Omar Andrés Narváez

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Omar Andrés Narváez

Real name	Omar Andrés Narváez
Nickname(s)	El Huracán (The Hurricane)
Rated at	Flyweight
Height	5 ft. 3 in. (160 cm.)
Nationality	Argentinian
Birth date	July 10, 1975 (1975-07-10) (age 32)
Birth place	Trelew, Chubut
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	29
Wins	27
Wins by KO	17
Losses	0
Draws	2
No contests	0

Medal record
Competitor for Argentina
Men’s Boxing
World Amateur Championships
Bronze	Budapest 1997	Flyweight
Silver	Houston 1999	Flyweight
Pan American Games
Gold	Winnipeg 1999	Flyweight

Omar Andrés Narváez (born July 10, 1975 in Trelew, Chubut, Argentina) is a southpaw professional boxer in the flyweight (112 lb) division and is the WBO flyweight champion. Narváez was also the first boxer from the 2000 Olympics to capture a major world title.

1 Amateur
2 Pro
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Amateur

He won the gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games.

1996 Olympian, as a flyweight. His results were:
- Defeated Joan Guzman (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 Valcarcel (Puerto Rico) 12-6
- Lost to Vladimir Sidorenko (Ukraine) 10-16

[edit] Pro

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His record is 24-0-2 (15 KOs). He won WBO world flyweight title on July 13, 2002 by a unanimous decision win over Adonis Rivas. He defended that title 11 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 and Marlon Marquez.