In-Chul Baek (born December 20, 1961) is a South Korean former
professional boxer who competed from 1980 to 1990. He held the
WBA super-middleweight
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Boxing
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title from 1989 to 1990.
Boxing career
Baek became a professional boxer in 1980. He won the
Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF)
light middleweight
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Boxing
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title in 1981. His first defeat came in 1983 when Sean Mannion defeated him over ten rounds in
Atlantic City, New Jersey
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Julian Jackson for the WBA light middleweight title in 1987. Jackson knocked him out in three rounds. Baek then moved up to the
middleweight
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Boxing Professional
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division and in his next fight won the OPBF middleweight title.
On May 28, 1988, Baek won the
WBA and lineal super middleweight titles by defeating Fulgencio Obelmejias by an eleventh-round knockout.
He defended the title twice before losing it to Christophe Tiozzo on March 30, 1990. Baek retired after that fight.
Professional boxing record
See also
*List of super middleweight boxing champions
*List of WBA world champions
References
External links
*
Baek In-chul - CBZ Profile
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1961 births
Living people
Super-middleweight boxers
World boxing champions
World super-middleweight boxing champions
South Korean male boxers
People from Cheonan