Emanuel Navarette put Ruben Villa down twice en route to a unanimous-decision victory to claim a featherweight title Friday inside the MGM Grand “bubble” in Las Vegas.
The scores were 114-112, 114-112 and 115-111.
Naverette (32-1, 27 KOs) is now a two division world titleholder. Villa (18-1, 5 KOs) was fighting for his first major belt.
Navarrete missed a lot punches but most the punches that found the mark were power shots. Villa, an elusive target, moved well and outboxed Navarrete much of the fight but didn’t land enough of his own shots to win the fight.
A full report will follow shortly.