Lorenzo Parra needed a seemingly unnecessary overtime round Friday night, but he still beat Javon Woodard Jr. on the scorecards in their nine-round junior featherweight fight.

The Venezuelan veteran won the inventive overtime round on two scorecards and earned a split-decision victory over Woodard at OTE Arena in Atlanta. Judges Richard Sells (86-85) and Erik Gilbert (86-85) scored the overtime round and consequently the fight for Parra, who lost 86-85 on the card of judge Pat Cronin.

Parra improved to 23-1 (17 KOs) and snapped Woodard’s 11-fight winning streak by beating him in an action-packed, entertaining fight DAZN streamed as part of its OTX Boxing series.

The 27-year-old Woodard (12-2, 10 KOs), a Raleigh, North Carolina native now based in Atlanta, hadn’t lost since his second professional fight.

In the overtime round, Woodard nailed Parra with a right hand about 40 seconds into it. Parra then drilled Woodard with a left hook that knocked him off balance.

Parra snapped back Woodard’s head with a right hand when there was just over a minute to go in the overtime round. A short right by Woodard connected with just over 30 seconds to go in the overtime round, but it wasn’t enough to convince two of the judges.

Parra pressed for a knockout bonus throughout the eighth and what he thought would be the final round, but he couldn’t drop Woodard despite landing numerous flush punches in those three minutes. Woodard landed a lot of shots of his own toward the end of the eighth round, but he couldn’t get a knockout, either.

Parra blasted Woodard with a right hand that landed with just under 20 seconds on the clock in the seventh round.

A left-right combination by Parra connected just after the midway mark of the seventh round. Woodard landed a left hook about 1:10 into the seventh round.

Woodard had some success in the sixth round, particularly in exchanges. Parra’s right rocked Woodard just after the halfway mark of the sixth round.

A right hand by Woodard staggered Parra with just over 40 seconds to go in the fifth round. Parra blasted Woodard with a left hook that knocked him off balance with just under 1:10 remaining in the fifth round.

After absorbing a lot of punches in the third and fourth rounds, Woodard landed a right hand that affected Parra barely 30 seconds into the fifth round.

Parra’s right-left combination hurt Woodard toward the end of the fourth round, but he made it to the end of that round. Parra’s right hand followed a left uppercut that made Woodard move backward with about 1:10 to go in the fourth round.

Parra drilled Woodard with numerous right hands toward the end of the third round and broke down Woodard, who looked battered and tired as he sat on his stool between the third and fourth rounds.

Parra’s right hand affected Woodard just after the midway mark of the third round. Another flush right by Parra backed up Woodard with just under 1:10 on the clock in the third round.

A right hand and a left hook by Woodard knocked Parra off balance 45 seconds into the third round.

Parra nailed Woodard with a right hand with about 15 seconds to go in what was a successful second round for him. A left hook by Parra backed up Woodward just before the halfway point of the second round.

A quick, sharp Woodard landed right hands regularly in the opening round, but he also connected with three left hooks in the final 20 seconds of it. Woodard punctuated a combination with a right hand that landed 35 seconds into the first round.

In the previous fight Friday night, women’s flyweight prospect LeAnna Cruz shut out Maryguenn Vellinga on all three scorecards, 60-54 apiece, in their six-round, 112-pound bout.

Cruz, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, improved to 5-0 (0 KOs). Vellinga (4-4-2, 2 KOs), of Park City, Utah, is 1-3 in her past four fights.

Keith Idec is a senior writer/columnist for BoxingScene.com. He can be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing.