Kim won the Orient and Pacific Boxing Federation light welterweight title in 1978 and became the WBC light welterweight champion with a technical KO win over Saensak Muangsurin, who set a world record by winning the world title in only his 3rd professional fight. He defended the belt twice before losing it to Saoul Mamby in 1980. In 1981, Kim defeated Thomas Americo to regain the OPBF regional belt. In 1983, Kim unsuccessfully challenged Aaron Pryor for the WBA light welterweight title, losing by TKO at 0:37 of round 3. He retired after the bout.
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Boxing record for Kim Sang-hyun from BoxRec(registration required)
sang, hyun, boxer, this, korean, name, family, name, sang, hyun, hangul, 김상현, hanja, 金相賢, born, january, 1955, busan, south, korea, former, boxer, from, south, korea, sang, hyunstatisticsweight, light, welterweightheight5, nationalitysouth, koreanborn, 1955, j. In this Korean name the family name is Kim Kim Sang hyun Hangul 김상현 Hanja 金相賢 born January 18 1955 in Busan South Korea is a former boxer from South Korea Kim Sang hyunStatisticsWeight s Light WelterweightHeight5 ft 9 in 1 75 m NationalitySouth KoreanBorn 1955 01 18 January 18 1955 age 67 Busan South KoreaStanceSouthpawBoxing recordTotal fights49Wins42Wins by KO25Losses4Draws3No contests0Kim Sang hyunHangul김상현Hanja金相賢Revised RomanizationGim SanghyeonMcCune ReischauerKim SanghyŏnCareer EditKim won the Orient and Pacific Boxing Federation light welterweight title in 1978 and became the WBC light welterweight champion with a technical KO win over Saensak Muangsurin who set a world record by winning the world title in only his 3rd professional fight He defended the belt twice before losing it to Saoul Mamby in 1980 In 1981 Kim defeated Thomas Americo to regain the OPBF regional belt In 1983 Kim unsuccessfully challenged Aaron Pryor for the WBA light welterweight title losing by TKO at 0 37 of round 3 He retired after the bout External links EditBoxing record for Kim Sang hyun from BoxRec registration required Preceded bySaensak Muangsurin WBC Light Welterweight Champion30 December 1978 23 February 1980 Succeeded bySaoul Mamby This biographical article relating to a South Korean boxing figure is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kim Sang hyun boxer amp oldid 1089143443, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
