Chi In-Jin

This is a Korean name; the family name is Chi.

Chi In-Jin
Statistics
Real name	Chi In-Jin
Rated at	Featherweight
Height	5ft. 7in. (1.70m)
Nationality	South Korean
Born	July 18, 1973 (1973-07-18) (age 38) Seoul, South Korea
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	35
Wins	31
Wins by KO	18
Losses	3
Draws	1
No contests	0

Chi In-jin (Korean: 지인진, Hanja: 池仁珍, born July 18, 1973, in Seoul) is a South Korean former boxer in the featherweight division. He is a former World Boxing Council (WBC) featherweight world champion.

Career

Boxing

Chi made his debut as a professional boxer on November 20, 1991. He challenged WBC Featherweight Title holder Erik Morales on July 28, 2001, but lost a unanimous decision. On October 18, 2003, the brawling Chi got another shot at the vacant WBC featherweight title against Michael Brodie, but came up short of the title with a draw. In the rematch the following year, he knocked out Brodie in the 7th round. After defending the title twice, he lost the belt to Takashi Koshimoto in 2006 via split decision.^[1]

Chi recaptured the WBC featherweight title with a unanimous decision over defending titlist Rudy Lopez at the Chungmu Art Hall in Seoul, Korea, in December 2006. Scores were 117-111, 116-112 and 116-113. Koshimoto had been defeated by Lopez in his first defense, yielding the belt to Lopez before it was regained by Chi.

Kickboxing

On July 31, 2007, Chi announced he was vacating his title.^[2] He will instead participate in K-1 kickboxing.^[3]

On February 24, 2008, Chi made his debut as a K-1 fighter on the K-1 Asia MAX 2008 in Seoul. He defeated Ryuji Kajiwara by 3-0 unanimous decision on the extra rounds.^[4]

Kickboxing record

1 Wins , 1 Losses
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Method	Round	Time
20 March 2009	Loss	Shingo Garyu	K-1 Award & MAX Korea 2009, Korea	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
24 February 2008	Win	Ryuji Kajiwara	K-1 Asia MAX 2008 in Seoul, Korea	Decision (Ext.R)	4	3:00

See also

• List of people of Korean descent
• List of WBC world champions
• List of current world boxing champions

References

1. ^ Boxrec.com In Jin Chi vs Takashi Kosimoto
2. ^ Fightnews
3. ^ MaxBoxing
4. ^ K-1 Official Website Retrieved on Feb 26, 2008.

External links

• Professional boxing record for Chi In-Jin from BoxRec

Boxing championships

Preceded by Erik Morales Vacated	WBC Featherweight Champion 10 Apr 2004– 29 Jan 2006	Succeeded by Takashi Koshimoto
Preceded by Rodolfo López	WBC Featherweight Champion 17 Dec 2006– 31 July 2007 retired	Succeeded by Jorge Linares Interim champ promoted

Persondata
Name	Chi, In-Jin
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	July 18, 1973
Place of birth	Seoul, South Korea
Date of death
Place of death