Giovanni Parisi

 ( 1967 Births ) 

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

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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)

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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.

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Professional boxing record

47	Loss		Frederic Klose	MD	12 (12)	2006-10-08
46	Win	41–4–1	Lubomir Wejs	TKO	6 (8)	2006-05-09
45	Win	40–4–1	Louis Mimoune	UD	10 (10)	2005-03-12
44	Win	39–4–1	Miguel Ángel Peña	UD	8 (8)	2003-02-11
43	Loss	38–4–1	Daniel Santos	KO	4 (12)	2000-07-29
42	Win	38–3–1	Jose Luis Baltazar	TKO	1 (8)	1999-08-04
41	Win	37–3–1	Benjamin Martinez	PTS	8 (8)	1999-04-17
40	Loss	36–3–1	Carlos González	TKO	9 (12)	1998-05-29
39	Win	36–2–1	Jose Manuel Berdonce	UD	12 (12)	1997-12-06
38	Win	35–2–1	Nigel Wenton	RTD	8 (12)	1997-10-04
37	Win	34–2–1	Harold Miller	TKO	8 (12)	1997-04-19
36	Win	33–2–1	Sergio Rey	KO	4 (12)	1996-10-12
35	Draw	32–2–1	Carlos González	SD	12 (12)	1996-06-20
34	Win	32–2	Sammy Fuentes	TKO	8 (12)	1996-03-09
33	Win	31–2	Hector Ulises Chong	TKO	7 (10)	1995-12-16
32	Win	30–2	Angel Fernandez	KO	5 (10)	1995-07-14
31	Loss	29–2	Julio César Chávez	UD	12 (12)	1995-04-08
30	Win	29–1	Freddie Pendleton	SD	10 (10)	17 Sep 1994
29	Win	28–1	Richie Hess	KO	2 (10)
28	Win	27–1	Mike Bryan	TKO	1 (10)	1994-01-29
27	Win	26–1	Antonio Rivera	UD	12 (12)	1993-09-24
26	Win	25–1	Jesus Rojas	TKO	5 (10)	1993-07-30
25	Win	24–1	Michael Ayers	UD	12 (12)	1993-04-16
24	Win	23–1	Mark Smith	KO	4 (10)	1993-01-13
23	Win	22–1	Francisco Javier Altamirano	TKO	10 (12)	1992-09-25
22	Win	21–1	Fernando Ramos	KO	4 (?)	1992-06-10
21	Win	20–1	Wanerge Acosta	TKO	6 (8)	1992-04-11
20	Win	19–1	Silvestre Castillo	TKO	7 (?)	1992-03-14
19	Win	18–1	Martin Cruz	KO	3 (?)	1992-02-15
18	Win	17–1	Tony Foster	KO	6 (8)	1991-11-21
17	Win	16–1	Stefano Cassi	KO	2 (12)	1991-09-28
16	Win	15–1	Rudi Valentino	UD	8 (8)	1991-07-17
15	Win	14–1	Marvin P Gray	KO	6 (8)	1991-05-15
14	Win	13–1	Alan Peacock	PTS	6 (6)	1991-03-27
13	Loss	12–1	Antonio Rivera	KO	3 (?)	1990-11-10
12	Win	12–0	Tony Richards	PTS	8 (8)	1990-03-10
11	Win	11–0	Roberto Rubaldino	TKO	1 (10)	1990-01-06
10	Win	10–0	Brian Brown	PTS	8 (8)	1989-10-27
9	Win	9–0	Alain Bamba	TKO	5 (?)	1989-09-13
8	Win	8–0	Higinio DeLeon	RTD	5 (?)	1989-08-20
7	Win	7–0	Gary Gamble	KO	2 (?)	1989-08-09
6	Win	6–0	Phil Carter	TKO	6 (?)	1989-07-15
5	Win	5–0	Bobby Moore	TKO	1 (?)	1989-06-10
4	Win	4–0	Tchoza Mukuta	PTS	6 (6)	1989-04-22
3	Win	3–0	Benito Rodriguez	KO	3 (?)	1989-03-29
2	Win	2–0	Richard Campbell	KO	2 (?)	1989-03-11
1	Win	1–0	Kenny Brown	KO	3 (?)	1989-02-15

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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.

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See also

• List of world lightweight boxing champions
• List of world light-welterweight boxing champions

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