Omar Andrés Narváez
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Omar Andrés Narváez (born July 10, 1975 in Trelew
, Chubut
, Argentina
) is an Argentine southpaw professional boxer
in the super flyweight
(115 lb
) division and is the WBO Junior Bantamweight champion. Narváez was also the first boxer from the 2000 Olympics to capture a major world title.
). He won WBO world flyweight title on July 13, 2002 by a unanimous decision win over Adonis Rivas. He defended that 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 and Rayonta Whitfield.
After defeating Whitfield, Narvaez surpassed Carlos Monzón
's national record of successful defences, holding the record with 15 defences. On February 12 2011 he successful defended the WBO super-flyweight title with a unanimous points decision against Mexican Victor Zaleta in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Narvaez faced Nonito Donaire
on Oct. 22, 2011 at New York's Madison Square Garden losing by unanimous decision, his first professional loss.
Trelew
-References:La Pasión según Trelew, Espejo de la Argentina, 1997, Editorial Planeta Argentina S.A.I.C.; Third Edition: April 2000, Buenos Aires, ISBN 950-742-859-3-External links:* * * *...
, Chubut
Chubut Province
Chubut a province in the southern part of Argentina situated between the 42nd parallel south and the 46th parallel south , the Andes range separating Argentina from Chile, and the Atlantic ocean...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
) is an Argentine southpaw professional boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
in the super flyweight
Super flyweight
Super flyweight is a weight division in professional boxing. It is alternatively referred to as junior bantamweight and light bantamweight...
(115 lb
Pound (mass)
The pound or pound-mass is a unit of mass used in the Imperial, United States customary and other systems of measurement...
) division and is the WBO Junior Bantamweight champion. Narváez was also the first boxer from the 2000 Olympics to capture a major world title.
Amateur
- He won the gold medal at the 1999 Pan American GamesBoxing at the 1999 Pan American GamesThe Men's Boxing Tournament at the 1999 Pan American Games was held in Winnipeg, Canada from July 31 to August 8. It served as a qualification tournament for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The number one and two earned a ticket for the Olympic Tournament.- Medal winners :- Medal...
.
- 1996 Olympian, as a flyweight. His results were:
- Defeated Joan GuzmánJoan GuzmanJoan Guzmán is a Dominican professional boxer who was the WBO's super bantamweight and super featherweight champion. His nickname is "The Little Tyson"." Guzmán is now trained by Former World Champion Roberto Garcia. Former unheralded boxer Floyd Mayweather, Sr...
(Dominican Republic) 9-4 - Lost to Mehdi AssousMehdi AssousMehdi Assous is a retired male boxer from Algeria. He represented his native North African country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the men's flyweight division by eventual bronze medalist Zoltan Lunka from Germany.-References:*...
(Algeria) 4-20
- Defeated Joan Guzmán
- 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 MantillaManuel MantillaManuel Mantilla is an amateur boxer from Cuba, who represented his native country in the Men's Flyweight category at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia....
(CUB) and José NavarroJosé Navarro (boxer)José Navarro is a professional boxer who competes in the Flyweight division. Navarro participated at the Summer Olympics in 2000 in Sydney, Australia. He is of Mexican descent.-Amateur career:...
(USA) - 1999 World Championships Silver medalist in Houston, USA, beat Steve MolitorSteve MolitorSteve Molitor is a Canadian professional boxer. He is the former International Boxing Federation Junior featherweight champion. He has a record of 33–2 .- Career history :...
(CAN) - 2000 Olympian, as a flyweight. His results were:
- Defeated Carlos ValcárcelCarlos ValcarcelCarlos Valcárcel Díaz is a boxer from Puerto Rico, who represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He won the silver medal in the men's flyweight division at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games in El Salvador...
(Puerto Rico) 12-6 - Lost to Vladimir Sidorenko (Ukraine) 10-16
- Defeated Carlos Valcárcel
Pro
His record is 34-1-2 (19 KOsKnockout
A knockout is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts, Karate and others sports involving striking...
). He won WBO world flyweight title on July 13, 2002 by a unanimous decision win over Adonis Rivas. He defended that 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 and Rayonta Whitfield.
