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Heo Yong-mo
Heo Yong-Mo (April 21, 1965 – March 9, 2019) was a Korean people, South Korean Amateur boxing, amateur boxer. Career He won a 1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships, Light Flyweight bronze medal at the 1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships. Heo captured a Flyweight silver medal in the Boxing World Cup, 1983 Boxing World Cup in Rome, Italy, beating Australian boxing legend Jeff Fenech by unanimous decision in the semifinals. Next year, Heo participated in the 1984 Summer Olympics. However, he, in a major upset, lost to Eyüp Can (boxer), Eyüp Can of Turkey by split decision in the quarterfinals. Heo served as a middle school teacher in Yeosu, Jeollanam-do. Results External links * 1965 births Olympic boxers of South Korea Boxers at the 1984 Summer Olympics 2019 deaths Asian Games medalists in boxing Boxers at the 1982 Asian Games South Korean male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Medalists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boxing
Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined amount of time in a boxing ring. Although the term "boxing" is commonly attributed to "western boxing", in which only the fists are involved, boxing has developed in various ways in different geographical areas and cultures. In global terms, boxing is a set of combat sports focused on striking, in which two opponents face each other in a fight using at least their fists, and possibly involving other actions such as kicks, elbow strikes, Knee (strike), knee strikes, and headbutts, depending on the rules. Some of the forms of the modern sport are western boxing, Bare-knuckle boxing, bare knuckle boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, muay-thai, lethwei, savate, and Sanda (sport), sanda. Boxing techniques have been incorporated into many martial ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
