Emanuel Navarrete retains title vs. Oscar Valdez in gripping, one-sided slugfest

  Emanuel Navarrete locks horns with Oscar Valdez inside the ring tonight, at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, in a highly anticipated championship fight.

Navarrete puts his WBO super featherweight title on the line against former two-weight champion Oscar Valdez. The main event goes underway on Saturday, August 12, around 11:00 pm ET.

Besides the world title, both fighters will earn lucrative figures for this ESPN+ pay-per-view fight. Here we will take a quick look at the Emanuel Navarrete vs Oscar Valdez purse and salaries, and how much the fighters will earn.

Navarrete vs Valdez Fight Purse

The exact fight purse of this 12-round WBO Super featherweight title fight is not yet disclosed. However, we can provide an appropriate estimation based on the fighters’ previous purses and PPV shares.

Emanuel Navarrete will earn an estimated $500k guaranteed purse for his title defense against Oscar Valdez.

On the flip side, the former two-division champion Oscar Valdez will look to get his hands back on the WBO title, and he will earn an estimated $400k guaranteed purse.

How much money will Emanuel Navarrete earn for his fight against Valdez?

Emanuel Navarrete (37-1, 31 KOs) will look to extend his run of wins well beyond 11 years when he faces fellow Mexican Oscar Valdez, to defend his WBO Super featherweight strap.

The 28-year-old won his last fight in February earlier as he successfully defended his WBO Super featherweight belt against Liam Wilson by stoppage. Navarrete earned a $750,000 total payout, including 65% of the PPV share for the fight. In his last 5 fights, the “Vaquero” (Cowboy) earned a total of $2.7 million in fight purses.

Navarrete will earn an estimated $1.1 million total payouts, including 50% of the PPV share, for his fight against Oscar Valdez.

How much money will Oscar Valdez earn for his fight against Navarrete?

Oscar Valdez is a former two-division champion with a magnificent (31-1, 23 KOs) record. Valdez lost his WBC belt in the only defeat of his 32-fight career, losing on points to Shakur Stevenson in April 2022.

In May earlier this year, the 32-year-old beat Adam Lopez over 10 rounds.

Valdez earned a $1 million fight purse against Shakur Stevenson. He also earned a $350k fight purse for his last bout against Adam Lopez.

Besides a shot at the title, Oscar Valdez will earn an estimated $1 million total payouts, including 50% of the pay-per-view, for his title fight against Emanuel Navarrete.