After defeating Whitfield, Narvaez surpassed Carlos Monzón
Carlos Monzón
Carlos Monzón was an Argentine professional boxer who held the undisputed world middleweight title for 7 years, during which he successfully defended the title 14 times....
's national record of successful defences, holding the record with 15 defences. On February 12 2011 he successful defended the WBO super-flyweight title with a unanimous points decision against Mexican Victor Zaleta in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Narvaez faced Nonito Donaire
Nonito Donaire
Nonito Donaire, Jr. is a Filipino-American professional boxer, who is widely known as "The Filipino Flash." He is a three-division world champion, having won five titles across three different boxing weight classes. He is a known switch-hitter with the ability to fight either southpaw or orthodox...
on Oct. 22, 2011 at New York's Madison Square Garden losing by unanimous decision, his first professional loss.
Professional Record
| Result | Record | Opponent | Date | Result | Time | Location | Notes |
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| Lost | 34-1-2 |  Nonito DonaireNonito Donaire Nonito Donaire, Jr. is a Filipino-American professional boxer, who is widely known as "The Filipino Flash." He is a three-division world champion, having won five titles across three different boxing weight classes. He is a known switch-hitter with the ability to fight either southpaw or orthodox... |
UD 12 |  New YorkNew York New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east... |
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| Win | 34-0-2 |  William Urina |
UD 12 |  Buenos AiresBuenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent... |
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| Win | 33-0-2 |  Cesar Seda |
UD 12 | Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent... |
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| Win | 32-0-2 |  Víctor ZaletaVíctor Zaleta Víctor Zaleta Reyes is a Mexican professional boxer in the Super Flyweight division.-WBO Super Flyweight Championship:... |
UD 12 | Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent... |
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| Win | 31-0-2 |  Everth Briceño |
UD 12 | Distrito Federal |
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| Win | 30-0-2 | Santiago Ivan Acosta |
UD 10 | Chubut Chubut Province Chubut a province in the southern part of Argentina situated between the 42nd parallel south and the 46th parallel south , the Andes range separating Argentina from Chile, and the Atlantic ocean... |
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| Win | 29-0-2 | Omar Soto |
KO 11 | Distrito Federal |
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| Win | 28-0-2 | Rayonta Whitfield |
TKO 10 | Puerto Madryn Puerto Madryn Puerto Madryn is a city in the province of Chubut in the Argentine Patagonia. It is the head town of the Viedma Department, and has about 57,571 inhabitants according to the last census in 2001.... |
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| Win | 27-0-2 | Alejandro Hernández |
UD | Puerto Madryn Puerto Madryn Puerto Madryn is a city in the province of Chubut in the Argentine Patagonia. It is the head town of the Viedma Department, and has about 57,571 inhabitants according to the last census in 2001.... |
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| Win | 26-0-2 |  Ivan PozoIván Pozo Iván Pozo is a Spanish professional boxer. Pozo is a former EBU European Flyweight champion and former WBO Inter-Continental Flyweight champion. He currently fights at bantamweight and defended his WBC Mundo Hispano title by defeating Adonis Rivas by unanimous decision on March 4, 2011.-References:... |
RTD 7 | 0:01 | Vigo Vigo Vigo is a city and municipality in north-west Spain, in Galicia, situated on the ria of the same name on the Atlantic Ocean.-Population:... |
Pozo withdrew. | |
| Win | 25-0-2 | Carlos Tamara Carlos Tamara Carlos José Tamara Paternina is a Colombian professional boxer, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics. There he was defeated in the second round by Italy's Alfonso Pinto in the Light Flyweight division... |
UD | Puerto Madryn Puerto Madryn Puerto Madryn is a city in the province of Chubut in the Argentine Patagonia. It is the head town of the Viedma Department, and has about 57,571 inhabitants according to the last census in 2001.... |
119-109, 120-108, 119-109 | ||
| Win | 24-0-2 | Marlon Marquez |
TKO 4 | Trelew Trelew -References:La Pasión según Trelew, Espejo de la Argentina, 1997, Editorial Planeta Argentina S.A.I.C.; Third Edition: April 2000, Buenos Aires, ISBN 950-742-859-3-External links:* * * *... |
