Ki-Young Chung (

Hangul The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The le ...

: 정기영; born November 23, 1959) is a former professional

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. During his career, which lasted from 1979 to 1986, Chung won the

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world featherweight title. Before competing at featherweight, Choung won the Super Bantamweight title of South Korea 1982. He also won the Korean title as a featherweight, along with the

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title. His first challenge for a world title came on November 29, 1985 against fellow South Korean

Min-Keun Oh Min-Keun Oh (Hangul: 오민근, Hanja: 吳民根) (born August 15, 1962) is a South Korean former boxer. Amateur career In 1979, Oh won the silver medal in featherweight at the inaugural World Junior Amateur Boxing Championships held in Yokoh ...

. Chung won the fight with a

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in the fifteenth round to become champion. He defended his title twice; knocking out Tyrone Jackson and beating Richard Savage with a

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. Chung lost his title to

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on August 30, 1986. Rivera won the fight with a tenth-round knockout, in what was to be Chung's final professional contest.

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* Living people Featherweight boxers International Boxing Federation champions 1959 births World featherweight boxing champions South Korean male boxers Sportspeople from North Gyeongsang Province {{SouthKorea-boxing-bio-stub