Giovanni Parisi

Giovanni Parisi (December 2, 1967 – March 25, 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 name	Giovanni Parisi
Nickname(s)	Flash
Weight(s)	Lightweight Light welterweight Welterweight
Height	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Nationality	Italian
Born	December 2, 1967 Vibo Valentia, Italy
Died	March 25, 2009(2009-03-25) (aged 41) Voghera, Italy
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	47
Wins	41
Wins by KO	29
Losses	5
Draws	1
No contests	0
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:

• 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

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

External links

• Boxing record for Giovanni Parisi from BoxRec
• 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.

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