| Omar Narvaez | |
| Realname: | Omar Andrés Narváez |
| Nickname: | El Huracán (The Hurricane) |
| Weight: | |
| Height: | 5 ft 2+1/2 in |
| Reach: | 64 in |
| Birth Date: | October 7, 1975 |
| Birth Place: | Trelew, Argentina |
| Style: | Southpaw |
| Total: | 55 |
| Wins: | 49 |
| Ko: | 25 |
| Losses: | 4 |
| Draws: | 2 |
Omar Andrés Narváez (born October 7, 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. Narváez hold 27 title defenses, which is a world record. 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.
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 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 where he won the WBO world super flyweight title and defended it against 11 boxers before getting knocked out by Naoya Inoue in the second round on December 30, 2014.
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.[1]
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.[2]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55 | Loss | 49–4–2 | Pablo Ariel Gomez | SD | 10 | 21 Dec 2019 | |||
| 54 | Win | 49–3–2 | Carlos Jorge Luis Sardinez | UD | 10 | 18 May 2019 | |||
| 53 | Loss | 48–3–2 | Zolani Tete | UD | 12 | 21 Apr 2018 | |||
| 52 | Win | 48–2–2 | Jesus Vargas | UD | 10 | 3 Feb 2018 | |||
| 51 | Win | 47–2–2 | Nikolai Potapov | RTD | 7 (12), | 14 Oct 2017 | |||
| 50 | Win | 46–2–2 | Breilor Teran | UD | 10 | 11 Jun 2016 | |||
| 49 | Win | 45–2–2 | Jesus Vargas | RTD | 8 (10), | 19 Feb 2016 | |||
| 48 | Win | 44–2–2 | Diego Luis Pichardo Liriano | UD | 10 | 10 Oct 2015 | |||
| 47 | Loss | 43–2–2 | Naoya Inoue | KO | 2 (12), | 30 Dec 2014 | |||
| 46 | Win | 43–1–2 | Felipe Orucuta | MD | 12 | 19 Sep 2014 | |||
| 45 | Win | 42–1–2 | Antonio Tostado Garcia | KO | 4 (12), | 17 May 2014 | |||
| 44 | Win | 41–1–2 | David Carmona | TKO | 7 (12) | 21 Dec 2013 | |||
| 43 | Win | 40–1–2 | Hiroyuki Hisataka | TKO | 10 (12), | 24 Aug 2013 | |||
| 42 | Win | 39–1–2 | Felipe Orucuta | SD | 12 | 25 May 2013 | |||
| 41 | Win | 38–1–2 | David Quijano | UD | 12 | 15 Dec 2012 | |||
| 40 | Win | 37–1–2 | Johnny García | KO | 11 (12), | 20 Oct 2012 | |||
| 39 | Win | 36–1–2 | José Cabrera | UD | 12 | 21 Apr 2012 | |||
| 38 | Loss | 35–1–2 | Nonito Donaire | UD | 12 | 22 Oct 2011 | |||
| 37 | Win | 35–0–2 | William Urina | UD | 12 | 11 Jun 2011 | |||
| 36 | Win | 34–0–2 | César Seda | UD | 12 | 15 Apr 2011 | |||
| 35 | Win | 33–0–2 | Víctor Zaleta | UD | 12 | 12 Feb 2011 | |||
| 34 | Win | 32–0–2 | Everth Briceno | UD | 12 | 15 May 2010 | |||
| 33 | Win | 31–0–2 | Santiago Acosta | UD | 10 | 24 Feb 2010 | |||
| 32 | Win | 30–0–2 | Omar Soto | TKO | 11 (12), | 26 Jun 2009 | |||
| 31 | Win | 29–0–2 | Rayonta Whitfield | TKO | 10 (12), | 7 Feb 2009 | |||
| 30 | Win | 28–0–2 | Alejandro Hernandez | UD | 12 | 20 Sep 2008 | |||
| 29 | Win | 27–0–2 | Iván Pozo | RTD | 7 (12), | 9 May 2008 | |||
| 28 | Win | 26–0–2 | Carlos Tamara | UD | 12 | 25 Jan 2008 | |||
| 27 | Win | 25–0–2 | Marlon Marquez | TKO | 4 (12), | 14 Sep 2007 | |||
| 26 | Win | 24–0–2 | Brahim Asloum | UD | 12 | 10 Mar 2007 | |||
| 25 | Win | 23–0–2 | Walberto Ramos | UD | 12 | 14 Oct 2006 | |||
| 24 | Win | 22–0–2 | Rexon Flores | UD | 12 | 5 Aug 2006 | |||
| 23 | Win | 21–0–2 | Feliciano Azuaga | TKO | 6 (10) | 21 Apr 2006 | |||
| 22 | Win | 20–0–2 | Bernard Inom | TKO | 11 (12), | 5 Dec 2005 | |||
| 21 | Win | 19–0–2 | Wellington Vicente | KO | 7 (10) | 8 Apr 2005 | |||
| 20 | Win | 18–0–2 | Marcos Obregon | KO | 5 (10) | 10 Dec 2004 | |||
| 19 | Win | 17–0–2 | Wellington Vicente | TKO | 10 (10) | 29 Oct 2004 | |||
| 18 | Win | 16–0–2 | Reginaldo Martins Carvalho | TKO | 3 (12), | 6 Mar 2004 | |||
| 17 | Win | 15–0–2 | Alexander Makhmutov | RTD | 10 (12), | 14 Nov 2003 | |||
| 16 | Draw | 14–0–2 | Andrea Sarritzu | 12 | 9 Aug 2003 | ||||
| 15 | Win | 14–0–1 | Everardo Morales | TKO | 5 (12) | 7 Jun 2003 | |||
| 14 | Win | 13–0–1 | Andrea Sarritzu | 12 | 14 Dec 2002 | ||||
| 13 | Win | 12–0–1 | Luis Alberto Lazarte | 10 (12), | 13 Sep 2002 | ||||
| 12 | Win | 11–0–1 | Adonis Rivas | UD | 12 | 13 Jul 2002 | |||
| 11 | Win | 10–0–1 | Felipe Zapata | KO | 1 (10) | 30 Mar 2002 | |||
| 10 | Win | 9–0–1 | Marcos Obregon | UD | 10 | 10 Nov 2001 | |||
| 9 | Win | 8–0–1 | Wellington Vicente | 10 | 6 Oct 2001 | ||||
| 8 | Win | 7–0–1 | Sandro Pereyra | TKO | 1 (6), | 21 Sep 2001 | |||
| 7 | Win | 6–0–1 | Nicolas Vergara | 3 (6) | 25 Aug 2001 | ||||
| 6 | Win | 5–0–1 | Javier Arce | KO | 3 (4), | 30 Jun 2001 | |||
| 5 | Draw | 4–0–1 | Carlos Montivero | 4 | 9 Jun 2001 | ||||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Ricardo Toledo | RTD | 5 (6), | 14 Apr 2001 | |||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Ricardo Toledo | 4 | 26 Jan 2001 | ||||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Daniel Monzon | 1 (4) | 16 Dec 2000 | ||||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Carlos Palacios | 4 (4) | 1 Dec 2000 |