Narvaez vs Potapov

Who won Narvaez vs Potapov?

Omar Andres Narvaez beat Nikolay Potapov by technical knockout in the 7th round on Saturday, October 14th, 2017, at Estadio Obras Sanitarias, Distrito Federal.

The scorecards were announced in favor of winner Omar Andres Narvaez.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 118 pounds (8.4 stone or 53.5 kg).

Narvaez vs Potapov stats

Back in October 2017, Omar Andres Narvaez stepped into the ring with a record of 46 wins, 2 losses, and 2 draws.

Nikolay Potapov made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 17 wins and 1 draw.

Omar Andres Narvaez was the older man by 16 years, at 42 years old.

Potapov had a height advantage of 2 inches over Narvaez.

Omar Andres Narvaez fought out of the southpaw stance, while Nikolay Potapov was an orthodox fighter.

Narvaez was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 32 more fights, and made his debut in 2000, 9 years and 3 months earlier than Potapov, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 300 more professional rounds, totaling 468 compared to Potapov's 168.

Omar Andres Narvaez went into the fight ranked number 1 by the WBO at bantamweight.

Nikolay Potapov was ranked number 2 by the WBO, and 12 by the IBF in the 118lb division.

Narvaez vs Potapov form

Narvaez had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Breilor Teran on June 11, 2016, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Gimnasio Municipal N° 1, Trelew, Argentina.

Prior to that, he had defeated Jesus Vargas on February 19, 2016, by technical knockout in the 7th round at Nuevo Palacio Aurinegro, Puerto Madryn.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Diego Luis Pichardo Liriano on October 10, 2015, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Ce.De.M. N° 2, Caseros.

Before that, he had been beaten by Naoya Inoue on December 30, 2014, by knockout in the 2nd round in their WBO World Junior Bantamweight championship fight at Metropolitan Gym, Caseros, Japan.

He had won against Felipe Orucuta on September 19, 2014, by majority decision in their WBO World Junior Bantamweight championship fight at Anfiteatro Municipal, Villa Maria, Argentina.

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Narvaez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 25 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 7 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 41 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.2 rounds on average.

What time did Narvaez vs Potapov start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:00 PM UTC at Estadio Obras Sanitarias, Distrito Federal, Argentina, which was 5:00 PM EST or 2:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 10:00 PM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Narvaez vs Potapov?

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