Oh Kwang-soo
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Full name | 오 광수 | |||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||
Born | Goheung, Jeollanam-do | October 30, 1965|||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | Light Flyweight | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Oh Kwang-Soo (Hangul: 오광수) (born October 30, 1965 in Goheung, Jeollanam-do) is a former South Korean boxer.
Amateur career[]
In 1985, Oh won the light flyweight gold medal at the Boxing World Cup. He defeated 1983 Pan American Games gold medalist Rafael Ramos in the semifinal bout.
In 1986, Oh won the bronze medal at the World Amateur Boxing Championships. In the preliminary bout, he beat Róbert Isaszegi, who won bronze at the 1988 Olympics, by , scoring three knockdowns in the first round.
Oh competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics where he was a favorite to medal, however, he was eliminated in his first bout by a narrow 3–2 decision against eventual silver medalist and future hall of fame champion Michael Carbajal. Oh had defeated Carbajal by a 3-0 margin in a previous meeting.[1]
Results[]
1985 Boxing World Cup | ||||
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Event | Round | Result | Opponent | Score |
Light Flyweight | Quarterfinal | Win | Marcelino Bolivar | 4-1 |
Semifinal | Win | Rafael Ramos | 4-1 | |
Final | Win | 5-0 |
1986 World Championships | ||||
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Event | Round | Result | Opponent | Score |
Light Flyweight | First | Win | Robert Isaszegi | RSC 1 |
Second | Win | Scott Olson | 5-0 | |
Quarterfinal | Win | Marcelino Bolivar | 4-1 | |
Semifinal | Loss | Luis Roman Rolon | 1-4 |
1988 Summer Olympics | ||||
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Event | Round | Result | Opponent | Score |
Light Flyweight | First | bye | ||
Second | Loss | Michael Carbajal | 2-3 |
Pro career[]
In February 1990, Oh made his pro debut in minimumweight, and after only six fights challenged Ricardo Lopez for the WBC minimumweight title on January 31, 1993. However, he was TKO'd in the 9th round. Oh had struggled to make weight to minimumweight, and eventually retired after the bout with a record of 6-1-0 without moving up a weight class.
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- Living people
- Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic boxers of South Korea
- 1965 births
- Asian Games medalists in boxing
- Boxers at the 1986 Asian Games
- South Korean male boxers
- AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
- Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea
- Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games
- Light-flyweight boxers
- South Korean boxing biography stubs