Navarrete vs. Valdez II ended in round 6. Emanuel Navarrete knocked out Oscar Valdez with a liver shot at 2:42 in Phoenix on Saturday, December 7, 2024. Valdez went down three times, and Navarrete kept his WBO title at 130 pounds.
Since then, Navarrete stopped Eduardo Nunez in February 2026 and lost to O’Shaquie Foster on October 24, 2026. Valdez’s last fight in ESPN’s reports is a unanimous decision over Richard Medina on September 6, 2025.
How the rematch went
The first fight, in August 2023, went to the cards. Navarrete won on points, with no knockdowns. The rematch had three knockdowns:
- Round 1: Navarrete dropped Valdez with a combination in the closing seconds.
- Round 4: a chopping right hand put Valdez down again late in the round.
- Round 5: a left uppercut sent Valdez’s mouthpiece flying.
- Round 6: a liver shot dropped Valdez, and he was counted out at 2:42.
Navarrete led 50-43, 49-44 and 49-44 on the cards at the stoppage. He left Phoenix at 39-2-1 with 31 knockouts. Valdez was 32-3 with 24.
What the two fighters said
Navarrete credited his left hand, which was surgically repaired in December 2023: “I told everyone before that I would have a new left hand. And that’s what has happened.”
He also talked about the weight class: “I can do a lot of good things at 130 pounds. At least one more fight or two. And then we’ll see at 135.”
Valdez was 33 and a two-time Olympian, with two wins in his past five fights at the time. “No excuses from me. He beat me well.”
Navarrete vs. Valdez, and both fighters since
| Date | Fight | Result | Records after |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Navarrete vs. Valdez I | Navarrete won on points | – |
| December 7, 2024 | Navarrete vs. Valdez II, Phoenix | Navarrete won by KO, round 6, 2:42 | Navarrete 39-2-1, Valdez 32-3 |
| September 6, 2025 | Valdez vs. Richard Medina, Nogales | Valdez won by unanimous decision | Valdez 33-3 |
| February 2026 | Navarrete vs. Eduardo Nunez | Navarrete won by stoppage | – |
| October 24, 2026 | Navarrete vs. O’Shaquie Foster, San Antonio | Foster won by unanimous decision | Navarrete 40-3-1, Foster 26-3 |
Navarrete fought O’Shaquie Foster, the WBC champion, on Saturday, October 24, 2026, at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas. Foster won a unanimous decision over 12 rounds, 118-108, 118-108 and 115-111, and took Navarrete’s WBO and IBF junior lightweight titles. He dropped Navarrete twice in round 12 with a counter right hand. CompuBox had Foster ahead 157-99 in total punches landed, and Navarrete landed nothing in round 1. Navarrete is now 40-3-1 with 33 knockouts. Foster is 26-3 with 12.
Valdez beat Richard Medina on Saturday, September 6, 2025, in Nogales, Mexico, his hometown. The fight was a 10-round featherweight bout, and the cards read 100-90, 98-92 and 97-93. It took Valdez to 33-3 with 24 knockouts.
ESPN’s boxing reports and ESPN’s boxing schedule, read on November 2, 2026, showed no next fight for either fighter. This page quotes no price.
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*Sources: ESPN, Mike Coppinger, rematch report (December 8, 2024); ESPN, James Regan, announcement of Navarrete vs. Foster (September 2, 2026); ESPN, Brett Okamoto, Foster vs. Navarrete report (October 25, 2026); ESPN, Andreas Hale, Valdez vs. Medina report (September 7, 2025); ESPN’s boxing schedule (updated October 31, 2026). Stories read at 07:55 UTC and the boxing schedule at 08:00 UTC, November 2, 2026.*