In a fight where he went from less to more, Emanuel “Cowboy” Navarrete knocked out Blessed Jeo in the eleventh round to make the fifth successful defense of the WBO super rooster world championship.
It was not an easy fight for him Cowboy, more because he struggled to give him the weight in the previous one and that visibly affected his power. In most of the fight, Navarrete It was not the explosive fighter it usually is, and that caused the fight to extend unnecessarily until the penultimate round.
For large periods of combat, Navarrete He looked tired and slow. He threw the blows heavily, very long and open. He was frequently exposed to kickback and that led to several dangerous blows from Blessed.
His lapses of aggression were ending soon, because he seemed to empty very easily in the physical. He walked the ring constantly to recover air.
The fight progressed and the blows continued to look slow and smooth, without power. At the moment he stopped throwing combinations, and dedicated himself to throwing isolated punches. I wanted to knock you out.
?? Navarrete launches the artillery to Santísima who is receiving any amount of punishment. The Mexican wants his fifth defense of the title!
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After the first nine rounds it seemed a fight destined for the decision, because as the fight progressed, the Navarrete cowboy It looked more consumed.
However, something changed from the tenth round. There he turned to the reserve gas tank he had left, and that nobody knew he had. In that round he found precision, rhythm and power.
The feeling that he could knock out was latent again. Those attacks of Navarrete They were with good hitting volume. He threw many punches, with power and precision. It seemed a matter of time before the fight was stopped. Blessed.
Navarreto activates all his bombs in search of the KO. The Mexican wants to finish it but the Filipino does his best to stand up!#ESPNKnockOut # WilderFury2 pic.twitter.com/NczRMHGgxC
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That attack reached the end of the round. With his poor physical condition he seemed to make Navarrete It was inconstant, spending a large part of the round resting and recovering air. And just press at the last minute.
The eleventh round started Navarrete in the same tonic in which the previous one closed. And the best thing is that Navarrete He took out that killer instinct that makes him such a special fighter. Fast perceived in Blessed all the body language of an injured fighter, and it was for him to finish it.
He began a barrage of two-handed blows, with precision and forcefulness, seeking detention. And the referee intervened correctly. He stopped a fight to Blessed in which the Filipino was already fused, without answers and receiving everything.
Free ticket to dreamland! Navarrete liquidated Santísima in the 11th round. “The Cowboy” remains WBO Supergallo World Champion !!!#ESPNKnockOut # WilderFury2 pic.twitter.com/n1CHqoygYx
– ESPN KnockOut (@ESPNKnockOut) February 23, 2020
It was a night of self-inflicted complication for the Navarrete cowboy. He got into his own problems, and resolved when he knew how to get out of them. Despite the complication, the Cowboy He demonstrated what makes him special and seller: the killer instinct.
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