José Navarro (born June 7, 1981) is a professional

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who competes in the

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division. Navarro participated at the

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. He is of Mexican descent.

Amateur career

Member of the 2000 USA Olympic Team boxing in the Flyweight class. His results were: *Defeated Hermensen Ballo (Indonesia) 16-10 *Defeated Hicham Mesbahi (Morocco) 12-9 *Lost to

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(France) 12-23

Pro career

Navarro turned pro in 2001. In 2003, he became the WBC Continental Americas super flyweight champion and the International Boxing Association super flyweight champion when he defeated Reynaldo Hurtado. In 2005 at 21-0 he lost a close decision to Katsushige Kawashima for the WBC super flyweight title in Japan. In 2006 he traveled to Japan again to challenge Masamori Tokuyama for the WBC super flyweight title and lost a decision. Starting in 2012, he is now a boxing trainer working in Los Angeles.

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* 1981 births Living people Boxers from Los Angeles Flyweight boxers Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for the United States American boxers of Mexican descent American male boxers Boxers at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in boxing 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-boxing-bio-stub