Ki-Young Chung (
Hangul
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: 정기영; born November 23, 1959) is a former professional
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. During his career, which lasted from 1979 to 1986, Chung won the
IBF
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world featherweight title. Before competing at featherweight, Choung won the Super Bantamweight title of South Korea 1982. He also won the Korean title as a featherweight, along with the
OPBF
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History
Oriental boxing started in the Philippines in 1946 after the Spanish-American War. While ...
title. His first challenge for a world title came on November 29, 1985 against fellow South Korean
Min-Keun Oh
Min-Keun Oh (Hangul: 오민근, Hanja: 吳民根) (born August 15, 1962) is a South Korean former boxer.
Amateur career
In 1979, Oh won the silver medal in featherweight at the inaugural World Junior Amateur Boxing Championships held in Yokoh ...
. Chung won the fight with a
technical knockout
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in the fifteenth round to become champion. He defended his title twice; knocking out Tyrone Jackson and beating Richard Savage with a
unanimous decision
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. Chung lost his title to
Antonio Rivera
José Antonio Rivera (December 5, 1963 in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico– April 4, 2005) was a Puerto Rican boxer. He was much better known as El Gallo Rivera or Tonito Rivera, and was a prominent boxer during the decade of the 1980s.
Professional ...
on August 30, 1986. Rivera won the fight with a tenth-round knockout, in what was to be Chung's final professional contest.
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Living people
Featherweight boxers
International Boxing Federation champions
1959 births
World featherweight boxing champions
South Korean male boxers
Sportspeople from North Gyeongsang Province
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