Lorenzo Parra
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Name: Lorenzo Parra
Alias: Lencho
Birth Name: Lorenzo Justiniano Parra Garcia
Hometown: Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
Birthplace: Machiques, Venezuela
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 164cm
Reach: 168cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record
| Preceded by: Eric Morel |
WBA Flyweight Champion 2003 Dec 6 – 2007 Mar 18 Stripped (failed to make weight) |
Succeeded by: Takefumi Sakata |
Career
- Parra, a World Boxing Association world flyweight champion from 2003 to 2005, lost his WBA title after 15 months inactivity in 2007 and was unable to make weight.
- A World boxing Association super bantamweight world title challenger in 2008 and 2011, who also drew in a 2010 WBO super bantamweight world title eliminator, then got kmocked out by to former world bantamweight champion Jorge Arce.
- Parra's career never recovered from the Arce loss. Parra then moved up in weight and was unable to win in the lightweight and welterweight weight classes, a situation wich occurred when Parra was unable to make weight in the lower weight classes.