- Chun Chil-Sung
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Olympic medal record Competitor for South Korea Men's boxing Bronze 1984 Los Angeles Lightweight Chun Chil-Sung (Hangul: 전칠성, Hanja: 全七星) (born July 7, 1961 in Sinan, Jeollanam-do, South Korea) is a retired South Korean boxer.
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Amateur career
Chun managed a career record of 100-6 during his amateur career.
In 1983, Chun won the silver medal in lightweight (– 60 kg) at the 3rd Boxing World Cup in Rome, Italy. He defeated 1983 European lightweight champion Emil Chuprenski of Bulgaria in the semifinal bout.
Next year, he won the bronze medal in the lightweight division at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. In the semifinals he was defeated by eventual winner Pernell Whitaker of the United States by 0-5 unanimous decision, but this is considered one of the controversial pro-American jury decisions in the boxing competitions at the 1984 Olympics.
Results
1983 Boxing World Cup
Event Round Result Opponent Score Lightweight First Win Carlo Russolillo DQ 3 Quarterfinal Win James Omondi 5-0 Semifinal Win Emil Chuprenski 3-2 Final Loss Ramon Goire 1-4 1984 Summer Olympics
Event Round Result Opponent Score Lightweight First Win Patrick Waweru 3-2 Second Win Slobodan Pavlović 4-1 Third Win Renato Cornett 4-1 Quarterfinal Win Leopoldo Cantancio RSC 3 Semifinal Loss Pernell Whitaker 0-5 Pro career
In 1986 Chun turned professional. He was the first South Korean Olympic medalist boxer to turn pro since 1968 Olympic bronze medalist Chang Kyou-Chul.
Chun defeated former two-time WBC Super Featherweight champion Rafael Limón in 1989. After going 18-1, he was matched up against Joey Gamache for the WBA Lightweight title in Portland, Maine in 1992, but was defeated by 9 round TKO. After the bout, he retired from boxing.
External links
Professional boxing record for Chun Chil-Sung from BoxRec
Categories:- 1961 births
- Living people
- South Korean boxers
- Boxers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Lightweight boxers
- Olympic boxers of South Korea
- Olympic bronze medalists for South Korea
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- South Korean Olympic medalist stubs
- Asian boxing biography stubs
- South Korean sportspeople stubs
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