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Julien Lorcy | |
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 Julien Lorcy in 2010 | |
| Born | 12 April 1972 Argenteuil, France |
| 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 12 April 1972) is a French former professional boxer who held the WBA lightweight title twice.
Record: 65-4 (36 KO)
Nicknamed "Bobo, Julien Lorcy 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.
He won his first title, the EBU super featherweight belt, from Boris Sinitsin in 1996. He challenged for the WBO super featherweight belt three times but never won it, fighting two draws against Arnulfo Castillo [1] on 1 March [ 1 ] and 4 October 1997 [ 2 ] and losing on points to Anatoly Alexandrov [ 3 ] in 1998.
Lorcy then moved to lightweight and took the WBA belt from countryman Jean-Baptiste Mendy on 10 April 1999 by 6th-round stoppage. He lost this belt in his next fight, getting beaten on points by Italian Stefano Zoff on 7 August 1999 [4].
He then took the European lightweight title from Oscar Garcia Cano on 31 January 2000 and defended it on 16 September from Italian Gianni Gelli. On 1 July 2001 he beat Takanori Hatakeyama to again become a WBA champion. But in his first defense, he was beaten by Raul Horacio Balbi.
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