Night of the rematches this Saturday. First off, this is going to be a seriously late card from the looks of it. Listed to go until Midnight possibly longer. The first Espinoza-Ramirez fight was mutually competitive and a solid fight with Espinoza snatching the 126 title away from the 2016 Olympic gold medalist and streaking Robeisy. Espinoza has grown on me as a sheer rangy buzzsaw fighter preferring inside work while not without flaws. Very "TV friendly" style. Ramirez returned from the loss this June with a dominate tko but will have to match the forced pace and not coast. He gets stuck in trying to be too cute and picking shots. Very good at it...but he's going to have to slow that volume of the champ down. This should be a solid fight.
Co main Navarrete v Valdez is a rematch if their 2023 fight and being honest a little bit of a head scratcher. At least as far as being necessary. First fight was fairly one sided and a wide decision with Valdez having minimal success. But in fairness Navarrete has gone 0-1-1 since and has not exactly looked stellar doing so. He'll be dropping back to 130...and half of me wouldn't be surprised if the scale is a problem...but we'll see. Always liked Valdez and he's well aware another lopsided loss here enters him into the other side of his career at the very top. No doubt he'll come in peak and fight with that exact attitude.
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