete.
11:44Time!
11:45Time!
11:46You over there.
11:47Charlie, over there.
11:48He's going to get looked at probably once more by the doctor here.
11:50They cleaned him up pretty good.
11:51He cleaned him up pretty good.
12:04Okay.
12:05Listo?
12:06Okay.
12:07And much to the crowd's delight.
12:09And quite frankly, I'm delighted as well.
12:11We're going to continue here on to the second half of the fight.
12:14Round seven.
12:19Who did you give that last round to?
12:20Suarez, right?
12:21Yeah, definitely.
12:22I give it a lot from Suarez.
12:23That cut was bothering.
12:25Oh, nice.
12:26Nice shot from Suarez.
12:27Oh, another one.
12:28Another one.
12:29Beautiful start to round seven.
12:30Chopping left hand there as well from Suarez.
12:33It's like when you catch Navarrete with a good shot, it just wakes him up.
12:36Look at him.
12:37He's just trying to get them shots back.
12:38He sure is.
12:39He's being overly aggressive.
12:41And it's almost like, oh, chopping right hand there as well from Navarrete.
12:47Because you don't know how much longer you can take that bleeding in your eye.
12:50That's got to fire you up even more as well.
12:52For sure.
12:54You haven't really been cut that bad.
12:56So you haven't had to deal with adversity like this.
12:57Yeah, nah, nah.
12:58Definitely not.
12:59And God willing, you will.
13:00Don't want to, right, exactly.
13:01Don't want to jinx myself.
13:02But, yeah, man.
13:03This is something that I would never really want to go through.
13:06But, like I said, Navarrete has been through it before.
13:09He was cut over that same right eye in a clash of heads against Brancic one year ago.
13:13Also cut on the hairline against Isaac Dogway back in 2018.
13:17Oh, nice right hand from Suarez.
13:27He's going to continue to work that right hand off the jab because of the blood dripping into the eye of Navarrete.
13:37These are the moments where you have to pick up your pace on Navarrete because this is where he's trying to get his gas back.
13:42He's not throwing as much.
13:43You got to push the pace on him.
13:45Oh, right there.
13:46Navarrete, the blood is bothering his eye.
13:51This is where you pick up the pace here.
13:52Oh, nice hook.
13:57Beautiful shot there from Suarez.
14:03Once again, Navarrete continues to wipe the blood from that eye.
14:12Chopping right hand there for Navarrete.
14:14Oh, nice hook from Suarez.
14:19Suarez is looking good with his conditioning.
14:25I mean, he's not fading at all.
14:27And it's the seventh round right now.
14:29I feel like the cut has definitely given a lot of adrenaline.
14:38And Suarez has been the 12-round distance a few times in his career.
14:42So we know he's seen, even though not for a major world title, he has the experience.
14:47Oh, beautiful right hand.
14:49Connects there for Suarez.
14:50Back down to the body goes Vaquero.
14:52He needs direction to stop there and action.
15:05Come on.
15:06I don't like that breaking that action right now.
15:08Yeah.
15:09Yeah.
15:10And look it.
15:11For a second, Navarrete goes stumbling.
15:12I'm not...
15:13He caught him with the shot there at the end.
15:15Yeah.
15:16Okay.
15:17I did not like that sidestep stumble.
15:18And a bloody mess is Imanual Navarrete.
15:30That cut there can really make the difference in the fight.
15:33Tranquilo.
15:34Tranquilo, wey.
15:35Oh, stay calm.
15:37You want water?
15:38Oh, you gotta go downstairs.
15:39There's the shot.
15:40There it is.
15:41Once again.
15:42I'm getting word, though, that even though we've been able to see the replay, that it
15:50was cut by a punch, the commission is still calling it an accident.
15:55I'm getting word, though, that even though we've been able to see the replay, that it was
16:04a punch, the commission is still calling it an accidental headbutt.
16:08Let's go.
16:09Let's go.
16:10Let's go.
16:11Let's go.
16:12Let's go.
16:13Let's go.
16:14Let's go.
16:15Let's go.
16:16Time.
16:17Time.
16:18You.
16:19Over there.
16:20Charlie.
16:21Over there.
16:22Back check out.
16:23That lead is still streaming down, you know, even after the, uh, the cut rate is, uh,
16:32the best thing that worked on it.
16:33What do you want to do?
16:34You want to hold it?
16:35Yeah, they gotta stop it.
16:36Okay.
16:37That's it.
16:38That's it.
16:39Oh, they're stopping it.
16:40They're gonna stop the fight because of the cut.
16:45The doctor says that he cannot continue.
16:51Take this off.
16:52Take this off.
16:53Take this off.
16:54So now we go to the scorecard.