Emanuel Navarrete of Mexico kept his world title of world boxing weight on Saturday with a technical decision in seven rounds on the Filipino fighter, previously undefeated Charly Suarez, in San Diego.
The fight was interrupted after seven laps with navarreta raising a cut on his left eye caused by an accidental head confrontation in the sixth round.
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The result was then decided by the dashboards at the time of the stop with the three having an advance of Navarrete-77-76, 77-76 and 78-75.
The 30-year-old Mexican improved at 40-2 with a draw while he defended his crown for the fourth time.
Navarrete had missed the weight limit of 130 pounds during his first test at the scale, but was inside the limit two hours later during a final weighing.
Suarez, looking for his first world title at the age of 36, fell to 18-1.
Suarez was amazed by an accidental head confrontation at the end of the fourth round.
Another face of heads in the sixth has opened a deep cut over Navarrete's left eye, gushing blood impacting his vision and causing early stop on the fight provided for 12 laps.
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