By Gabriel F. Cordero
Undefeated 21-year-old Argentine prospect and stylist Junior Andrés Narváez (8-0-1, 1 KO) dropped experienced 25-year-old Venezuelan Jonathan Cisneros (21-3, 13 KOs) in the second round and defeated him via unanimous decision (99-90, 98-91, 98-91) in a ten-round bout for the FEDELATIN bantamweight title at the Argentine Boxing Federation facilities in Buenos Aires.
Junior Narváez is the son of former flyweight and super flyweight world champion Omar Narváez.
Other Results:
Argentine Jose Francisco Agüero (16-0, 8 KOs), 25, defeated previously unbeaten Venezuelan Brian Rodriguez (12-1, 6 KOs), 25, by third-round knockout in a bout for the WBA Gold super featherweight title.
Venezuelan prospect Leonardo Sanchez (22-1-1, 15 KOs), 29, upset heavy favorite Senegalese-Argentine Touba Niang (11-2-1, 7 KOs), 25, in a fight for the Continental Americas bantamweight title. The judges’ unanimous decision was 96-90, 97-89, and 97-89. The fight included knockdowns of Niang in the third, sixth, and seventh rounds, as well as a one-point deduction against Sanchez in the sixth round.
Argentine Maria Amalia Mazzarello (10-2, 3 KOs), 34, defeated Venezuelan Albys Larez (5-3, 4 KOs), 21, by third-round knockout after Larez’s team entered the ring and signaled the referee to stop the fight.
Argentine Leonela Rosa Sanchez (5-1, 2 KOs), 32, defeated Venezuelan Sara Isabel Suarez (4-1-2, 3 KOs), 25, by third-round technical knockout. Sánchez went down in the first round, and the referee stopped the bout in the third due to Suárez’s lack of response.
Undefeated Venezuelan prospect Geremy Vera (15-0, 8 KOs), 21, defeated Argentine Matias Alejandro Medina (4-2-1, 1 KO), 25, by unanimous decision (78-74, 78-74, 77-75) in a flyweight bout.
Former Venezuelan Olympian and one-time sensation prospect Yoel Finol (4-0, 1 KO), 30, returned to boxing in December 2020—six years after his last bout—and secured a unanimous decision victory over 24-year-old Argentine Sergio Gustavo Axel Medina Lucero (6-5-2, 2 KOs) in a bantamweight contest.
NOTE: Although the main bouts were apparently for WBA international and regional titles, it is impossible to determine exactly which championships were at stake due to BoxRec’s restrictions and the current situation regarding the WBA.
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