Kim Chul-Ho (
Hangul
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: 김철호,
Hanja
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(, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, ...
: 金喆鎬) (born March 3, 1961 in
Osan
Osan () is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, approximately south of Seoul. The population of the city is around 200,000. The local economy is supported by a mix of agricultural and industrial enterprises.
It is famous for one of the lar ...
,
Gyeonggi-do,
South Korea
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) is a former
boxer from
South Korea
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.
In 1981, Kim became the
WBC Super Flyweight champion with a 9-round KO win over
Rafael Orono
Jesus Rafael Orono (born August 30, 1958) is a former super flyweight boxing champion from Venezuela.
Amateur career
Born in Patono, Sucre, Orono began as an amateur and compiled a record of 49 wins and 8 losses.Mike DeLisa of www.cyberboxingzon ...
in
San Cristóbal,
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
. He defended the belt five times, including a win over future multiple time world champion
Jiro Watanabe, before losing it back to Rafael Orono in 1982.
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1961 births
World super-flyweight boxing champions
Super-flyweight boxers
World Boxing Council champions
Living people
South Korean male boxers
People from Osan
Sportspeople from Gyeonggi Province
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