Oh Kwang-Soo (
Hangul
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: 오광수) (born October 30, 1965 in
Goheung
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Naro Space Center
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,
Jeollanam-do
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) is a former
South Korea
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.
Amateur career
In 1985, Oh won the
light flyweight
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Professional boxing
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gold medal at the
Boxing World Cup
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. He defeated 1983
Pan American Games
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gold medalist
Rafael Ramos in the semifinal bout.
In 1986, Oh won the bronze medal at the
World Amateur Boxing Championships
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. In the preliminary bout, he beat
Róbert Isaszegi, who won bronze at the
1988 Olympics, by
RSC
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, scoring three
knockdowns in the first round.
Oh competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics where he was a favorite to medal, however, he was eliminated in his first bout by a narrow 3–2 decision against eventual silver medalist and future hall of fame champion
Michael Carbajal
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Amateur career
Carbajal had an amat ...
. Oh had defeated Carbajal by a 3-0 margin in a previous meeting.
Results
Pro career
In February 1990, Oh made his pro debut in
minimumweight, and after only six fights challenged
Ricardo Lopez for the
WBC minimumweight title on January 31, 1993. However, he was TKO'd in the 9th round. Oh had struggled to make weight to minimumweight, and eventually retired after the bout with a record of 6-1-0 without moving up a weight class.
References
External links
sports-reference
Living people
Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers of South Korea
1965 births
Asian Games medalists in boxing
Boxers at the 1986 Asian Games
South Korean male boxers
AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea
Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games
Light-flyweight boxers
People from Goheung County
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