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Omar Andres Narvaez Vs Felipe Orucuta, In The Land of Silver on Saturday night, the action takes place at Buenos Aires’ famed Estadio Luna Park as masterful southpaw Omar Andres Narvaez puts his WBO super flyweight crown at risk against the challenge of Mexican puncher Felipe Orucuta.
An amazing defensive technician with few equals, 37 year old Narvaez, 38-1-2 (20), is on a three bout title defense streak after stepping up to bantam and challenging WBO/WBC king Nonito Donaire, losing a wide decision after taking very few shots in the process.
Orucuta, 27-1 (23), comes into the contest at Luna Park as the WBC Continental American super fly beltholder, having won nine contests on the bounce.
The 27 year old from Nicolas Romero, Mexico has won those nine victories inside the distance, belting out all comers, some obscure, some veterans but most notably ex-WBO flyweight boss Julio Cesar Miranda last September.
Will Orucuta ever get the chance to land his vaunted power on Saturday night? That will be a very difficult proposition against Narvaez and makes a win in the local man’s backyard all but impossible.
But, Narvaez is 37 and boxing being a very unforgiving sport, if “El Huracan” is down to gale force winds, we could see a changing of the guard at the top of the WBO pile for the first time in three years.
Most likely we will see Narvaez, who defended the WBO flyweight strap sixteen times between 2002-2009, retain the 115 pound belt for the seventh time.
Chief support of Omar Andres Narvaez Vs Felipe Orucuta is provided by undefeated light welter Cesar Rene Cuenca, 44-0 (2), who faces Gustavo David Bermudez, 16-9-2 (6), for the WBO Latino crown.
