Whatever happened to Lamar Parks ?

[stephen.logan]

Whatever happened to Lamar Parks ? I know he was diagnosed with HIV and had
to quit the ring, but not much has been written about him since .

[SkippyPB]

On Wed, 28 Feb 2001 16:04:15 -0000, "stephen.logan"
<stephe...@ntlworld.com> enlightened us:

>Whatever happened to Lamar Parks ? I know he was diagnosed with HIV and had
>to quit the ring, but not much has been written about him since .
>

Good question. The only thing I could find on the Internet was the
following from 1994:

Middleweight boxer Lamar Parks is HIV-infected. He abruptly canceled
his March 4 title bout with World Boxing Council champ Gerald
McClellan because of his deteriorating health. Parks won five South
Carolina Golden Gloves championships and three Southeast regional
titles as an amateur. As a pro, he was 28-1 and would have earned
$150,000 from the title fight.

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[KY]

They mention him in this article.

http://www.fightnews.com/berkwitt10.htm

Other than that, there is very little. I had never heard of him before
you mentioned it. It sounds as though he is still alive though.

[Alister Scott Ottesen]

Anyone have Lamar Park's record?

Alister

[Barry Deskins]

Lamar Parks
"Kid Fire"
Born: March 17, 1970 Greenville, South Carolina (?)
5' 7 ½"
Managed by David Parks
27-1-0 (21 KO)
1988
Oct-4 Lennell Strohman, Atlantic City, NJ W 4
Nov-28 Charles Agnew, Greenville TKO 2
1989
Mar-3 Bobby Bell, Leesburg TKO 3
Apr-22 Ed Barnes, Atlantic City, NJ KO 4
Jun-24 Fabian Williams, Atlantic City, NJ TKO 5
Oct-4 Dwight Hunter, Atlantic City, NJ TKO 3
Oct-28 Carlton Brown, Greenville KO 4
Nov-25 William Pinto, Greenville TKO 1
1990
Feb-28 Tony Wellington, Pensacola, FL TKO 1
Apr-29 Chris Sande, Atlantic City, NJ TKO 5
Oct-23 Lemorah Bolding, Las Vegas, NV TKO 3
Nov-9 Basante Blanco, Lewiston TKO 2
Dec-21 Eric Cole, Las Vegas, NV KO 2
1991
Mar-1 Eric Rhinehart, Charleston KO 3
May-10 Brinatty Maquilon, Lewiston W 10
Jun-15 Lester Yarbrough, Charleston W 10
Jul-6 Lenzie Morgan, Greenville W 12
Nov-15 Ken Hulsey, Charleston TKO 1
Dec-5 Donnie Giron, Greenville TKO 5
(NABF Middleweight Title)
1992
Feb-18 Francisco DeJesus, New York, NY KO 3
Apr-16 Percy Harris, New York, NY TKO 10
(Continental Americas (?) Middleweight Title)
Jun-26 Jose Lopez, Charleston KO 1
Oct-27 Reggie Johnson, Houston, TX L 12
(W.B.A. Middleweight Title)
1993
Jan-27 Ricky Thomas, New York, NY W 10
Mar-18 Willie Kemp, New York, NY TKO 5
Jun-24 Danny Garcia, New York, NY W 10
Aug-10 Gilbert Baptist, Greenville TKO 11
Nov-2 Joaquin Velasquez, Atlantic City, NJ TKO 4

"Alister Scott Ottesen" <ali...@c2i.net> wrote in message
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[stephen.logan]

[KY]

his buddy, fighter John Scully, campaigns against AIDS and can be
reached at johnscul...@aol.com

Maybe he can tell you what's up in Lamar's life these days.

[KY]

Doesn't anyone remember him, or what kinda fighter he was. Could he have
beaten Gerald McClellan?

[Barry Deskins]

He was a hard-hitting boxer/puncher. I have a few of his fights on VHS, but
I'll have to watch them again to give a proper evealuation. I doubt very
seriously if he could have handled McClellan. McClellan was just to
aggressive.
"KY" <kevi...@home.com> wrote in message
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[Matt Tegen]

In article <6enn6.16739$Xp4.9...@juliett.dax.net>, "Alister Scott Ottesen" <ali...@c2i.net> wrote:
>Anyone have Lamar Park's record?
>
>Alister
>
>

27-1 (21)
b: 3-17-70 Greenville, NC
Manager: David Parks
1988
Oct 4 Lennell Strohman Atlantic City W 4
Nov 28 Charles Agnew Greenville, NC KO 2

1989
Mar 3 Bobby Bell Lesburg, PA KO 3
Apr 22 Ed Barnes Atlantic City KO 4
Jun 24 Fabian Williams Atlantic City KO 5
Oct 4 Dwight Hunter Atlantic City KO 3
Oct 28 Carlton Brown Greenville, NC KO 4
Nov 25 William Pinto Greenville, NC KO 1

1990
Feb 28 Tony Wellington Pensacola, FL KO 1
Apr 29 Chris Sande Atlantic City KO 5
Oct 23 Lemorah Bolding Las Vegas KO 3
Nov 9 Basante Blanco Lewiston, ME KO 2
Dec 21 Eric Cole Las Vegas KO 2

1991
Mar 1 Eric Rhinehart Charleston, SC KO 3
May 10 Brinatty Maquilon Lewiston, W 10
Jun 15 Lester Yarbrough Charleston, SC W 10
Jul 6 Lenzie Morgan Greenville, SC W 12
Nov 15 Ken Hulsey Charleston, SC KO 1
Dec 5 Donnie Giron Greenville, SC KO 5
(Wins NABF Middleweight Title)

1992
Feb 18 Francisco DeJesus New York KO 3
Apr 16 Percy Harris New York KO 10
(Retains NABF Middleweight Title)
Jun 26 Jose Lopez Charleston, SC KO 1
Oct 27 Reggie Johnson Houston L 12
(For WBA Middleweight Title)

1993
Jan 27 Ricky Thomas New York W 10
Mar 18 Willie Kemp New York KO 5
Jun 24 Danny Garcia New York W 10
Aug 10 Gilbert Baptist Greenville, SC KO 11
Nov 2 Joaquin Velasquez Atlantic City KO 4

1994
Oct Retires after testing positive for AIDS

[miyata...@gmail.com]

On Wednesday, February 28, 2001 at 8:09:28 AM UTC-8, stephen.logan wrote:
> Whatever happened to Lamar Parks ? I know he was diagnosed with HIV and had
> to quit the ring, but not much has been written about him since .

If this is the same Lamar,He teaches over at Cee Greenville Boxing gym. He mentioned to my grandpa that he was a boxer,I diden't believe him so I looked up the gym I go to and sure enough I saw a few of his fights on youtube.

[acrb...@gmail.com]

https://youtu.be/bUQGoOPmSdYq

[christophe...@yahoo.com]

On Wednesday, February 28, 2001 at 8:04:15 AM UTC-8, stephen.logan wrote:
> Whatever happened to Lamar Parks ? I know he was diagnosed with HIV and had
> to quit the ring, but not much has been written about him since .

Lamar kid fire parks was a very good boxer counter puncher i watched on usa and espn. in the early 90.s i think he would have won against gerald very sharp boxer if you need info look him up on boxrec.com