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In what promises to be an all-out slugfest, ESPN's top two junior lightweights Emanuel Navarrete and Oscar Valdez will clash in Glendale, Arizona for Navarrete's WBO junior lightweight world title (10 p.m. ET, ESPN/ESPN+). The pair of Mexican brawlers were slated to meet in February before a Valdez injury postponed the matchup. The former two-division champion returned in May with a decision victory over Adam Lopez in a rematch of their fight in November 2019 (a seventh-round TKO victory for Valdez) and will now attempt to become a two-time champion at 130 pounds. Navarrete (37-1, 31 KOs) captured the title in his first junior lightweight fight, a ninth-round TKO of Liam Wilson in February. The three-division champion proved that his power carried to a third weight class, but after he was dropped hard by the major underdog in Round 4, there have been questions about Navarrete's punch resistance at junior lightweight.