List of Korean boxers

This is a partial list of Korean boxers.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

• Yuh Myung-woo, 2-time WBA light flyweight boxing champion with a record of 38 wins and only 1 loss
• Kim Ji-won (boxer), unbeaten world champion. He is one of just fifteen world boxing champions to retire without a loss
• Baik Hyun-man, Heavyweight boxer who won the silver medal in Olympics in 1988
• Chang Jung-koo, former light flyweight boxing champion
• Chi In-jin, WBC featherweight champion 2004
• Park Chong-pal, South Korean former professional boxer who held the IBF, WBA and lineal titles at super-middleweight.
• Baek In-chul, Super middleweight division who held the World Boxing Association and Lineal super middleweight championship.
• Masamori Tokuyama (Hong Chang-soo), former WBC and lineal super flyweight champion
• Kim Duk-koo, South Korean boxer who died after his last fight
• Kim Song-guk, 2004 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal
• Kim Un-chol, 2000 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal
• Kim Ki-soo, the first South Korean world champion
• Hong Soo-hwan, captured the Lineal and WBA bantamweight title
• Yum Dong-kyun, former Lineal and WBC junior featherweight champion.
• Yuh Hwan-kil, inaugural IBF Super Featherweight champion
• Kim Won-il (boxer), won the gold medal in the men's bantamweight division at the Asian Games 2002. Defeating Abdusalom Khasanov and Bekzod Khidirov in the final.
• Lee Kyu-hwan, aka Keikan Ri, lost to the eventual gold medalist in the 1936 Olympics, ^[1] and was part of the All-Japan team that beat the San Jose State University boxing team in 1939. ^[2]

References

1. "Welterweight M - Boxing at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin - Results". www.olympiandatabase.com. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
2. "JCS: Korean Boxing: Svinth". www.ejmas.com. Retrieved 3 December 2024.

External links

• History of early Korean boxing