Julien Lorcy

Infobox_Boxer
name = Julien Lorcy
realname = Julien Lorcy
nickname = Bobo
nationality = flagicon|FRA French
weight = Lightweight
birth_date = Birth date and age|1972|4|12|mf=y
birth_place = Bezons, France
style = Orthodox
total = 62
wins = 56
KO = 40
losses = 4
draws = 2
no contests = 0

Julien Lorcy (born April 12, 1972 in Bezons, 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 Balbi. He retired in 2004 after a loss to Juan Diaz in a final bid for the WBA title.

###@@@KEY@@@###succession box
before= Jean-Baptiste Mendy
title= WBA Lightweight Champion
after= Stefano Zoff
years= 10 April 1999 – 7 August 1999succession box
before= Takanori Hatakeyama
title= WBA Lightweight Champion
after= Raul Horacio Balbi
years= 1 July 2001 – 8 October 2001

See also

* List of WBA world champions

External links

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