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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.
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| Real name | Giovanni Parisi | |||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Flash | |||||||||||||
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| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | |||||||||||||
| Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||
| Born | 2 December 1967 Vibo Valentia, Italy | |||||||||||||
| Died | 25 March 2009 (aged 41) Voghera, Italy | |||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | |||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 47 | |||||||||||||
| Wins | 41 | |||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 29 | |||||||||||||
| Losses | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Draws | 1 | |||||||||||||
| No contests | 0 | |||||||||||||
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1988 Olympic results
Below is the record of Giovanni Parisi, an Italian featherweight boxer who competed at the 1988 Seoul Olympics:
- Round of 64: bye
- Round of 32: defeated Lu Chih Hsiung (Taipei) by decision, 5-0
- Round of 16: defeated Mikhail Kazaryan (Soviet Union) referee stopped contest in the second round
- Quarterfinal: defeated Ya'acov Shmuel (Israel) by decision, 5-0
- Semifinal: defeated Abdelhak Achik (Morocco) referee stopped contest in the first round
- Final: defeated Daniel Dumitrescu (Romania) by first-round knockout (won gold medal)
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
- "Former champ Parisi dies in crash". BBC. 2009-03-26. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
External links
- Boxing record for Giovanni Parisi from BoxRec (registration required)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Giovanni Parisi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2011-04-06.
 Olympic boxing champions – men's featherweight | |
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1904: 115–125 lb (52.2–56.7 kg) · 1908: 116–126 lb (52.6–57.2 kg) · 1920–1928: 118–126 lb (53.5–57.2 kg) · 1932–1936: 119–126 lb (54.0–57.2 kg) · 1948: 54–58 kg · 1952–2008: 54–57kg · 2020–: 53–57 kg | |
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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
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