Giovanni Parisi

Name: Giovanni Parisi
Alias: Flash
Hometown: Voghera, Lombardia, Italy
Birthplace: Vibo Valentia, Calabria, Italy
Died: 2009-03-25 (Age:41)
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 173cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Trainers: Livio Lucarno, Giovanni Bocciolini
Managers: Salvatore Cherchi of Opi 2000, Silverio Gresta

• Parisi died March 25, 2009 in Italy from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was 42.[1]

Olympic Games results

• 1988 Olympic Games Gold Medalist at Featherweight. His results were:
  • 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

Other Amateur Accomplishments

• 1985 World Junior Championships participant at featherweight in Bucharest, Romania.
  • Defeated Namjil Bayarsaikhan (Mongolia) 5-0
  • Lost to Joerg Heidenreich (Germany) 1-4
• 1987 European Championships participant at featherweight in Turin, Italy.
  • Lost to Ilya Iliev (Bulgaria) 0-5
• 1987 Mediterranean Games participant at lightweight in Latakia, Syria.
  • Lost to Afrim Majanci (Yugoslavia)

Titles Held

• World Boxing Organization Light Welterweight Title (1996-98)
• World Boxing Organization Lightweight Title (1992-94)
• Italian Lightweight Title (1991)

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