Emanuel Navarrete vs Ruben Villa- official weights and running order

Emanuel Navarrete takes on Ruben Villa for the vacant WBO featherweight world title on Friday night

Emanuel "Vaquero" Navarrete has won 27 consecutive bouts. Ruben Villa has never lost as a professional. Something will give Friday evening (ESPN, 10 p.m. ET), when the two battle for the vacant WBO featherweight world title, which became available after Shakur Stevenson moved up to the junior lightweight ranks.

The ESPN-televised co-feature will see Kazakh middleweight phenom Janibek Alimkhanuly against Gonzalo Coria in a 10-rounder. Undercard bouts, including middleweight prospect Lorenzo "Truck" Simpson against Sonny Duversonne and junior welterweight puncher Elvis "The Dominican Kid" Rodriguez against Cameron Krael, will stream live on ESPN+ at 7:15 p.m. ET.

Navarrete (32-1, 28 KOs) reigned as WBO junior featherweight world champion and became boxing's most active world champion. He made five defenses of the title he won from Isaac Dogboe in a nine-month span and most recently knocked out Uriel Lopez in a June non-title bout in Mexico City.

Villa (18-0, 5 KOs), from Salinas, Calif, earned this title shot with wins over the likes of Alexei Collado and Jose Enrique Vivas, but Navarrete represents a giant step up in class. Villa fights for his Salinas Valley home region, which has been ravaged by wildfires in recent months. The poor air quality has forced him to wear a mask during roadwork. The field workers are still out there, providing Villa with ample motivation as he awaits his first world title opportunity.

Here are the official weights ahead of the clash:
 

   •     Emanuel Navarrete 126 lbs vs. Ruben Villa 125 lbs 
(Vacant WBO Featherweight World Title — 12 Rounds)
  
•    Janibek Alimkhanuly 159.6 lbs vs. Gonzalo Coria 158.6 lbs 
(Alimkhanuly's WBO Global Middleweight Title — 10 Rounds)

(ESPN+, 7:30 p.m. ET / 4:30 p.m. PT)

•    Elvis Rodriguez 141.5 lbs vs. Cameron Krael 141.2 lbs 
(Junior Welterweight — 8 Rounds)

•    Lorenzo Simpson 156 lbs vs. Sonny Duversonne 154.8 lbs 
(Middleweight — 8 Rounds)

•    Bryan Lua 131.6 lbs vs. Nelson Colon 131.6 lbs 
(Lightweight — 6 Rounds)

•    Rashiem Jefferson 123.8 lbs vs. Steve Garagarza 123.5 lbs 
(Junior Featherweight — 4 Rounds)

•    Kahshad Elliott 152.8 lbs vs. Akeem Jackson 151.5 lbs 
(Junior Middleweight — 4 Rounds)

HÖRFA are proud sponsors of Global Boxing News