Giovanni Parisi

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Olympic medal record
Men's Boxing
Gold	1988 Seoul	Featherweight

Giovanni Parisi (born December 2, 1967 in Vibo Valentia, Calabria) is an Italian boxer, who won the gold medal in the men's Featherweight (57 kg) category at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

Contents 1 Professional career 2 Amateur Accomplishments 2.1 Olympic Results 2.2 External links

[edit] Professional career

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 later challenged WBO Welterweight Title holder Daniel Santos (boxer), and lost via a 4th round KO. Parisi is still an active fighter.

Preceded by Dingaan Thobela Vacated	WBO Lightweight Champion 25 Sep 1992 – 1994 Vacated	Succeeded by Oscar De La Hoya
Preceded by Sammy Fuentes	WBO Light Welterweight Champion 9 Mar 1996 – 29 May 1998	Succeeded by Carlos Gonzalez

[edit] Amateur Accomplishments

• 1985 Italian Lightweight Champion
• 1986 Italian Featherweight Champion

[edit] Olympic Results

• 1st round bye
• Defeated Lu Chih Hsiung (Chinese Taipei) 5-0
• Defeated Mikhail Kazaryan (Soviet Union) RSC 2
• Defeated Jacov Shmul (Israel) 5-0
• Defeated Abdelhak Achik (Morocco) RSC 1
• Defeated Daniel Dumitrescu (Romania) KO 1

[edit] External links

• Professional boxing record for Giovanni Parisi from Boxrec