Lorenzo Justiniano Parra Garcia (born August 19, 1978) is a Venezuelan professional boxer who held the WBA flyweight title from 2003 to 2007. He has also challenged for the WBA Super bantamweight title in 2008 and the WBA bantamweight title in 2011.
Professional career
On December 6, 2003, Parra beat
Eric Morel
Eric Morel (born October 1, 1975) is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. He is a former World Boxing Association (WBA) flyweight (112 lb) champion.
Amateur career
Morel had an outstanding amateur career, and was the National Golden Gloves Lig ...
by a unanimous decision, for the WBA world championship title. Parra was stripped of his title in March 2007 after he failed to make weight for a bout with
Takefumi Sakata
is a Japanese boxer in the flyweight (112 lb/50 kg) division and a former WBA flyweight champion.
Sakata was the premier boxer in the Kyoei boxing gym before the arrival of Kōki Kameda in 2005. He stayed out of the limelight for mo ...
, and went on to lose the fight anyway. As of 2019, Parra is still fighting and currently on a 14 fight
Losing streak
In sports, a losing streak (a.k.a. a cold streak, losing skid, slide, schneid, or losing Slump (sports), slump) is an uninterrupted string of contests (games, matches, etc.) lost by a team or individual. A losing streak is thus the opposite of a ...
.
Professional boxing record
See also
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List of world flyweight boxing champions
This is a list of world flyweight boxing champions, as recognized by the four major sanctioning organizations in boxing:
* The World Boxing Association (WBA), established in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA). The WBA often recognize up ...
References
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1978 births
Living people
Venezuelan male boxers
Sportspeople from Zulia
Light-flyweight boxers
World flyweight boxing champions
World Boxing Association champions
Bantamweight boxers
Super-bantamweight boxers