Filipino boxer Juan Miguel Elorde, grandson of the late great Gabriel “Flash” Elorde, faltered in his first world title bib, suffering a fourth-round technical knockout loss to Mexican champion Emmanuel Navarette on Sunday (Manila time) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Navarette stopped the 32-year-old Elorde just 26 seconds into the fourth round en route to retaining his WBO super bantamweight world title belt, a report by boxingscene.com said.
The 24-year-old Navarette proved too much for the Filipino boxer, scoring a knockdown in the third round before delivering the final blows in the fourth.
Navarette improved on his record to 29W-1L 25 knockouts, while Elorde fell to to 28-2, 15 KOs.
