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Park Si-hun (Korean: 박시헌; born December 16, 1965) is a retired South Korean amateur boxer. He won a gold medal in the men's light middleweight category at the 1988 Summer Olympics, being awarded victory over Roy Jones Jr. of the United States even though most observers considered that Jones had clearly won. The result was widely condemned and led to reforms in the way boxing is scored at the Olympics.

Park Si-hun
Personal information
Full namePark Si-hun
Born (1965-12-16) December 16, 1965 (age 56)
Haman County, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea
Sport
Country South Korea
Event(s)Men’s boxing
Medal record
Men’s boxing
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games
1988 Seoul Light Middleweight
Asian Amateur Championships
1985 Bangkok Light Middleweight
1987 Kuwait Light Middleweight

Career


Park's first major success came in 1985 when he won the light middleweight gold at the Boxing World Cup, defeating 1985 European Champion Michael Timm and 1984 US national champion Kevin Bryant.

Park competed for South Korea at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. In Park's quarterfinal bout against Vincenzo Nardiello of Italy, Nardiello easily won the first two rounds, but because Park won the third round by a large margin, he was given the fight. Nardiello then had to be dragged out of the ring, shouting at the judges.[1]

In the finals for the men's light middleweight, Park fought American boxer Roy Jones, Jr. Park was named the winner of the bout following a 3–2 decision by the judges. Later scoring indicated that Jones had landed 86 punches to Park's 32.[2] Jones has said that Park apologized to him afterward.[2] Several journalists made sworn statements that judge Hiouad Larbi of Morocco said after the match that he acknowledged that Jones had won easily, but chose to rule in favor of Park in order to placate the South Korean spectators.[3][4] Two of the three judges voting for Park were eventually banned from the sport for life.[2]

The Jones-Park incident, along with another highly disputed decision against American Michael Carbajal in the same games, led Olympic organizers to establish a new scoring system for Olympic boxing.[2]


Coaching career


After the 1988 Olympics, Park retired from boxing without turning professional. He earned a bachelor's degree in physical education at Kyungnam University and served as a high school physical education teacher in Jinhae, Gyeongsangnam-do until 2001, when he was named an assistant coach of the South Korea national amateur boxing team. He was also named an assistant coach at Pohang Poseidons. Later[when?], he became a head coach of the South Korea Olympic team.[citation needed]

In 2008, Park participated in the inaugural World Youth Amateur Boxing Championships as the coach of Team Korea. He is the coach of the reserve team of the South Korea national boxing team.[citation needed]


Results


1985 Boxing World Cup
Event Round Result Opponent Score
Light Middleweight Quarterfinal Win Freddy Sanchez RSC 2
Semifinal Win Michael Timm 5-0
Final Win Kevin Bryant 4-1
1988 Summer Olympics
Event Round Result Opponent Score
Light Middleweight First bye
Second Win Abdullah Ramadan RSC 2
Third Win Torsten Schmitz 5-0
Quarterfinal Win Vincenzo Nardiello 3-2
Semifinal Win Ray Downey 5-0
Final Win Roy Jones, Jr. 3-2

References


  1. Wallechinsky, David; Jaime Loucky (2008). The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. Aurum Press. pp. 466–467. ISBN 978-1-84513-3306.
  2. Vecsey, George (26 September 1997). "Sports of The Times; Nice Gesture Substitutes For Justice". Retrieved 5 May 2017 via NYTimes.com.
  3. ABRAHAMSON, ALAN (9 February 2002). "The Justice Department". Retrieved 5 May 2017 via LA Times.
  4. Anderson, Dave (22 March 1989). "SPORTS OF THE TIMES; Roy Jones Jr. Still Fighting For the Gold". Retrieved 5 May 2017 via NYTimes.com.

На других языках


- [en] Park Si-hun

[fr] Park Si-hun

Park Si-hun est un boxeur sud-coréen né le 16 décembre 1965.

[it] Park Si-hun

Park Si-hun[1] (Haman, 16 dicembre 1965) è un ex pugile sudcoreano, vincitore di un mondiale di boxe nel 1985 e di una medaglia d'oro alle olimpiadi di Seoul 1988.

[ru] Пак Си Хун

Пак Си Хун (кор. 박시훈, род. 16 декабря 1965, Хаман, Кёнсан-Намдо) — южнокорейский боксёр-любитель, выигравший золотую медаль в среднем весе на Олимпиаде в Сеуле, победив в финале американца Роя Джонса благодаря очень спорному решению судей. На его счету также победы на Кубке мира (1985) и чемпионатах Азии (1985, 1987).



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