Park Chan-hee (
Hangul
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: 박찬희,
Hanja
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: 朴贊希; born 23 March 1957) is a retired
South Korea
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. As a professional he held the
WBC and
lineal titles in the
flyweight
Flyweight is a weight class in combat sports.
Boxing
Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing above 49 kg (108 lb) and up to 51 kg (112 lb).
Professional boxing
The flyweight division was the last of bo ...
division. As an amateur he won a gold medal at the 1974 Asian Games and placed fifth at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phi ...
.
Amateur career
Park competed at the 1976 Montreal
Olympic Games
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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
Miguel Angel Canto Solis (born January 30, 1948) is a Mexican former world boxing champion who held the WBC and Lineal flyweight titles.
Boxing life
Unlike many Mexican boxers, Canto was not a "slam-bang" type of boxer ("Slam-Bang" boxers ...
in 1979.
He lost the titles to
Shoji Oguma
Shoji Oguma (大熊 正二 born July 22, 1951 in Koriyama, Japan) is a Japanese former professional boxer who held the WBC and Lineal titles in the Flyweight division.
Professional career
Oguma turned pro in 1970 and in 1974 won the WBC Flyw ...
by KO in 1980.
Honors
* Named
''The Ring'' magazine Progress of the Year fighter for 1979.
Professional boxing record
See also
*
List of flyweight boxing champions
This is a list of world flyweight boxing champions, as recognized by the four major sanctioning organizations in boxing:
* The World Boxing Association (WBA), established in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA). The WBA often recognize up ...
*
List of WBC world champions
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References
External links
*
Park Chan-hee – CBZ Profile
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
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