Emanuel Navarrete and Eduardo “Sugar” Nunez now have a date and a site for their 130-pound title unification fight.

The Ring has learned that the Mexican champions will meet March 7 at Footprint Center in Phoenix. DAZN will stream their 12-round fight for Navarrete’s WBO and Nunez’s IBF junior lightweight crowns.

The Ring’s Mike Coppinger first reported Thursday that their promoters, Bob Arum’s Top Rank Inc. (Navarrete) and Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing (Nunez), were in the process of finalizing a deal for them to fight early in 2026.

Navarrete needed Charley Suarez to accept a step-aside agreement before he could move forward with the Nunez bout because the WBO ordered them to partake in an immediate rematch. The California State Athletic Commission changed the controversial result of their May 10 fight from a unanimous technical-decision win for Navarrete to a no-contest June 2.

The CSAC determined that Suarez’s left hand opened a cut over Navarrete’s left eye early in the sixth round, not an accidental clash of heads. Had referee Edward Collantes or replay official Jack Reis ruled on fight night that Suarez’s punch opened Navarrete’s cut, Suarez would’ve won by technical knockout when a ringside physician wouldn’t allow Navarrete to continue early in the eighth round.

Navarrete instead initially won on points because he was ahead 78-75, 77-76 and 77-76 when Collantes halted the action on the advice of a CSAC-appointed doctor.

Like Navarrete (39-2-1, 32 KOs, 1 NC), the Philippines’ Suarez (18-0, 10 KOs, 1 NC) is promoted by Top Rank, which helped them strike a deal that will allow Navarrete to fight Nunez (29-1, 27 KOs) next.