Emanuel Navarrete-Eduardo Nunez unification needs Charly Suarez’s clearance

Navarrete, 39-2-1 (32 KOs), controversially retained his WBO junior lightweight belt in his May 10 bout in San Diego with the Philippines’ Suarez, 18-0 (10 KOs). The fight initially went to the scorecards because of a bad cut over Navarrete’s left eye, which the referee ruled came from a clash of heads. The scores were 78-75 and 77-76 (twice). Suarez’s team appealed, and the California State Athletic Commission acknowledged that replays showed the cut was caused by a Suarez punch, not a headbutt. But the commission converted the result to a no contest, rather than a Suarez victory.