Navarrete beats Suarez on technical decision to keep title
Mexico's Emanuel Navarrete kept his World Boxing Organization super-featherweight world title on Saturday with a seven-round technical decision over previously unbeaten Filipino fighter Charly Suarez in San Diego.
The fight was halted after seven rounds with Navarrete bleeding from a cut over his left eye caused by an accidental clash of heads in the sixth round.
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The outcome was then decided by the scorecards at the time of the stoppage with all three having Navarrete ahead -- 77-76, 77-76 and 78-75.
The 30-year-old Mexican improved to 40-2 with one draw as he defended his crown for the fourth time.
Navarrete had missed the 130-pound weight limit in his first try at the scales but was inside the limit two hours later at a final weigh-in.
Suarez, seeking his first world title at the age of 36, fell to 18-1.
Suarez was stunned by an accidental clash of heads late in round four.
Another clash of heads in the sixth opened a deep gash above Navarrete's left eye, gushing blood impacting his vision and causing the early stoppage in the bout scheduled for 12 rounds.
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