Emanuel Navarrete will defend his WBO junior lightweight title against Oscar Valdez on August 12 in Glendale, Arizona. The bout was scheduled to take place on Feb. 3 for the title vacated by Shakur Stevenson before Valdez withdrew because of a lingering rib injury. Navarrete (37-1, 31 KOs) faced replacement opponent Liam Wilson in February and rallied from a fourth-round knockdown to score a ninth-round TKO victory in one of the best fights this year. The win made Navarrete a three-division champion. The 28-year-old Mexican Oscar Valdez (31-1, 23 KOs) also captured titles at 122 and 126 pounds. Valdez won titles at 126 pounds and 130 and is a two-time Olympian. He's regarded as one of the best action fighters in boxing. The fight will be streamed live on ESPN
YouTuber-turned-prizefighter Jake Paul and former UFC bad boy Nate Diaz will ultimately battle it out in a 10 round boxing match scheduled on Aug. 5 from the American Airlines Center in Dallas. The bout will be contested at 185 pounds. There has been some back-and-forth between the two fighters over the number of rounds after the bout was initially scheduled for 8 rounds which has now been confirmed as a 10 round fight. This event is a 50-50 collaboration between Paul's Most Valuable Promotions and Diaz's Real Fight Inc. It will be the first time Diaz has ever promoted himself, the first time he will fight outside the UFC in 15 years and his first career pro boxing match. Diaz has competed in some of the biggest pay-per-view events in UFC history, and Paul has made a name for himself as a boxing draw despite his experience level. Diaz (21-13) fought out his UFC contract with a submission win over Tony Ferguson at UFC 279 in September. The Stockton, California, native handed Conor McGregor his first UFC loss back in 2016. Diaz, 37, has headlined 10 UFC events and won The Ultimate Fighter 5 tournament in 2007. He's one of the most popular fighters in MMA history and is a former sparring partner of top boxer Andre Ward. The pay-per-view bout will be distributed globally by DAZN.

BOXING fans are in for a treat as welterweight superstars Errol Spence and Terence Crawford will face off in a huge fight this summer. Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford officially struck an agreement on the super-fight that boxing fans have been desperate to see. They will square off on July 29 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Crawford is unbeaten in 39 fights with 30 knockouts. He scored a sixth-round knockout of David Avanesyan when he last stepped into the ring last December. It was his sixth straight successful WBO welterweight title defence. Spence is also unbeaten at 28-0 with 22 knockouts. His last bout was a 10th-round TKO of Yordenis Ugás in April 2022. This will not only be the most anticipated boxing event of the year, but it could also help to define the respective stars' legacies. Enjoy this historical clash on Showtime PPV
The fight, which many fans believe is the greatest has now been set, pits two of the elite fighters in the lower weight, Naoya Inoue (24-0, 21 KOs) and Stephen Fulton (21-0, 8 KOs), clash against one another. America’s Fulton will be the defending world championship belt, with Inoue moving up to try and become a four-division king. Inoue’s title campaign began in boxing’s second smallest weight class in just his sixth professional fight.Inoue (24-0, 21 KOs), rated No. 2 by The Ring at pound-for-pound, devoured all before him en route to claiming world titles at 108, 115 and 118 pounds. The big punching Japanese “Monster†has lived up to his moniker, demolishing the likes of Omar Narvaez (KO 2), Jamie McDonnell (TKO 1), Juan Carlos Payano (KO 1) and Emmanuel Rodriguez (KO 2). Inoue (24-0, 21 KOs) is most recently coming off an 11th round stoppage over Paul Butler last December. Fulton (21-0, 8 KOs), rated No. 1 by The Ring at junior featherweight, worked his way into title contention by besting former titleholder Paulus Ambunda (UD 12), stopped previously unbeaten Mexican Isaac Avelar (KO 6) and used his skills to tame another unbeaten opponent in Arnold Khegai (UD 12).Fulton (21-0, 8 KOs) last took a unanimous decision win over Daniel Roman last summer.