The bout was scheduled for the undercard of a 8 December 2018, Top Rank card headlined by a unified lightweight title fight between Vasyl Lomachenko and Jose Pedraza.
The event took place at the Hulu Theater in New York City and was broadcast by ESPN in the Americas and by VITV in Dogboe's native Ghana.
Dogboe dropped Navarrete with a right hand in the ninth round, but no knockdown was called, as referee Benjy Esteves Jr. deemed it an illegal punch.
[11] It was revealed by ESPN on 14 June 2019, that Navarrete was expected to make his second title defense against the undefeated Francisco De Vaca at a date, location and venue which would be announced later.
Navarrete spent the entirety of the fight pressuring De Vaca, undeterred by the power coming back at him, finally finishing his opponent with a flurry of punches at the 1:54 minute mark of the third round.
The fight was scheduled as for the undercard of an ESPN broadcast Top Rank card which took place on 7 December 2019, at the Auditorio GNP Seguros in Puebla, Mexico.
After a slow start, Navarrete began catching Horta with looping punches, finally stopping his opponent at the 2:09 minute mark of the fourth round.
The fight was booked for the Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury II pay per view undercard, which took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada on 22 February 2020.
[29] Although the fight was initially expected to take place in October of the same year,[30] the idea was later scrapped as Magdaleno failed to respond to a Top Rank contract offer,[31] unsatisfied with the proposed purse.
The fight was scheduled as the main event of an ESPN card that took place on 24 April 2021, at the Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee, Florida.
He managed to knock Díaz a total of four times throughout the bout, with the final knockdown prompting both his corner-men and the referee to stop the fight.
[38] The fight was officially announced for the even headliner of an 15 October 2021, ESPN broadcast card, which took place at Pechanga Arena in San Diego, California.
The bout was scheduled as the main event of an ESPN broadcast card, which took place at Pechanga Arena in San Diego, California, on 20 August 2022.
[44] The vacant title bout was scheduled as the main event of an ESPN broadcast card, which took place at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona on 3 February 2023.
[46] Navarrete was knocked down in the fourth round but was given a long count, Navarette was then able to rally back and win the fight by a ninth-round technical knockout.
[48] Navarrete successfully defended his WBO junior lightweight title defense against the former two-weight world champion Óscar Valdez on 12 August 2023, at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona.
[53] Later that same day, it was announced that Navarette would make his second WBO junior lightweight championship defense against the two-time world title challenger Robson Conceição on 16 November 2023.
[56] Navarrete successfully underwent a minor left hand surgery on 2 December 2023, to repair an injury that was re-aggravated during the contest with Conceicao.
[57] Navarrete was scheduled to face Denys Berinchyk for the vacant WBO lightweight title at Pechanga Arena in San Diego, California, on May 18, 2024.
[59][60] In October 2024, Top Rank confirmed Navarrete would defend his WBO junior lightweight title against Óscar Valdez in a rematch at Footprint Center in Phoenix, AZ on December 7, 2024.