Navarrete, the Mexican champion with a record of 39 wins, 2 losses, and 1 draw, comes into this fight after a win over Oscar Valdez in December 2024. He's knocked out 32 of his opponents. In May 2023, Navarrete tried to win a title in a fourth weight class but lost to Denys Berinchyk.
Suarez, the Filipino challenger, brings an undefeated record of 18 wins with 10 knockouts. At 36 years old, he's the WBO's top-ranked contender and will try to win his first world championship.
The co-main event features an IBF interim lightweight title fight between Raymond Muratalla and Zaur Abdullaev.
Muratalla, 28, has a perfect record of 22 wins and 17 knockouts. He's ranked third by the IBF and first by the WBO. His last fight was a TKO victory over Jesus Antonio Perez Campos in November 2023.
Abdullaev, a 31-year-old Russian, has a record of 20 wins and 1 loss, with 12 knockouts. He's ranked second by the IBF and third by the WBO. In February 2024, he beat Roger Gutierrez by unanimous decision. Abdullaev's only loss came against Devin Haney in a WBC interim lightweight title fight in September 2019. Since then, he's won 8 fights in a row.
This card gives fans two important fights in the lighter weight classes. The main event shows if Navarrete can keep his title against a tough challenger, while the co-main event might produce the next big star in the lightweight division.