Omar Narváez (boxer)

Omar Andrés Narváez (; born 7 October 1975) is an Argentine professional boxer. He is a two-weight world champion, having held the WBO flyweight title from 2002 to 2010, and the WBO junior bantamweight title from 2010 to 2014. Together with Julio César Chávez, Narváez holds the world record for the most successful defenses of world titles, at 27. He is the longest reigning flyweight champion in history.

As an amateur, Narváez represented Argentina at the 2000 Olympics, reaching the round of 16 of the super flyweight bracket.

Amateur career

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 Volodymyr Sydorenko (Ukraine) 10-16 He is one of the rare foreign boxers who have won two medals (gold / bronze) at the prestigious international boxing tournament Giraldo Cordoba Cardin, which is celebrated in Cuba every year by invitation. Omar won gold in 1999 in Villa Clara, winning the final against Filipino Arlan Lily, in the semifinals he had defeated the Guatemalan Castulo Gonzalez. In 2000, he won a bronze in the tournament in the province of Las Tunas, losing in the semifinals against the Thai Wijan Ponlid

Professional career

He won the WBO world flyweight title on July 13, 2002 by a unanimous decision win over Adonis Rivas. He defended the title against 15 different contenders such as Luis Alberto Lazarate, Andrea Sarritzu, 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. That same year he won the Platinum Konex Award as the best boxer from the last decade in Argentina.

Narvaez faced Nonito Donaire on October 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 where he retained the WBO world super flyweight title eight more times, defending it against 7 other boxers before getting knocked out by Naoya Inoue in the second round on December 30, 2014. This was Narvaez first and only loss by knockout.

Narvaez vs. Potapov On 14 October 2017, Narvaez fought Nikolay Potapov who was ranked #2 by the WBO and #12 by the IBF at bantamweight. Narvaez won the fight via technical knockout in the 7th round.

Narvaez vs. Tete On 21 April 2018, Narvaez fought Zolani Tete for the WBO bantamweight title. Tete won by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest, 120-108, 120-108 on 120-108 on the judges' scorecards.

Records Longest reigning world flyweight champion (7 years, 10 months)

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes55LossPablo Ariel Gomez SD1021 Dec 201954Win49–3–2Carlos Jorge Luis SardinezUD1018 May 201953Loss48–3–2Zolani TeteUD1221 Apr 201852Win48–2–2Jesus VargasUD103 Feb 201851Win47–2–2Nikolai PotapovRTD7 (12), 14 Oct 201750Win46–2–2Breilor TeranUD1011 Jun 201649Win45–2–2Jesus VargasRTD8 (10), 19 Feb 201648Win44–2–2Diego Luis Pichardo LirianoUD1010 Oct 201547Loss43–2–2Naoya InoueKO2 (12), 30 Dec 201446Win43–1–2Felipe OrucutaMD1219 Sep 201445Win42–1–2 Antonio Tostado GarciaKO4 (12), 17 May 201444Win41–1–2David CarmonaTKO7 (12)21 Dec 201343Win40–1–2Hiroyuki HisatakaTKO10 (12), 24 Aug 201342Win39–1–2Felipe OrucutaSD1225 May 201341Win38–1–2David QuijanoUD1215 Dec 201240Win37–1–2Johnny GarcíaKO11 (12), 20 Oct 201239Win36–1–2José CabreraUD1221 Apr 201238Loss35–1–2Nonito DonaireUD1222 Oct 201137Win35–0–2William UrinaUD1211 Jun 201136Win34–0–2César SedaUD1215 Apr 201135Win33–0–2Víctor ZaletaUD1212 Feb 201134Win32–0–2Everth BricenoUD1215 May 201033Win31–0–2Santiago AcostaUD1024 Feb 201032Win30–0–2Omar SotoTKO11 (12), 26 Jun 200931Win29–0–2Rayonta WhitfieldTKO10 (12), 7 Feb 200930Win28–0–2Alejandro HernandezUD1220 Sep 200829Win27–0–2Iván PozoRTD7 (12), 9 May 200828Win26–0–2Carlos TamaraUD1225 Jan 200827Win25–0–2Marlon MarquezTKO4 (12), 14 Sep 200726Win24–0–2Brahim AsloumUD1210 Mar 200725Win23–0–2Walberto RamosUD1214 Oct 200624Win22–0–2Rexon FloresUD125 Aug 200623Win21–0–2Feliciano AzuagaTKO6 (10)21 Apr 200622Win20–0–2Bernard InomTKO11 (12), 5 Dec 200521Win19–0–2Wellington VicenteKO7 (10)8 Apr 200520Win18–0–2Marcos ObregonKO5 (10)10 Dec 200419Win17–0–2Wellington VicenteTKO10 (10)29 Oct 200418Win16–0–2Reginaldo Martins CarvalhoTKO3 (12), 6 Mar 200417Win15–0–2Alexander MakhmutovRTD10 (12), 14 Nov 200316Draw14–0–2Andrea Sarritzu129 Aug 200315Win14–0–1Everardo MoralesTKO5 (12)7 Jun 200314Win13–0–1Andrea Sarritzu1214 Dec 200213Win12–0–1Luis Alberto Lazarte10 (12), 13 Sep 200212Win11–0–1Adonis RivasUD1213 Jul 200211Win10–0–1Felipe ZapataKO1 (10)30 Mar 200210Win9–0–1Marcos ObregonUD1010 Nov 20019Win8–0–1Wellington Vicente106 Oct 20018Win7–0–1Sandro PereyraTKO1 (6), 21 Sep 20017Win6–0–1Nicolas Vergara3 (6)25 Aug 20016Win5–0–1Javier ArceKO3 (4), 30 Jun 20015Draw4–0–1Carlos Montivero49 Jun 20014Win4–0Ricardo ToledoRTD5 (6), 14 Apr 20013Win3–0Ricardo Toledo426 Jan 20012Win2–0Daniel Monzon1 (4)16 Dec 20001Win1–0Carlos Palacios4 (4)1 Dec 2000

Titles in boxing Major world titles WBO flyweight champion (112 lbs) WBO super flyweight champion (115 lbs)

Regional/International titles WBO International super flyweight champion (115 lbs) IBF Latino bantamweight champion (118 lbs) (2×)

Honorary titles WBO Super Champion

Omar Narváez (boxer)

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