Kim Song-Guk

Kim Song-Guk (born April 11, 1984) is a North Korean boxer who competed in the Featherweight (57 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal.

Career

Southpaw Kim upset Vitali Tajbert at the Olympics 2004 but lost to Russian star Alexei Tichtchenko.

At the Asian Games he lost to Bahodirjon Sooltonov‎ in the semis and won Bronze.

Lightweight

Now at lightweight he qualified for the 2008 Olympics by advancing to the quarterfinals of the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships. He did so by beating Vazgen Safar-Yants of Belarus by a slim one point margin 19-18 but lost to Domenico Valentino 14:22 and won Bronze. [ [http://www.aiba.org/documents/site1/wch_chicago/C75W60.pdf 2007 AIBA World Boxing Championships] ]

At the 2008 Olympics he was upset in the first round.

Amateur highlights

2004 Olympic games
*1st round bye
*Defeated Konstantine Kupatadze (Georgia) 25-14
*Defeated Muideen Ganiyu (Nigeria) 32-11
*Defeated Vitali Tajbert (Germany) 29-24
*Lost to Alexei Tichtchenko (Russia) 17-39

2007 AIBA World Amateur championships
*Defeated Otoneil Ortiz (Virgin Islands) RSC 2 (0:57)
*Defeated Alejandro Rodriguez Pereira (Spain) RSC 3 (1:49)
*Defeated Vazgen Safar-Yants (Belarus) 19-18
*Defeated Darley Perez (Colombia) 23-6
*Lost to Domenico Valentino (Italy) 14-22

2008 Olympic games
*Lost to Daouda Sow

References