Chang Kyou-chul (a.k.a. Chang Sun-gil; June 19, 1946 – April 19, 2000) was an Olympic boxing bronze medalist in

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. He renamed his name Kyou-chul to Sun-gil.

Amateur career

Chang won

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gold medals in

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in 1965 and in

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in 1967. He won the bronze medal in the bantamweight category at the

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. Chang defeated 1967 European Championship bronze medalist Nikola Savov in the round of 16 and 1959 European Champion Horst Rascher in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, Chang faced Eridadi Mukwanga of

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and knocked him down in the second round but lost by a split decision.

Results

Pro career

Chang turned pro in 1970 but had limited success. In his third pro bout, Chang received his first loss after facing future two-time World Champion

Hong Soo-hwan Hong Soo-hwan (Hangul: 홍수환, born May 26, 1950) is a South Korean former professional boxer who competed between 1969 and 1980. He is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBA and ''The Ring'' bantamweight titles from 1 ...

. In 1971 however, he captured the

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Super Bantamweight title with a win over Koichi Okada. In 1973, Chang faced off against WBA

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World Champion

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in a non-title bout in

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but was knocked out in the 8th round. He lost the OPBF champion belt in 1974 to future WBC Super Bantamweight Champion

Yum Dong-kyun Dong-Kyun Yum (Hangul: 염동균, Hanja: 廉東均) (born November 10, 1950, in Okcheon, Chungcheongbuk-do) is a former professional boxer from South Korea. He is a former Lineal and WBC junior featherweight champion. Boxing career Yum turne ...

and retired later that year.

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