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Kim Ki-soo
Kim Ki-soo c. 1968
Personal information
Born(1939-09-17)17 September 1939
Pukchong, South Hamgyong, Korea (today in North Korea)
Died10 June 1997(1997-06-10) (aged 57)
Seoul, South Korea
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Korean name
Hangul
김기수
Hanja
金基洙[1]
Revised RomanizationGim Gi-su
McCune–ReischauerKim Kisu
Sport
SportBoxing
Medal record
Representing  South Korea
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place Tokyo 1958 Welterweight

Kim Ki-soo (17 September 1939 – 10 June 1997) was a South Korean southpaw boxer at middleweight. He was South Korea's first world boxing champion.[2]

Amateur career

Kim graduated from Kyung Hee University's College of Physical Education.[2] He competed in boxing at the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo, where he earned the gold medal of the welterweight division by defeating Soren Pirjanian of Iran, on points, in the final.[1] He went on to represent South Korea as a welterweight at the 1960 Rome Olympic Games, where he defeated Henry Perry (Ireland) on points, but then lost to Nino Benvenuti (Italy) on points.[3]

Professional career

Kim turned professional in 1961 and captured the WBC, WBA and Lineal light middleweight title when he upset Nino Benvenuti by split decision in 1966.[4] He defended the belt twice before losing it to Sandro Mazzinghi in 1968 by split decision. He retired the following year.[5]

Later life

After his retirement, Kim worked as a boxing coach. He later started his own company, and was successful in business. He died of liver cancer on 10 June 1997, at the age of 57. He was survived by his wife Jeong Ha-ja (鄭夏子), two sons, and two daughters.[2]



