Mexican Emanuel Navarrete has indicated his ambition of moving up in weight to 126 pounds ahead of his WBO junior featherweight first title defense against Francisco De Vaca after winning the strap from Ghana’s Isaac Dogboe.
“I’ve said it several times already: If the other champions of the division don’t want to accept the challenge of unifying titles, I will be moving up to the featherweight division. If everything goes well on Saturday, maybe I will make another fight in the super bantamweight division, but if I don’t get a unification fight, I would go up to 126 pounds.” Navarrete said.
“The reality is that my life has changed a lot in these last eight months. The fact that I have become world champion and that I have won over a wide margin to Isaac Dogboe, who came from beating Jessie Magdaleno, makes me very happy. I feel very satisfied with the results we have achieved for the hard work we have done in recent months.”
“The truth is that it doesn’t matter who is my opponent. I always prepare 100% for each of my fights, and this was no exception. We already did the hard work in the gym, and we are ready for a great fight. If De Vaca comes to fight hard, I am prepared to go even harder. I’m ready to give a great battle to all the fans.” The self styled Vaquero literally translated “Cowboy” bullishly expressed.
The 24 year old Navarrete is hugely optimistic ahead of his fight against the undefeated Mexican American Francisco De Vaca alias ‘Panchito El Centenario’ who coincidentally possesses same height as that of Navarrete 5′ 7″ with 170 reach.
The match-up is set to go down this Saturday night at the Banc of California Stadium, Los Angeles, California.