Park Chan-hee

Park Chan-hee
Park (center) at the 1974 Asian Games
Statistics
Real name	Park Chan-hee
Weight(s)	Flyweight
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Nationality	South Korean
Born	(1957-03-23) 23 March 1957 (age 64) Pusan, South Korea
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	23
Wins	17
Wins by KO	6
Losses	4
Draws	2
Medal record Representing  South Korea Asian Games 1974 Tehran -48 kg

Park Chan-hee (Hangul: 박찬희, Hanja: 朴贊希; born 23 March 1957) is a retired South Korean boxer. As a professional he held the WBC and lineal titles in the flyweight division. As an amateur he won a gold medal at the 1974 Asian Games and placed fifth at the 1976 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Amateur career[]

Park competed at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games as a Light Flyweight for South Korea. His results were:

• Defeated Abderahim Najim (Morocco) DQ 3
• Defeated Alican Az (Turkey) 5–0
• Lost to Jorge Hernandez (Cuba) 2–3

Pro career[]

Park turned professional in 1976 and became the WBC and lineal flyweight champion with a decision win over Miguel Canto in 1979.^[2] He lost the titles to Shoji Oguma by KO in 1980.

Honors[]

• Named The Ring magazine Progress of the Year fighter for 1979.

Professional boxing record[]

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
23	Loss	17–4–2	Wick Tengam	TKO	4 (10)	Dec 12, 1982	Munhwa Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea
22	Win	17–3–2	Rocky Pineda	PTS	4	Oct 17, 1982	Munhwa Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea
21	Win	16–3–2	Katsuyuki Ohashi	PTS	10	Aug 15, 1982	Munhwa Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea
20	Loss	15–3–2	Shoji Oguma	MD	15	Feb 3, 1981	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan	For WBC and The Ring flyweight titles
19	Loss	15–2–2	Shoji Oguma	SD	15	Oct 18, 1980	Miyagi Prefectural Gymnasium, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan	For WBC and The Ring flyweight titles
18	Win	15–1–2	Ver Libradilla	TD	6 (10)	Jul 26, 1980	Munhwa Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea
17	Loss	14–1–2	Shoji Oguma	KO	9 (15)	May 18, 1980	Jangchung Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea	Lost WBC and The Ring flyweight titles
16	Win	14–0–2	Alberto Morales	UD	15	Apr 13, 1980	Daegu Gymnasium, Daegu, South Korea	Retained WBC and The Ring flyweight titles
15	Win	13–0–2	Arnel Arrozal	UD	15	Feb 10, 1980	Jangchung Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea	Retained WBC and The Ring flyweight titles
14	Win	12–0–2	Guty Espadas	KO	2 (15)	Dec 16, 1979	Gudeok Gymnasium, Busan, South Korea	Retained WBC and The Ring flyweight titles
13	Draw	11–0–2	Miguel Canto	PTS	15	Sep 9, 1979	Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea	Retained WBC and The Ring flyweight titles
12	Win	11–0–1	Chikara Igarashi	UD	15	May 20, 1979	Jangchung Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea	Retained WBC and The Ring flyweight titles
11	Win	10–0–1	Miguel Canto	UD	15	Mar 18, 1979	Gudeok Gymnasium, Busan, South Korea	Won WBC and The Ring flyweight titles
10	Draw	9–0–1	Siony Carupo	PTS	10	Feb 18, 1979	Munhwa Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea
9	Win	9–0	Rolly Garcia Ramos	PTS	10	Oct 21, 1978	Munhwa Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea
8	Win	8–0	Torayuki Nanasha	KO	6 (10)	Sep 8, 1978	Chungmu Gymnasium, Daejeon, South Korea
7	Win	7–0	Mikio Uchida	KO	3 (10)	Aug 12, 1978	Munhwa Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea
6	Win	6–0	Puma Koya	KO	2 (10)	Apr 16, 1978	Gudeok Gymnasium, Busan, South Korea
5	Win	5–0	George Pedroso	PTS	10	Feb 18, 1978	Munhwa Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea
4	Win	4–0	Pedro Solo	PTS	10	Nov 26, 1977	Gudeok Gymnasium, Busan, South Korea
3	Win	3–0	Sang Il Jung	PTS	10	Oct 1, 1977	Gudeok Gymnasium, Busan, South Korea
2	Win	2–0	Yukimitsu Kondo	KO	3 (10)	Sep 10, 1977	Munhwa Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea
1	Win	1–0	Chuji Muto	KO	1 (8)	Jul 9, 1977	Gudeok Gymnasium, Busan, South Korea

See also[]

• List of flyweight boxing champions
• List of WBC world champions

References[]

External links[]

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