Dong-Kyun Yum (
Hangul
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: 염동균,
Hanja
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: 廉東均) (born November 10, 1950, in
Okcheon,
Chungcheongbuk-do
North Chungcheong Province ( ko, 충청북도, ''Chungcheongbuk-do''), also known as Chungbuk, is a province of South Korea. North Chungcheong has a population of 1,578,934 (2014) and has a geographic area of located in the Hoseo region in the ...
) is a former
professional boxer
Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional bouts are supervised by a regulatory autho ...
from
South Korea
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. He is a former
Lineal and
WBC junior featherweight champion.
Boxing career
Yum turned professional on March 7, 1970. He became the
WBC and
Lineal Super Bantamweight champion when he defeated
Royal Kobayashi
, better known as Royal Kobayashi, is a retired Japanese boxer who competed at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games in the featherweight division, and won the Lineal and WBC junior featherweight titles in 1976. He is an alumnus of the Takushoku Univ ...
by majority decision over 15 rounds.
In the following year, he successfully defended his titles against Jose Cervantes but lost to
Wilfredo Gómez
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* The World Boxing Association (WBA), established in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA). The WBA often rec ...](_blank)
*
List of WBA world champions
References
External links
*
Yum Dong-kyun - CBZ Profile
1950 births
Super-bantamweight boxers
Living people
World super-bantamweight boxing champions
World Boxing Council champions
South Korean male boxers
Sportspeople from North Chungcheong Province
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