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| Win | 23-0-2 |  Brahim AsloumBrahim Asloum Brahim Asloum born January 31, 1979 in Bourgoin-Jallieu, Isère) is a French boxer. He won the Light Flyweight Gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.Asloum is the former WBA light flyweight world champion.- Olympic results :... |
UD | Le Cannet Le Cannet Le Cannet is a commune of the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.-Location:Le Cannet is located on the north of Cannes, on the French Riviera... |
118-109, 117-110, 116-111 | ||
| Win | 22-0-2 | Walberto Ramos |
UD | Córdoba Córdoba, Argentina Córdoba is a city located near the geographical center of Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierras Chicas on the Suquía River, about northwest of Buenos Aires. It is the capital of Córdoba Province. Córdoba is the second-largest city in Argentina after the federal capital Buenos Aires, with... |
115-111, 117-109, 115-112 | ||
| Win | 21-0-2 | Rexon Flores |
UD | Córdoba Córdoba, Argentina Córdoba is a city located near the geographical center of Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierras Chicas on the Suquía River, about northwest of Buenos Aires. It is the capital of Córdoba Province. Córdoba is the second-largest city in Argentina after the federal capital Buenos Aires, with... |
120-108, 119-109, 119-109 | ||
| Win | 20-0-2 |  Feliciano Azuaga |
TKO 6 | Córdoba Córdoba, Argentina Córdoba is a city located near the geographical center of Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierras Chicas on the Suquía River, about northwest of Buenos Aires. It is the capital of Córdoba Province. Córdoba is the second-largest city in Argentina after the federal capital Buenos Aires, with... |
Fight with no WBO flyweight title challenge. | ||
| Win | 19-0-2 | Bernard Inom Bernard Inom Bernard Inom is a retired boxer from France, who competed in the light flyweight division during the 1990s. He won the silver medal at the 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Berlin, Germany, where he was defeated in the final by Bulgaria's Daniel Petrov.-References:... |
TKO 11 | 0:44 | Bercy Bercy Bercy is a neighborhood in the 12th arrondissement of Paris. It is the city's 47th administrative neighborhood. -History:Some of the oldest vestiges of human occupation in Paris were found on the territory of Bercy, dating from the late Neolithic . The name of Bercy, or Bercix, appeared for the... |
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| Win | 18-0-2 |  Wellington Vicente |
KO 7 | Trelew Trelew -References:La Pasión según Trelew, Espejo de la Argentina, 1997, Editorial Planeta Argentina S.A.I.C.; Third Edition: April 2000, Buenos Aires, ISBN 950-742-859-3-External links:* * * *... |
Fight with no WBO flyweight title challenge. | ||
| Win | 17-0-2 | Marcos Obregón |
KO 5 | Córdoba Córdoba, Argentina Córdoba is a city located near the geographical center of Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierras Chicas on the Suquía River, about northwest of Buenos Aires. It is the capital of Córdoba Province. Córdoba is the second-largest city in Argentina after the federal capital Buenos Aires, with... |
Fight with no WBO flyweight title challenge. | ||
| Win | 16-0-2 | Wellington Vicente |
TKO 10 | Córdoba Córdoba, Argentina Córdoba is a city located near the geographical center of Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierras Chicas on the Suquía River, about northwest of Buenos Aires. It is the capital of Córdoba Province. Córdoba is the second-largest city in Argentina after the federal capital Buenos Aires, with... |
Fight with no WBO flyweight title challenge. | ||
| Win | 15-0-2 | Reginaldo Martins Carvalho |
TKO 3 | 1:27 | Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent... |
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| Win | 14-0-2 |  Alexander Mahmutov |
RTD 11 | 0:01 | Levallois-Perret Levallois-Perret Levallois-Perret is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris.-Name:The name Levallois-Perret comes from two housing developments, Champerret and Village Levallois , and which resulted in the incorporation of the... |
Mahmutov withdrew | |
| Draw | 13-0-2 |  Andrea Sarritzu |
PTS | Cagliari Cagliari Cagliari is the capital of the island of Sardinia, a region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name Casteddu literally means castle. It has about 156,000 inhabitants, or about 480,000 including the outlying townships : Elmas, Assemini, Capoterra, Selargius, Sestu, Monserrato, Quartucciu, Quartu... |
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| Win | 13-0-1 | Everaldo Morales |
