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Chong-Pal Park ( Hangul: 박종팔, Hanja: 朴鍾八; born 11 August 1958) is a South Korean former professional boxer who held the
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title from 1984 to 1988 and the WBA super-middleweight title from 1987 to 1988.


Professional career

Park turned professional in 1977 and won the Orient and Pacific Boxing Federation
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title in 1979. He also won the OPBF light-heavyweight title in 1983. Park became world champion in the newly recognized super-middleweight division when he captured the Lineal and
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super-middleweights titles in 1984 with an eleventh-round knockout over Murray Sutherland at Changchung Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea. He defended the IBF title against six different contenders before relinquishing it in 1987 to fight for the vacant and newly created WBA title, defeating Jesus Gallardo. He defended the WBA title once before losing it to
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in 1988. Park retired after losing his next fight to In-Chul Baek.


Professional boxing record

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Fulgencio Obelmejias Fulgencio Obelmejias (born January 1, 1953), sometimes known also as Fully Obel is a Venezuelan former boxer, who was world super-middleweight champion. Biography Obelmejias was born in San José de Río Chico. He represented his native country ...
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Jangchung Gymnasium The Jangchung Arena () is an indoor sporting arena located in Jung District, Seoul, South Korea. Volleyball teams GS Caltex Seoul KIXX and Seoul Woori Card WooriWON are the tenants. History At first, the arena was an army gymnasium, built on 2 ...
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See also

* List of super middleweight boxing champions *
List of WBA world champions This is a list of WBA world champions, showing every world champion certified by the World Boxing Association (WBA). The list also includes champions certified by the National Boxing Association (NBA), the predecessor to the WBA. Boxers who won t ...
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List of IBF world champions This is a list of IBF world champions, showing every world champion certificated by the International Boxing Federation (IBF). The IBF is one of the four major governing bodies in professional boxing, and has certified world champions in 17 diffe ...


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Park Chong-pal - CBZ Profile
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