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Giovanni Parisi (2 December 1967 – 25 March 2009) was an Italian boxer, who won the gold medal in the Men's Featherweight (57 kg) category at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

Giovanni Parisi
Statistics
Real nameGiovanni Parisi
Nickname(s)Flash
Weight(s)
  • Lightweight
  • Light welterweight
  • Welterweight
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
NationalityItalian
Born2 December 1967
Vibo Valentia, Italy
Died25 March 2009(2009-03-25) (aged 41)
Voghera, Italy
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights47
Wins41
Wins by KO29
Losses5
Draws1
No contests0
Medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
1988 Seoul Featherweight

1988 Olympic results


Below is the record of Giovanni Parisi, an Italian featherweight boxer who competed at the 1988 Seoul Olympics:


Professional career


A native of Vibo Valentia, Calabria, Parisi began his professional career in 1989 and won the Vacant WBO Lightweight Title by defeating Javier Altamirano in 1992. He later defeated former champion Freddie Pendleton and in 1995 challenged Mexican legend Julio César Chávez for the WBC Light Welterweight Title, losing a unanimous decision. Parisi went on to capture the WBO Light Welterweight Title and defend it successfully six times. He lost the WBO light-welterweight belt to Carlos Gonzalez in May 1998, and failed in a challenge for the welterweight title against Daniel Santos in July 2000.

He last fought in September 2006, when he lost a majority decision against Frederic Klose in Milan for the European welterweight crown.


Death


On 25 March 2009, Parisi was driving a car at Voghera, near Pavia, when it crashed head-on with a truck. Parisi died at the scene; he was 41.[1]


References


  1. "Former champ Parisi dies in crash". BBC. 2009-03-26. Retrieved 2009-03-26.


Achievements
Vacant
Title last held by
Dingaan Thobela
WBO lightweight champion
25 September 1992 - 23 January 1994
Vacated
Vacant
Title next held by
Oscar De La Hoya
Preceded by
Sammy Fuentes
WBO junior welterweight champion
9 March 1996 - 29 May 1998
Succeeded by
Carlos González
Junior welterweight status
Preceded by
Edwin Rosario
Latest born world champion to die
25 March – 11 July 2009
Succeeded by

На других языках


- [en] Giovanni Parisi

[es] Giovanni Parisi

Giovanni Parisi (Vibo Valentia, Italia, 2 de diciembre de 1967-Voghera, Italia, 25 de marzo de 2009) fue un deportista olímpico italiano que compitió en boxeo, en la categoría de peso pluma y que consiguió la medalla de oro en los Juegos Olímpicos de Seúl 1988.[1]

[fr] Giovanni Parisi

Giovanni Parisi est un boxeur italien né le 2 décembre 1967 à Vibo Valentia et mort le 5 mars 2009 à Voghera.

[it] Giovanni Parisi

Giovanni Parisi (Vibo Valentia, 2 dicembre 1967 – Voghera, 25 marzo 2009) è stato un pugile italiano.

[ru] Паризи, Джованни

Джованни Паризи (итал. Giovanni Parisi, 2 декабря 1967 — 25 марта 2009) — итальянский боксёр, олимпийский чемпион 1988 года.



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