By Nicholas Samuilov, notifight.com
The flyweight world champion of the World Boxing Organization (WBO), Omar “El Huracán” Narváez, has finalized the third defense of his crown, which is set for June 11 at Luna Park Stadium in Buenos Aires. After many twists and turns, the opponent will be the Colombian William Urina, a former WBO flyweight Latino champion.
"First we had the possibility of a rematch with [the Mexican Omar] Soto, but he declined. Then we had two fighters who weren't ready to go for fifteen to twenty days. There was talk of others, but in the end, we were able to secure Colombian William Urina, who has a good record. So he will go against Omar Narvaez," said Esteban Livera, the head of boxing at Luna Park, to BoxingScene.com's Carlos Irusta.
Urina, born in Barranquilla and 25 years old, is ranked No. 14 and has a record of 17 wins (14 KOs) and 1 loss. He returns from losing his unbeaten record against Mexican Johnny Garcia on January 21 in the Federal District of Mexico, by unanimous decision over twelve rounds.
Narváez (34-0-2, 19 KOs) was initially going to face Mexico's Juan Carlos Sanchez Jr. (12-1-1, 7 KOs), who walked away from the fight, after his handlers saw fit to get him more experience and a tune-up prior to taking a fight of this magnitude.