TKO 5 | Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent... |
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| Win | 12-0-1 | Andrea Sarritzu |
SD | Quartu Sant'Elena Quartu Sant'Elena Quartu Sant'Elena is a city and comune in the Province of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. It is the third biggest city of Sardinia with a population of c. 71,000 as of 2008.- History:... |
116-112, 116-113, 112-116 | ||
| Win | 11-0-1 | Luis Alberto Lazarte Luis Alberto Lazarte Luis Alberto Lazarte is a professional boxer who resides in his birthtown. He won the IBF junior flyweight title from Colombian Carlos Támara on May 29, 2010. Lazarte was the oldest reigning world boxing champion in the world, at 40 years old, until May 01, 2011... |
DQ 10 | 2:27 | Trelew Trelew -References:La Pasión según Trelew, Espejo de la Argentina, 1997, Editorial Planeta Argentina S.A.I.C.; Third Edition: April 2000, Buenos Aires, ISBN 950-742-859-3-External links:* * * *... |
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| Win | 10-0-1 | Adonis Rivas Adonis Rivas Adonis Antonio Rivas Ordóñez is a professional boxer in the super flyweight division.- Boxing career :Rivas turned professional in 1995 and captured the WBO super flyweight title with a decision win over Diego Morales in 1999. He defended the belt twice before losing it to Pedro Alcázar in 2001... |
UD 12 | Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent... |
WBO flyweight title. | ||
| Win | 9-0-1 | Felipe Rodríguez Zapata |
KO 1 | Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent... |
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| Win | 8-0-1 | Marcos Obregón |
UD | Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent... |
100-93, 100-91.5, 100-88 | ||
| Win | 7-0-1 | Wellington Vicente |
UD | Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent... |
100-88, 100-90, 100-89 | ||
| Win | 6-0-1 | Sandro Pereyra |
TKO 1 | 1:46 | Córdoba Córdoba, Argentina Córdoba is a city located near the geographical center of Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierras Chicas on the Suquía River, about northwest of Buenos Aires. It is the capital of Córdoba Province. Córdoba is the second-largest city in Argentina after the federal capital Buenos Aires, with... |
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| Win | 5-0-1 | Nicolás Vergara |
TKO 3 | General Levalle |
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| Win | 4-0-1 | Javier Arce |
KO 3 | 3:00 | Necochea Necochea Necochea is a port city in the southwest of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, located on the Atlantic coast, on the edge of the Quequén Grande river, from Buenos Aires City and southwest from Mar del Plata... |
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| Draw | 3-0-1 | Carlos Montivero |
PTS | Posadas Posadas, Misiones Posadas is the capital city of the Argentine province of Misiones, located at the south of the province, on the left-hand shore of the Paraná River, opposite Encarnación, Paraguay. The city has an area of 965 km² and a population of 323,739 .... |
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| Win | 3-0 | Ricardo Toledo Ricardo Toledo Ricardo Toledo is a Costa Rican politician and a member of the Christian democratic Social Christian Unity Party . He was their candidate for president in the 2006 elections and got 3.430 % of the total votes .... |
RTD 5 | 0:01 | Puerto Madryn Puerto Madryn Puerto Madryn is a city in the province of Chubut in the Argentine Patagonia. It is the head town of the Viedma Department, and has about 57,571 inhabitants according to the last census in 2001.... |
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| Win | 2-0 | Ricardo Toledo Ricardo Toledo Ricardo Toledo is a Costa Rican politician and a member of the Christian democratic Social Christian Unity Party . He was their candidate for president in the 2006 elections and got 3.430 % of the total votes .... |
MD 4 | Necochea Necochea Necochea is a port city in the southwest of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, located on the Atlantic coast, on the edge of the Quequén Grande river, from Buenos Aires City and southwest from Mar del Plata... |
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| Win | 1-0 | Daniel Monzón |
KO 1 | Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent... |
See also
- List of current world boxing champions
- List of flyweight boxing champions
- Boxing at the 2000 Summer OlympicsBoxing at the 2000 Summer OlympicsThe boxing competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney was held over a period of sixteen days at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre in Darling Harbour...