Julien Lorcy
Julien Lorcy | |
|---|---|
| Born | Julien Lorcy April 12, 1972 |
| Nationality |  French |
| Other names | Bobo |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Lightweight |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 62 |
| Wins | 56 |
| Wins by KO | 40 |
| Losses | 4 |
| Draws | 2 |
| No contests | 0 |
Julien Lorcy (born April 12, 1972 in Argenteuil, Val-d'Oise, France), was a professional boxer who held the WBA lightweight title twice.
Amateur career
Record: 65-4 (36 KO)
- 1990 French National Amateur Featherweight Champion
- 1991 French National Amateur Featherweight Champion
- 1991 World Championship Featherweight competition in Sydney, Australia. Results were:
- Defeated Billy Irwin (Canada) on points
- Lost to Marco Rudolph (Germany) on points
- Qualified for the Olympics as a Lightweight, in trials at Berck, France. Results were:
- Defeated Thomas Damgaard (Denmark) on points
- Defeated Giuseppe Pasquini (Italy) on points
- Defeated Tontcho Tontchev (Bulgaria) on points
- Defeated Dariusz Snarski (Poland) on points
- At the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, lost in the quartefinals in Lightweight competition. Results were:
- Defeated Kamel Marjouane (Morocco) on points
- Defeated Shigeyuki Dobashi (Japan) TKO 2
- Lost to Marco Rudolph (Germany) on points
Professional career
Nicknamed "Bobo, turned pro in 1991 and won the WBA Lightweight Title in 1999 after upsetting countryman Jean Baptiste Mendy. He lost the title in his first defense to Italian Stefano Zoff later that year.
Lorcy captured the WBA Lightweight Title again in 2001 with a decision over Takanori Hatakeyama, but again lost the title in his first defense to Raul Horacio Balbi. He retired in 2004 after a loss to Juan Diaz in a final bid for the WBA title.
Champion of Europe of the great feathers in front of Boris Sinitsin, he(it) fails by three times in world championship WBO by making draw against Arnulfo Castillo on March 1st [ 1 ] and October 4th, 1997 [ 2 ] and by losing in points in front of Anatoly Alexandrov [ 3 ].
Lorcy pass then in lightweight and abducts world champion WBA's belt to his(her) fellow countryman Jean-Baptiste Mendy on April 10th, 1999 by stop(ruling) of the arbitrator(referee) in the 6th resumption. He(it) loses this belt from the fight following at the cost of Italian Stefano Zoff (undone in points by decision shared on August 7th, 1999) [4].
French fights(disputes) again for the European title EBU of the lightweight which it takes away(gains) on January 31st, 2000 in front of Oscar Garcia Cano. He(it) keeps(preserves) this title on September 16th in front of Italian Gianni Gelli, what opens him(her) the door of a new world championship. On July 1st, 2001, he beats Takanori Hatakeyama and becomes again a champion WBA. Regrettably, he(it) is again beaten from his(its) first defense, this time against the boxer
External links
- Boxing record for Julien Lorcy from BoxRec (registration required)