Kim Sang-hyun (
Hangul
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: 김상현,
Hanja
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(, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, ...
: 金相賢; born January 18, 1955, in
Busan
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,
South Korea
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) is a former
boxer from
South Korea
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.
Career
Kim won the Orient and Pacific Boxing Federation light welterweight title in 1978 and became the
WBC light welterweight champion with a technical KO win over
Saensak Muangsurin
Saensak Muangsurin (แสนศักดิ์ เมืองสุรินทร์) (13 August 1950 – 16 April 2009) was a professional boxer from Phetchabun, Thailand. He was a Muay Thai fighter and professional boxer. He was WBC light w ...
, who set a world record by winning the world title in only his 3rd professional fight. He defended the belt twice before losing it to
Saoul Mamby
Saoul Paul Mamby (June 4, 1947 – December 19, 2019) was an American professional boxer who fought between 1969 and 2008. He held the WBC super lightweight title from 1980 to 1982.
Personal
Born in South Bronx, New York, Mamby, the child of ...
in 1980. In 1981, Kim defeated
Thomas Americo
Thomas Americo (December 24, 1958 – September 7, 1999) was an East Timorese professional boxer. Americo won the Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation's Super Lightweight title in only his second recorded professional fight, and in only his th ...
to regain the OPBF regional belt. In 1983, Kim unsuccessfully challenged
Aaron Pryor
Aaron Pryor (October 20, 1955 – October 9, 2016) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1976 to 1990. He was a two-time light welterweight world champion, having held the WBA title from 1980 to 1983, and the IBF title from 1984 ...
for the
WBA light welterweight title, losing by TKO at 0:37 of round 3. He retired after the bout.
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1955 births
Light-welterweight boxers
World Boxing Council champions
Living people
South Korean male boxers
Sportspeople from Busan
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