Pak Dok Gyu ( cor. 박덕규 ; born October 29, 1972 ) is a Korean boxer , representative of the lightest, flyweight and featherweight categories. He played for the South Korean boxing team in the late 1980s - early 1990s, silver medalist at the World Championships, Asian champion, participant in the Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona . In 1995, he also had one fight at a professional level.
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| Citizenship |  The Republic of Korea | |||||||||||||
| Date of Birth | October 29, 1972 (aged 46) | |||||||||||||
| Weight category | Lightweight (57 kg) | |||||||||||||
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 1.1 Amateur career
- 1.2 Professional career
- 2 notes
- 3 References
Biography
Park Doc Gyu was born on October 29, 1972.
Amateur career
The first serious success at the adult international level was in the 1989 season, when he joined the main team of the South Korean national team and visited the Canadian Cup in Ottawa, from where he brought the bronze dignity award won in the lightweight category.
In 1990, he played at the World Cup in Bombay, where he was stopped by the Irish Wayne McCullough at the quarterfinals stage.
At the 1991 World Championships in Sydney, he already boxed at featherweight, managed to beat several fairly strong boxers here, including in the semi-finals he defeated the titled Cuban Arnaldo Mesa , but lost in the decisive final match with the Bulgarian Kirkor Kirkorov and got silver medal.
In 1992, he won the Asian Championships in Bangkok and, thanks to a series of successful performances, was awarded the right to defend the honor of the country at the Barcelona Summer Olympics - he successfully passed his first opponent in the tournament bracket in the 57 kg category, while in the second quarterfinal fight with a score of 7: 17 was defeated by the German Andreas Teus .
After the Barcelona Olympics, Pak remained part of the South Korean boxing team for some time and continued to take part in major international competitions. So, in 1993 he played at the world championship in Tampere , but could not get into the number of winners here - he lost already in the first match at the 1/16 final stage [1] .
Professional career
In February 1995, he had one fight at a professional level - at a boxing evening in Nairobi, he met with local boxer Musa Njue (3-3). The confrontation between them lasted all the allotted time, as a result, the judges recorded a draw.
Notes
- ↑ Based on materials from the amateur-boxing.strefa.pl database
Links
- Pak Doc Gyu - Olympic statistics at Sports-Reference.com
- Park Doc Gyu (Eng.) - Professional Fight Statistics on BoxRec