Park Chan-hee
Appearance
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Born | Park Chan-hee 23 March 1957 | |||||||||||
Nationality | South Korean | |||||||||||
Statistics | ||||||||||||
Weight(s) | Flyweight | |||||||||||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||
Stance | Orthodox | |||||||||||
Boxing record | ||||||||||||
Total fights | 23 | |||||||||||
Wins | 17 | |||||||||||
Wins by KO | 6 | |||||||||||
Losses | 4 | |||||||||||
Draws | 2 | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Park Chan-hee | |
Hangul | 박찬희 |
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Hanja | 朴贊希 |
Revised Romanization | Bak Chanhui |
McCune–Reischauer | Pak Ch'anhŭi |
Park Chan-hee (Hangul: 박찬희, Hanja: 朴贊希; born 23 March 1957) is a retired South Korean boxer. As a professional he held the WBC and lineal titles in the flyweight division. As an amateur he won a gold medal at the 1974 Asian Games and placed fifth at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[1]
Amateur career
Park competed at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games as a Light Flyweight for South Korea. His results were:
- Defeated Abderahim Najim (Morocco) DQ 3
- Defeated Alican Az (Turkey) 5–0
- Lost to Jorge Hernandez (Cuba) 2–3
Pro career
Park turned professional in 1976 and became the WBC and lineal flyweight champion with a decision win over Miguel Canto in 1979.[2] He lost the titles to Shoji Oguma by KO in 1980.
Honors
- Named The Ring magazine Progress of the Year fighter for 1979.
See also
References
- ^ "Park Chan-hee". sports-reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
- ^ "Park Chan-hee – Lineal Flyweight Champion". The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Park Chan-hee.
- Boxing record for Park Chan-hee from BoxRec (registration required)
- Park Chan-hee – CBZ Profile
Categories:
- Light-flyweight boxers
- Flyweight boxers
- Olympic boxers of South Korea
- Boxers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games medalists in boxing
- Boxers at the 1974 Asian Games
- World boxing champions
- World flyweight boxing champions
- World Boxing Council champions
- Sportspeople from Busan
- South Korean male boxers
- Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea
- 1957 births
- Living people
- Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games
- South Korean boxing biography stubs