Hwang Chul-soon
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| Full name | Hwang Chul-soon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | South Korean | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 13, 1957 Goseong County, South Gyeongsang, South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Bantamweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Hwang Chul-soon | |
| Hangul | 황철순 |
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| Revised Romanization | Hwang Cheolsun |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hwang Ch'ŏlsun |
Hwang Chul-soon (Korean: 황철순;) is a South Korean former boxer who competed as a bantam-weight (54-kg class) in the 1976 Summer Olympics. Hwang lost his fourth fight, the quarter-final match, to eventual silver-medalist Charles Mooney.[1]
Amateur career
[edit]Hwang first garnered attention at the 1974 Asian Games where he won the silver medal in flyweight by losing to future Olympic champion Gu Yong-ju of North Korea in the final.
At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Hwang pulled off a major upset in bantamweight when he beat reigning Olympic champion Orlando Martínez of Cuba in Round of 16. He, however, lost to eventual silver medalist Charles Mooney of United States by unanimous decision in the quarterfinal match. [2]
In 1979 Hwang won the silver medal in bantamweight at the inaugural Boxing World Cup in New York City after losing to 1978 Golden Gloves winner Jackie Beard in the final.
Results
[edit]| 1976 Summer Olympics | ||||
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| Event | Round | Result | Opponent | Score |
| Bantamweight | First | Win |  Athanasios Khouliaras
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5-0 |
| Second | Win |  Tumat Sogolik
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KO 3 | |
| Third | Win |  Orlando Martínez
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3-2 | |
| Quarterfinal | Loss |  Charles Mooney
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0-5 | |
Pro career
[edit]Hwang earned a spot on the 1980 South Korean Olympic team. However, as South Korea boycotted the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow due to political reasons, Hwang and the rest of his team were not allowed an Olympic berth.
Hwang subsequently turned pro in early 1980 and had limited success. He retired in 1982 having won 5 with 1 KO.
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hwang Chul-soon". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
- ^ "Chul Soon Bio And Diet" "supplementdevil". Retrieved 14 September 2020
1954–2006: 54 kg • 2010–2018: 56 kg | |
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- Living people
- Bantamweight boxers
- Olympic boxers for South Korea
- Boxers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games medalists in boxing
- Boxers at the 1974 Asian Games
- Boxers at the 1978 Asian Games
- South Korean male boxers
- Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea
- Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea
- Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games
- 1957 births
- 21st-century South Korean sportsmen