Professional boxing record

37 fights 33 wins 2 losses
By knockout 17 0
By decision 16 2
By disqualification 0 0
Draws 2
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
37 Win 33–2–2 Japan Hisao Minami PTS 12 Mar 01, 1969 South Korea Seoul, South Korea Won OPBF middleweight title
36 Loss 32–2–2 Japan Hisao Minami MD 12 Nov 20, 1968 Japan Osaka, Japan Lost OPBF middleweight title
35 Loss 32–1–2 Italy Sandro Mazzinghi SD 15 May 26, 1968 Italy Stadio San Siro, Milan, Italy Lost WBA and WBC light-middleweight titles
34 Win 32–0–2 Japan Benkei Fujikura UD 10 Apr 04, 1968 Japan Japan
33 Win 31–0–2 Japan Yoshiaki Akasaka PTS 10 Mar 11, 1968 Japan Japan
32 Win 30–0–2 Philippines Manfredo Alipala PTS 12 Feb 17, 1968 South Korea Seoul, South Korea Retained OPBF middleweight title
31 Win 29–0–2 Thailand Apidej Sithiran PTS 10 Nov 08, 1967 Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
30 Win 28–0–2 United States Freddie Little SD 15 Oct 03, 1967 South Korea Dongdaemun Baseball Stadium, Seoul, South Korea Retained WBA and WBC light-middleweight titles
29 Win 27–0–2 Japan Nakao Sasazaki KO 6 (12) Sep 07, 1967 Japan Japan Retained OPBF middleweight title
28 Win 26–0–2 United States George Carter KO 5 (10) Mar 25, 1967 South Korea Seoul, South Korea
27 Win 25–0–2 United States Stan Harrington UD 15 Dec 17, 1966 South Korea Changchung Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea Retained WBA and WBC light-middleweight titles
26 Win 24–0–2 Japan Ken Sato KO 4 (12) Nov 05, 1966 South Korea Seoul, South Korea
25 Win 23–0–2 Italy Nino Benvenuti SD 15 Jun 25, 1966 South Korea Changchung Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea Won WBA and WBC light-middleweight titles
24 Win 22–0–2 Japan Hideaki Takada KO 10 (12) Apr 30, 1966 South Korea Seoul, South Korea Retained OPBF middleweight title
23 Win 21–0–2 Philippines Ben Argoncillo KO 9 (?) Jan 23, 1966 South Korea Seoul, South Korea
22 Win 20–0–2 Japan Sakuji Shinozawa KO 7 (10) Oct 30, 1965 South Korea Seoul, South Korea
21 Win 19–0–2 Japan Masao Gondo PTS 10 Sep 20, 1965 Japan Japan
20 Win 18–0–2 Japan Fumio Kaizu PTS 12 Jun 19, 1965 South Korea Seoul, South Korea Retained OPBF middleweight title
19 Win 17–0–2 Japan Masao Gondo PTS 10 Apr 17, 1965 South Korea Seoul, South Korea
18 Win 16–0–2 South Korea Jung Il Han KO 4 (?) Mar 28, 1965 South Korea Busan, South Korea
17 Win 15–0–2 Japan Kazuto Fujiyama KO 4 (?) Mar 06, 1965 South Korea Seoul, South Korea
16 Win 14–0–2 Japan Fumio Kaizu KO 6 (12) Jan 10, 1965 Japan Japan Won OPBF middleweight title
15 Win 13–0–2 Japan Yoshiaki Akasaka RTD 7 (10) Nov 21, 1964 South Korea Seoul, South Korea
14 Draw 12–0–2 South Korea Deuk-Bong Kim PTS 10 Oct 10, 1964 South Korea Seoul, South Korea
13 Win 12–0–1 South Korea Kyu Soon Kang KO 8 (?) Sep 20, 1964 South Korea Seoul, South Korea
12 Win 11–0–1 Mexico Roberto Pena PTS 10 Mar 18, 1964 South Korea Metropolitan Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea
11 Win 10–0–1 United States George Carter KO 6 (?) Jan 22, 1964 Japan Japan
10 Win 9–0–1 Japan Noboru Saito KO 6 (10) Dec 22, 1963 Japan Yasaka Hall, Kyoto, Japan
9 Win 8–0–1 South Korea Se Chul Kang PTS 10 Dec 14, 1963 South Korea Seoul, South Korea Retained South Korea middleweight title
8 Win 7–0–1 South Korea Kyu Soon Kang PTS 10 Jul 02, 1963 South Korea Yeosu, South Korea
7 Win 6–0–1 South Korea Kyu Soon Kang PTS 10 May 24, 1963 South Korea Busan, South Korea
6 Win 5–0–1 Mexico Roberto Pena KO 6 (?) May 18, 1963 South Korea Seoul, South Korea
5 Draw 4–0–1 Japan Sakuji Shinozawa TD 3 (10) Jul 29, 1962 Japan Japan
4 Win 4–0 Japan Makoto Watanabe KO 3 (?) Jul 01, 1962 Japan Japan
3 Win 3–0 South Korea Ansano Lee TKO 6 (10) Dec 20, 1961 South Korea Seoul, South Korea
2 Win 2–0 South Korea Se Chul Kang KO 7 (?) Nov 01, 1961 South Korea Seoul, South Korea Date unknown
1 Win 1–0 South Korea Se Chul Kang PTS 10 Oct 01, 1961 South Korea Seoul, South Korea Won South Korea middleweight title
Date unknown


See also

References

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  1. ^ a b "拳鬪에大勝 鄭東薰金基洙選手堂堂優勝" [Big victory in boxing: Chung Dong-hoon, Kim Ki-soo both win]. The Dong-a Ilbo. 1958-06-02. Retrieved 2014-07-06.
  2. ^ a b c "국내 첫 프로권투 세계챔피언 金基洙씨 별세" [First domestic pro boxing world champion Kim Ki-soo passes away]. Yonhap News. 1997-06-11. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
  3. ^ Kim Gi-Su. sports-reference.com
  4. ^ "The Lineal Junior Middlleweight Champions". The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia.
  5. ^ Boxing record for Kim Ki-soo from BoxRec (registration required)
Achievements
Preceded by World Light Middleweight Champion
25 Jun 1966 – 26 May 1968 		Succeeded by
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