Emanuel Navarrete 30, also known as Vaquero (Cowboy), is easily seen as a major force in boxing with titles in 3 divisions of the sport. Despite being a Mexican, he has attracted boxing lovers globally and is ranked the world’s second-best active super featherweight by ESPN.
Currently, Navarrete competes in the super featherweight division after winning WBO titles in junior featherweight, featherweight, and junior lightweight. He is also nicknamed the Mexican Iron Man.
The30-Year-Old Grew Up in a Boxing Family
Emanuel Navarrete Martínez was born on January 17, 1995, in San Juan Zitlaltepec, State of Mexico. He is from a family of boxers as his brothers (Jhonny and Pedro Navarrete), cousins, and uncle have been involved in the sport.
In fact, it was as a result of his brothers that he started training and going to the gym. Regardless, many of them left the sport while he continued.
This is not the only thing that his family is famed for. They are also into construction and interior design. As a result, Emanuel joined his family in the construction business and left later to focus on his fighting career.
Emanuel leaves several other details about his family out of the public’s reach. Nonetheless, he has several close and extended family members such as Camila Bautista Navarrete, Daniela Navarrete Cima, Ariana Navarrete Sanchez, Karen Navarrete, Bautista Navarrete Chiinitho, Lu Navarrete, and Miguel Angel Navarrete Bautista (boxer).
What to Know About His Education and How He Got the Name “Vaquero”
Navarrete is widely known as “Vaquero”, a Mexican term that means Cowboy. The name was originally his uncle’s as well as his coach, Pedro Navarette.
The older Navarrete got the name out of a joke that he was living in a town far from the city and he had cows. Along the line, Emanuel’s brothers Pedro Jr. and Jhonny were given the same name. Subsequently. Emanuel began to be called by the same name.
It has been revealed that the fighting enthusiast and champion likes the name as it is something that unites him with a family dynasty.
Shifting focus from the name to his education, the boxer dropped out after completing high school. At the time, he lost interest in studying and also wanted to put more focus on boxing.
What to Know About His Career
Navarrete started his career as an amateur boxer where he made a 108-7 record.
On 18 Feb 2012, the fighter made his boxing debut in a fight against Misael Ramirez in Auditorio Municipal, Zumpango, Mexico. He won in the first round in a technical knockout.
In the same technical knockout, he won his next 4 fights in the 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, and 5-0 records respectively. The fights were against Jonathan Rojas, Ivan Donovan, Ivan Ochoa Sanchez, and Ismael Garnica.
Through the fights, he won Gold Belt XVIII: flyweight preliminaries, Gold Belt XVIII: flyweight preliminaries, Gold Belt XVIII: flyweight quarter-final, and Gold Belt XVIII: flyweight semi-final.
Unfortunately, he recorded his first and only loss at the time of this report in his 6th fight against Daniel Argueta.
Afterward, Emanuel was involved in 20 other fights in Mexico (2012 to 2018) and all ended in his favor as he recorded wins in unanimous decisions and technical knockout among others.
His first fight outside Mexico was at MGM Grand Conference Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. on October 9, 2020. It was a fight against Ruben Villa and it ended in Navarrete’s favour as he made a 33-1 record to win the vacant WBO featherweight title.
He retained the title three other consecutive times in 34-1, 35-1, and 36–1 records with Christopher Diaz, Joe Gonzales, and Eduardo Baez as his opponents.
On 3 Feb 2023, the Mexican won a WBO junior lightweight title in a 37-1 against Liam Wilson.
Emanuel Navarrete’s Titles and Important Career Wins
- He won the vacant WBO junior lightweight title (3 Feb 2023)
- The Mexican retained the WBO featherweight title (20 Aug 2022, 15 Oct 2021, and on 24 Apr 2021)
- He won a vacant WBO featherweight title (9 Oct 2020)
- Emanuel maintained a straight WBO junior featherweight title (22 Feb 2020, 7 Dec 2019, 14 Sep 2019, 17 Aug 2019, and 11 May 2019)
- He won the Gold Belt XVIII: flyweight semi-final (21 Jun 2012), Gold Belt XVIII: flyweight quarter-final (10 May 2012), Gold Belt XVIII: flyweight preliminaries (8 Mar 2012 and 12 Apr 2012)
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What is Emanuel Navarrete’s Net Worth
Emanuel Navarrete has an estimated net worth estimated at $5 million. his primary source of income is boxing. Other sources of income for fighters are endorsement deals and as such.
While there is no in-depth knowledge as to how much he earns as a boxer, it is certain that boxers get paid by promoters. Vaquero is signed to Top Rank and he has been involved in an ESPN+ pay-per-view fight.
In the earliest phase of his career, he battled with Isaac Dogboe and upon his victory, the Cowboy received $100,00. He also received the same amount when he fought Grancisci De Veca.
He received $150,000 in 2019 after he fought against Juan Miguel Elorde to retain his WBO junior featherweight title.
Going further, his earnings increased to $250,000, $300,000, and $500,000 in several other fights.
His Height and Body Measurement
Navarrete’s listed height is 5 feet and 7 inches (170 cm). With this, he shares the same height as boxers such as Tommy Burns.
Although at 5 feet 7, Emanuel is average in terms of male height in Mexico, he is about 2 inches shorter than the world’s average male (5 feet 9 inches).
Even though height is said to be of advantage to boxers they can reach longer and in fights. Also, shorter boxers do not reach them easily.
Despite this, his reach is 72 in (183 cm), and has won fights against both shorter and taller boxers. Some of the shorter boxers he won against are Ruben Villa (5 feet 6 inches), Jeo Santisima (5 feet 6 inches), Isaac Dogboe (5 feet 2 inches), and Joet Gonzalez (5 feet 6 inches). The taller boxer he fought and won is Juan Miguel Elorde (5 feet 8 inches).
The only fight that Emanuel has lost as of this report is against Dan Argueta and the height of the men is the same.
Is Emanuel Navarrete Married?
There are no details about The Iron Man of Mexico’s love life and as such, it is not certain if he is married.
Regardless, it has been revealed that he had his first child when he was 19 and it was a contributing factor as to why he didn’t continue with his educational pursuit after completing high school.
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