Lee Ok-sung

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Lee Ok-Sung
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Personal information
Full name이옥성
NationalityFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Born (1981-02-07) February 7, 1981 (age 44)
Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
Sport Boxing
Weight class Flyweight
Medal record
World Amateur Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2005 Mianyang Flyweight
Asian Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2005 Ho Chi Minh City Flyweight

Lee Ok-Sung (born February 7, 1981, in Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea) is a South Korean amateur boxer best known for winning the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships in the men's flyweight division.

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Career

Lee is relatively tall for a flyweight (170 cm). At the 2005 World Championships In Mianyang, China, he beat young southpaw Rau'shee Warren to set up his championship final. In the finals he defeated Cuban Andry Laffita who had beaten Somjit Jongjohor (THA) and Jérôme Thomas (FRA). He became the first South Korean amateur boxer to win a gold medal at the World Amateur Boxing Championships since 1986 when Moon Sung-Kil won the gold in Reno, United States.

At the 2006 Asian Games Lee just as surprisingly lost to Yang Bo of China in the quarterfinals, and his winning streak in international competition ended at 28 games.

He did not participated in the national trials for the 2007 World Championships in order to complete his master's degree.

In the first round of the 2008 Olympic Games Lee reached the second round.

Results

2005 World Championships

EventRoundResultOpponentScore
Flyweight Firstbye
SecondWin Flag of Moldova.svg Igor Samoilenco 30-20
ThirdWin Flag of Georgia.svg Nikoloz Izoria 26-17
QuarterfinalWin Flag of Tajikistan.svg Anvar Yunusov 15-9
SemifinalWin Flag of the United States.svg Rau'shee Warren 16-15
FinalWin Flag of Cuba.svg Andry Laffita 33-22

2008 Summer Olympics

EventRoundResultOpponentScore
Flyweight FirstWin Flag of the United States.svg Rau'shee Warren 9-8
SecondLoss Flag of Tunisia.svg Walid Cherif 5-11