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Soo-Hwan Hong

BORN   May 26 1950; Seoul, South Korea
HEIGHT 5-7
WEIGHT 117 1/2-121 3/4 lbs

Hong was a scrappy competitor who lost but five bouts in a career of 50 contests; He was not a heavy hitter but was a battler; During his career, he won the WBA Super Bantamweight Championship of the World, the WBA Bantamweight Championship of the World, the OPBF Bantamweight Championship and the Bantamweight Championship of Korea

Soo-Hwan was a two-fisted fighter who moved well on springy, bouncy legs. He owned a beautiful left jab, accompanied by a stinging left hook and an assortment of left and right punches. In addition, he hit to the body and head. He was a prime example of the old addage, "When the going gets tough, the tough get going" !!!
He defeated such men as Arnold Taylor, Venice Borkhorsor, Dong Kyun Yum, Orlando Amores, Shigeyoshi Ohki, Thanomchit Sukhothai and Berkrerk Chartvanchai

He has served as President of the Korean Boxing Commission (KBC) and is now working as Chairman - and doing a fine job !!!

 
1969
May 10 Sang-Il Kim                Seoul, South Korea                  D  4
Jun  3 Chang-Soo Choi             Seoul, South Korea                  W  4
Jun 21 Young-Suh Park             Seoul, South Korea                  W  4
Aug 12 Ju-Hong Taek               Seoul, South Korea                  W  4
Sep  7 Young-Tae Kim              Seoul, South Korea                 KO  1
Oct  6 Rak-Ki Baek                Seoul, South Korea                  W  4

1970
Mar  3 Hae-Shu Shin               Seoul, South Korea                  W  6
Apr 19 Chul-Ho Shin               Taegu, South Korea                  D 10
Jun  9 Ushiwakamaru Harada        Harada Oita, Japan                  L 10
Aug  8 Shintaro Oshima            Yokohama, Japan                    KO  1
          -Some sources report "W 10"
Oct 17 Hae-Shu Shin               Seoul, South Korea                  W  8
Dec  1 Kyu Chul Chang             Seoul, South Korea                  W 10

1971
Sep 14 Jung Ho Moon               Seoul, South Korea                 KO  5
          -Bantamweight Championship of Korea
Nov  7 Saturino Ortega            Seoul, South Korea                  W 10
Nov 12 Colley Saloma              Agana, Guam                         L 10

1972
Jan 15 Young-Suh Park             Seoul, South Korea                 KO  4
          -Bantamweight Championship of Korea
Mar 12 Kil Jae Bae                Seoul, South Korea                  W 10
          -Bantamweight Championship of Korea
Apr  2 Jung Ho Moon               Pusan, South Korea                  W 10
          -Bantamweight Championship of Korea
Jun  4 Al Diaz                    Seoul, South Korea                  W 12
          -OPBF Bantamweight Championship
Aug  6 Kenji "Ace" Endo           Seoul, South Korea                 KO  1
          -Some sources report 6/08/72
Oct  1 Shigeyoshi Ohki            Seoul, South Korea                  W 12
          -OPBF Bantamweight Championship
Nov 26 Ushiwakamaru Harada        Seoul, South Korea                  W 10

1973
Feb  9 Thanomchit Sukhothai       Bangkok, Thailand                  TK  8
          -OPBF Bantamweight Championship
Aug 19 Susumu Inoue               Seoul, South Korea                 KO  3
Oct  7 Berkrerk Chartvanchai      Seoul, South Korea                  W 10
Nov 24 Eddie Saloma               Taegu, South Korea                  W 12
          -OPBF Bantamweight Championship

1974
Feb  3 Seiichi Watanuki           Taegu, South Korea                  W 12
          -OPBF Bantamweight Championship
Apr 20 Go Mifune                  Pusan, South Korea                  W 12
          -Some sources report OPBF Bantamweight Championship
Jul  3 Arnold Taylor              Durban, Natal, SAfrica              W 15
          -WBA Bantamweight Championship of the World
Sep 22 Genzo Kurosawa             Seoul, South Korea                  W 12
          -Some sources report 10/08/74
Oct 17 Noboru Konuma              Seoul, South Korea                  W 12
Dec 28 Fernando Cabanella         Seoul, South Korea                  W 15
          -WBA Bantamweight Championship of the World

1975
Mar 14 Alfonso Zamora             Inglewood, Ca                      LK  4
          -WBA Bantamweight Championship of the World
May 21 Johnny Meza                Seoul, South Korea                 KO  2
Aug 30 Orlando Amores             Seoul, South Korea                  W 10
Nov 27 Wittaya Pleonjit           Seoul, South Korea                 KO  4

1976
Feb 21 Edwin Alarcon              Seoul, South Korea                 TK  4
Feb 29 Shinobu Fujita             Pusan, South Korea                 KO  4
Mar 28 Tinkajorn Dejkajorn        Seoul, South Korea                 KO  6
Apr  6 Sutan Rambing              Seoul, South Korea                 KO  6
May 30 Venice Borkhorsor          Seoul, South Korea                  W 12
          -OPBF Bantamweight Championship
Aug 21 Ric Quijano                Seoul, South Korea                  D 10
Oct 16 Alfonso Zamora             Inchon, South Korea                LT 12
          -WBA Bantamweight Championship of the World

1977
Mar 15 Conrado Vasquez            Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                  W 10
Jun 27 Dong Kyun Yum              Seoul, South Korea                  W 12
          -Some sources report "W 10"
Oct 10 Futaro Tanaka              Seoul, South Korea                  W 12
Nov 26 Hector Carrasquilla        Panama City, Panama                KO  3
          -WBA Super Bantamweight Championship of the World

1978
Feb  1 Yutaka Kasahara            Tokyo, Japan                        W 15
          -WBA Super Bantamweight Championship of the World
May  7 Ricardo Cardona            Seoul, South Korea                 LT 12
          -WBA Super Bantamweight Championship of the World

1980
Dec 19 Dong Kyun Yum              Seoul, South Korea                  D 10
Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization

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