Rafael Espinoza-Robeisy Ramirez II ~ Oscar Valdez-Emmanuel Navarrete II ESPN 11/7

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.

excited to see how rafael v robeisy plays out. i think robeisy will impress. no need for the other rematch but it's happening. emmanuel might struggle getting back down to super feather so that might make it interesting

Wasn't the first fight not even competitive? I'm much more excited for the Paro Hitchens fight to be honest.

The fight is on over here but very early in the morning so will catch it later.

The 1st Ramirez-Espinoza fight was one of the most entertaining fights I had seen in a while. At first it looked like a blowout... but Espinoza came on like gangbusters, and showed a lot of grit and heart. I think Ramirez will perform well in this one, as he's definitely got the skills. But I think the familiarity will work in Espinoza's favor. A must-watch for sure.

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Originally Posted by KOBoxxer

Wasn't the first fight not even competitive? I'm much more excited for the Paro Hitchens fight to be honest.

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i think i had emanuel winning by five or six points. richardson & excited should not be used together. i got to support liam but i think richardson wins in a horrible fight. i'd like to see the yankiel rivera figueroa v angel gonzalez winner get a shot at galal yafai

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Originally Posted by KOBoxxer

Wasn't the first fight not even competitive? I'm much more excited for the Paro Hitchens fight to be honest.

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It was actually very competitive. I believe I ended up having it a draw. You should check it out if you can find it. The RBR thread for 1 is down below v in 'similar threads'. Yeh the Paro fight sort of snuck up. Interesting to see how he looks off the Matias win.

Navarrete made the weight. Actually lighter than Valdez :-X. Just walked into Giovani Santillan on his comeback trail blitzing a clearly worn & torn Fredrick Lawson in the 1st. Lawson makes it to the bell and simply tells the ref, nah I'm good I've had enough. 3rd tko loss in a row since Vergil Ortiz demolition. Someone needs to get in the ear of Lawson and more so the guys pushing him into these mid-high level fights and stop doing it. He has tell-tale signs of a shot fighter.

steven navarro steamrolls gabriel bernardi

Anyone else's Espn app going to a Johnny Depp guitar add and simply staying there ???. This College game may bump it back even later :p. Once/if we get to 10:30-11 may just phase out that late.

Keyshawn indicating a February Berinchyk fight possibly in NY but nothing in stone. Slowly but surely Keyshawn is sounding like the adult in the room at 135.

robert garcia prospect albert 'chop chop' gonzalez looked good in a slight step up fight against gerardo perez with an eight round unanimous decision. good learning fight

richard torrez jr stopped issac gutierrez in the third round

Got lost on the "live" not live stream bs. One second Torrez is entering the ring with Tim calling his music weird, I hit "live" and it's 30 minutes later :rolleyes::p. These 101 adds can really scramble things ffs.

Much better 3rd round for Marinez v Delgado. Kept him ring center and worked the perimeter staying active.

Lindalfo Delgado back in the 4th. But he gets snuck by overhand rights a bit.