Bomani Parker (real name Parker White)
Born September 30, 1967, in Cincinnati, Ohio
His parents moved to California shortly after his birth and settled in Richmond
Began boxing in West Oakland in 1978
6’ 3” 165-180
Southpaw stance
1982
xxxx - Luis Alaniz W
xxxx - John Moody L
US Junior Olympics light-welterweight quarterfinalist; _______, ________.
1985
xxxx - Steve Mestas W rsc 2
xxxx - C. J. Harrison W rsc 2
Western Junior Trials __________ champion; __________, _________.
Aug. 10 - Joe Lipsey W rsch 2
US Junior middleweight champion; El Paso, Texas.
xxxx - Besliu Dumitru (Romania) L 1-4
World Junior middleweight quarterfinalist; Bucharest, Romania.
xxxx - Mark Klan W
USA vs. Great Britain; __________, __________.
Dec. 9 - Kevin Bozada W 5-0
Dec. 11 - Milton Dunham L 1-4
USA/Budweiser middleweight quarterfinalist; Tulsa, Oklahoma.
1986
May 9 - Kertis Mingo W
(Syracuse [New York] Herald-Journal 5-10-86:18).
May 10 - William Guthrie W
US National Golden Gloves middleweight champion; Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Parker “slugged it out with Guthrie in the third round, battling off the ropes and out of the corner” (Del Rio [Texas] 5-11-86:14).
July 12 - Jose da Silva (Brazil) W 5-0
(Syracuse Herald-Journal 7-13-86:42).
July 17 - Andrei Akulov (Soviet Union) W 5-0
July 19 - Ruslan Taramov (Soviet Union) L 2-3
Goodwill Games middleweight finalist; Moscow, Russia.
Dec. 18 - Angel Espinosa W 2-1
Cuba vs. USA; Sacramento, California, USA. “Parker scored a stunning upset by decisioning Espinosa. Parker chose to slug it out with Espinosa, but overall he was given the nod for his superior boxing. They boxed a lot at close range during the first round. In the third round Espinosa chose to dance and run and the strategy hurt him. Parker dominated this round. Both landed extremely hard punches” (Sacramento [California] Bee 12-19-86:E-1).
1987
Mch. 5 - Andrey Karavayev W rsc 3
USA vs. Soviet Union; Orlando, Florida.
Apr. 4 - Andrew Maynard L 0-5
US Amateur light-heavyweight finalist; Buffalo, New York. “The Maynard-Parker clash ... was full of action and seemed the biggest crowd pleaser, even though it was bogged down by referee Ed Urbec’s frequent cautions to Parker hor holding, slapping and other infractions. Maynard won 5-0, but not before the pair exchanged such staggering head blows that each took a standing eight-count in the third round” (Buffalo [New York] News 4-5-87:C-6).
June 10 - Byron Woods W rsc 2
June 11 - Krishna Wainright W 4-1
June 12 - Kenny Keene W 4-1
June 13 - Razz Chapin W 4-1
US Western Olympic Festival light-heavyweight champion; Colorado Springs, Colorado.
July 19 - Andrew Maynard L 2-3
US Olympic Festival light-heavyweight finalist; Raleigh, North Carolina. Maynard “won the most exciting bout of the night, edging Parker 3-2 in a furious fight featuring non-stop action. Parker had to take standing eight-counts late in the second and third rounds” (Biddeford [Maine] Journal Tribune 7-20-87:15).
1988
Mch. 4 - Dmitriy Eliseyev W rsci 3
USA vs. Soviet Union; Moscow, Russia.
May 21 - Andrei Karavayev W 5-0
USA vs. Soviet Union; Stateline, Nevada. Parker, “in his first fight since shoulder surgery in March, forced Karavayev to take a standing eight-count in the third round to pull out a decision that had the crowd ... in a frenzy. Parker was aided when the referee took away two points from the Russian for holding in the final round” (European Stars and Stripes 5-23-88:27).
June 5 - Damir Skaro (Yugoslavia) W 5-0
USA vs. Eastern Europe; Las Vegas, Nevada. (European Stars and Stripes 6-7-88:27).
July 5 - Terry McGroom W disq 3
(Chicago [Illinois] Daily Herald 7-6-88).
July 7 - Razz Chapin W 5-0
(Huntingdon [Pennsylvania] Daily News 7-8-88:5).
July 10 - Alfred Cole L 0-5
US Olympic Trials light-heavyweight finalist; Concord, California. “Cole’s experience and conditioning proved to be the difference under hot television lights in temperatures near 100-degrees. ‘I started out a bit slow,’ Cole said ‘He hit me with a lot of good body shots and that took something out of me, but I was able to come back’” (Huntingdon [Pennsylvania] Daily News 7-11-88:5).
Oct. - Turned pro.