Omar Narváez (boxer)
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| Born | Omar Andrés Narváez July 10, 1975 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Argentine | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other names | El Huracán ("The Hurricane") | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Weight(s) | Flyweight Super flyweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (160 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Southpaw | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 48 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 44 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Losses | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Draws | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Omar Andrés Narváez (born July 10, 1975) is an Argentine professional boxer. He is a former WBO flyweight and super flyweight champion, and as an amateur was the first boxer from the 2000 Olympics to capture a major world title.
Amateur
- He won the gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games.
- 1996 Olympian, as a flyweight. His results were:
- Defeated Joan Guzmán (Dominican Republic) 9-4
- Lost to Mehdi Assous (Algeria) 4-20
- 1997 World Championships Bronze medalist in Budapest, HUN
- 1998 South American Games Gold medalist
- 1999 Pan American Games Gold medalist in Winnipeg, CAN, beat Manuel Mantilla (CUB) and José Navarro (USA)
- 1999 World Championships Silver medalist in Houston, USA, beat Steve Molitor (CAN)
- 2000 Olympian, as a flyweight. His results were:
- Defeated Carlos Valcárcel (Puerto Rico) 12-6
- Lost to Vladimir Sidorenko (Ukraine) 10-16
- It is one of the rare foreign boxers who have won two medals (gold / bronze) at the prestigious international boxing tournament Giraldo Cordoba Cardin, which every year is celebrated in Cuba by invitation, Omar won gold in 1999 in Villa Clara, winning the final against Filipino Arlan Lily, in the semifinals had defeated the Guatemalan Castulo Gonzalez in 2000 won a bronze in the tournament in the province of Las Tunas, losing in the semifinals against the Thai Wijan Polit.
Pro
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He won the WBO world flyweight title on July 13, 2002 by a unanimous decision win over Adonis Rivas. He defended the title 16 times with wins over Luis Alberto Lazarate, Andrea Sarritzu (twice), Everardo Morales, Alexander Mahmutov, Reginaldo Martins Carvalho, Bernard Inom, Rexon Flores, Walberto Ramos, Brahim Asloum, Marlon Marquez, Carlos Tamara, Iván Pozo, Alejandro "Payasito" Hernández, Rayonta Whitfield and Omar Soto.
He then moved up to Super Flyweight and won the WBO Super Flyweight title on May 15, 2010, with a unanimous points decision against Nicaraguan Everth Briceno in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Narvaez faced Nonito Donaire on Oct. 22, 2011, at The Theater at Madison Square Garden at Bantamweight. He lost the one-sided fight by unanimous decision, his first professional loss.
He later returned to the super flyweight division and made eleven consecutive defenses of the WBO super flyweight title before getting knocked out by Naoya Inoue in the second round on December 30, 2014.
Professional boxing record
See also
- List of current world boxing champions
- List of flyweight boxing champions
- Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics
References
- ^ "Omar Andrés Narvaez Professional boxing record". BoxRec.com.
External links
- Boxing record for Omar Narváez from BoxRec (registration required)
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