Navarrete and Santisima make weight!
Later today we'll see WBO Super Bantamweight champion Emanuel Navarrete (30-1, 26) hunt his 5th defense, as he clashes with Filipino challenger Jeo Santisima (19-2, 16). The two men weighed in for the bout yesterday and both men came in bang on the 122lb limit for the bout.
On paper the bout is seen as a pretty huge mismatch in favour of the unbeaten champion. He has looked a dominant force in recent bouts, and since beating Isaac Dogboe for the title in late 2018 no one has really tested him. His competition has been lacking in some ways, but in reality the fighters he has been beating have been just as, if not more, established as Santisima.
The Filipino challenger, fighting in his first world title bout, is fighting outside of the Philippines for the first time and is taking a massive step up in class, after bouts against the likes of Uriel Lopez and Rene Dacquel.
The bout, which is one of the main support bouts for tonight's Heavyweight clash between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder, will see both men kicking off their 2020, and the winner seems likely to land a big fight later in the year. Sadly for Santisima it seems unlikely that it will be him, with the Filipino regarded by many as having next to no chance against the Mexican world champion.
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On paper the bout is seen as a pretty huge mismatch in favour of the unbeaten champion. He has looked a dominant force in recent bouts, and since beating Isaac Dogboe for the title in late 2018 no one has really tested him. His competition has been lacking in some ways, but in reality the fighters he has been beating have been just as, if not more, established as Santisima.
The Filipino challenger, fighting in his first world title bout, is fighting outside of the Philippines for the first time and is taking a massive step up in class, after bouts against the likes of Uriel Lopez and Rene Dacquel.
The bout, which is one of the main support bouts for tonight's Heavyweight clash between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder, will see both men kicking off their 2020, and the winner seems likely to land a big fight later in the year. Sadly for Santisima it seems unlikely that it will be him, with the Filipino regarded by many as having next to no chance against the Mexican world champion.
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Santisima challenges Navarrete, but will he stand a chance?
Who are you? Jeo Santisima