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Here’s how to watch and stream Navarrete vs. Valdez from Top Rank

Emanuel “El Vaquero” Navarrete defends his WBO junior lightweight title against Oscar Valdez in Saturday’s Top Rank Boxing main event at the Footprint Center in Phoenix.

WBO featherweight champion Rafael “El Divino” Espinoza defends his title against Robeisy “El Tren” Ramirez in the co-feature. Ramirez is looking for revenge after losing the belt to Espinoza in December 2023.

Navarrete (38-2-1, 31 KOs), who has won the WBO junior featherweight, featherweight and junior lightweight titles, defeated Valdez by decision in their first meeting in August 2023. The 29-year-old’s bid to become only the sixth Mexican to become four-division champion failed in May when he left the decision for the vacant WBO lightweight title to Denys Berinchyk.

Valdez (32-2, 24 KOs) captured the WBO featherweight crown in 2016 and then moved up to junior lightweight, where he defeated Miguel Berchelt in 2021 to capture the WBC title. The 33-year-old suffered his first loss as a professional against Shakur Stevenson in April 2022. Valdez rebounded with a decision over Adam Lopez in May 2023 before losing to Navarrete. Valdez captured the interim WBO junior lightweight title with a seventh-round TKO over Liam Wilson in March.

Espinoza (25-0, 21 KOs) defeated Ramirez by majority decision a year ago on ESPN’s Upset of the Year and defended his title for the first time in June with a fourth-round TKO against Sergio Chirino. Ramirez (14-2, 9 KOs), a two-time Olympic gold medalist, made one defense of the WBO title, which he won via unanimous decision over Isaac Dogboe in April 2023.

Also on the map:

  • Lindolfo Delgado (21-0, 15 KOs) meets Jackson Marinez (22-3, 10 KOs) in a 10-round welterweight bout.

  • Emiliano Fernando Vargas (12-0, 10 KOs) and Alan Ayala (11-4, 7 KOs) meet in an eight-round junior welterweight showdown.

  • Richard Torrez Jr. (11-0, 10 KOs) returns in an eight-round heavyweight contest against Isaac Munoz.

Where can I watch the Navarrete-Valdez fight card?

Coverage begins Saturday at 5:30 p.m. on ESPN+. The main card is scheduled for 10:30 p.m. ET on ESPN and ESPN+.

Fans can catch all the action on the fight card streaming hub.

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