Jazzy Parr (born 4 February 2003) is an Australian kickboxer and

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, fighting out of Boonchu Gym in Gold Coast, Queensland. She currently holds the

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world flyweight title.

Early life

Parr was born and raised on the Gold Coast, Queensland where she attended

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throughout her teenage years. Her Australian father, John Wayne, is a 10-time Kickboxing and Muay Thai World Champion and her mother, Angela, is a

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Australian of Mexican American descent who is a 2-time Kickboxing World Champion. Jasmine was introduced to

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at a young age through her parents and famously competed in her first kickboxing fight at the age of 8. The decision to allow Parr to fight at a young age received national coverage and was met with mixed reactions. Subsequently, Parr decided to "retire" from fighting a year later after her second fight and focused on gymnastics instead. In 2015, at the age of 11, Parr returned to the ring after being inspired to follow in the footsteps of

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Champion

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and stated her career goal was to be a Muay Thai fighter for a few years before transitioning into

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and winning a UFC Championship. She began training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu at the age of 11 and won gold medals in the adult lightweight divisions of the 2020 South Pacific BJJ Championships as a 17-year-old.

Fighting career

Kickboxing

Parr began competing in kickboxing fights at the age of 8 and has had 26 fights as of November 2021. Her record currently stands at 19 wins, 5 losses and 2 draws. She is a multi-time national junior Muay Thai champion who has fought overseas in Canada, Thailand and England, the latter of which included winning an ICO Intercontinental Championship.

Boxing

Following Parr's October 30, 2021 kickboxing return fight from injury, she was offered the opportunity to make her professional boxing debut against Nicila Costello on short notice. The December 4, 2021, bout was for the Australian Super Flyweight Boxing Championship and Parr had just three weeks to train for the fight. She would defeat her opponent via unanimous decision and claim her first professional boxing championship, just over 20 years after her father claimed the Australian Middleweight Boxing Championship in July 2001. In December 2022, she claimed the

world flyweight title in her third professional boxing bout.

Mixed martial arts

Parr revealed in February 2022 that she had begun the transition into

and planned to make her professional MMA debut in late 2022.

Professional boxing record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Parr, Jasmine Living people Australian people of American descent Australian people of Mexican descent Sportspeople from the Gold Coast, Queensland Mixed martial artists from the Gold Coast Sportswomen from Queensland Australian female kickboxers Australian women boxers Flyweight boxers 2003 births Australian practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu Female Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioners Australian Muay Thai practitioners Female Muay Thai practitioners