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Park Chan-yong (; born June 10, 1963 in Hwasun) is a South Korean former professional boxer who competed from 1980 to 1992. He held the WBA bantamweight title in 1987 and challenged for the WBC super-bantamweight title in 1989.
Professional career Park began his professional career in 1980. On May 24, 1987, after amassing a career record of 24–3–2 with 7 knockouts, Chan-yong was given the opportunity to challenge reigning bantamweight champion, Takuya Muguruma, for his WBA version of the world championship Mugurma's hometown of Moriguchi, Osaka, Japan. Park defeated Muguruma in the 11th round of 15 via technical knockout. Five months after he won the title, in his first title defense, he subsequently lost his championship on October 3, to Wilfredo Vázquez by technical knockout in the 10th round of 15.Congressional Record, V. 144, PT. 14, September 9, 1998 to September 21, 1998, S. 20875
After the defeat to Vázquez, Chan-yong moved up to the super-bantamweight division where after a four fight win streak, on December 3, 1989, he got another chance for a world title when he faced reigning WBC super-bantamweight champion of Mexico, Daniel Zaragoza for his championship in Incheon, South Korea. In his last chance to become a world champion again, Park put forth a great effort, losing the fight via split decision.
Chan-yong retired in 1992, after a string of knockout victories against lesser known fighters, ending his career with a record of 33–5–2 with 16 knockouts.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRoundDateLocationNotes40Win33–5–2Ronnie QuintoKO2 (?)Mar 31, 199239Win32–5–2Edgar PaderaKO5 (?)Dec 21, 199138Win31–5–2Rex VillaverdeKO1 (?)Sep 23, 199137Win30–5–2Al BalabaTKO7 (?)Apr 28, 199136Loss29–5–2Daniel ZaragozaSD12Dec 3, 198935Win29–4–2Alvaro BohorquezKO8 (10)Aug 13, 198934Win28–4–2Carlos CastroKO3 (10)Apr 16, 198933Win27–4–2Robby RahangmetangKO4 (10)Nov 6, 198832Win26–4–2Masakatsu SakumaTKO2 (10)Mar 12, 198831Loss25–4–2Wilfredo VázquezTKO10 (15)Oct 4, 198730Win25–3–2Takuya MugurumaTKO11 (15)May 24, 198729Win24–3–2Little BangoyanPTS10Oct 19, 198628Win23–3–2Norio HasegawaKO2 (10)Feb 2, 198627Win22–3–2Fel MalatagKO10 (10)Aug 25, 198526Win21–3–2Edgar ApatanPTS6Mar 31, 198525Win20–3–2Ernie CatalunaPTS10Dec 4, 198424Win19–3–2Jorge RamirezPTS10Jul 8, 198423Win18–3–2Lito DonayreKO3 (10)Jun 3, 198422Win17–3–2Sakdisamai ChorsiriratKO3 (10)Feb 26, 198421Win16–3–2Neptali AlamagPTS10Nov 13, 198320Win15–3–2Sang Myun ChoiPTS8Oct 16, 198319Loss14–3–2Khaosai GalaxyPTS10Aug 3, 198318Win14–2–2Pablo PepitoPTS10Jun 17, 198317Win13–2–2Adan UribePTS10Apr 10, 198316Win12–2–2Daonoi SithsaneKO7 (?)Jan 18, 198315Win11–2–2Suvan SilpayaPTS10Oct 31, 198214Win10–2–2Flash JagdonPTS10Oct 3, 198213Win9–2–2Chung Woo ChunPTS6Aug 1, 198212Win8–2–2Ryang Il ShinKO6 (8)May 30, 198211Loss7–2–2Shoji OgumaUD10Mar 24, 198210Draw7–1–2Sam Yong KimPTS6Jan 3, 19829Win7–1–1Hyung Shik AhnPTS8Aug 13, 19818Win6–1–1Bong Ho LeePTS8Jun 3, 19817Draw5–1–1Chan Joong JunPTS8Apr 4, 19816Win5–1In Sup BangPTS8Jan 18, 19815Loss4–1Kyung Soo LeePTS6Dec 7, 19804Win4–0Hyung Shik AhnPTS4Nov 29, 19803Win3–0Sang Myun ChoiPTS4Nov 23, 19802Win2–0Sang Ho ChoiPTS4Nov 20, 19801Win1–0Chang Sung ChoiKO3 (4)Nov 18, 1980
See also List of Bantamweight boxing champions List of WBA world champions
References
External links
https://boxerlist.com/boxer/chan-young-park/865/ https://234fight.com/boxers-from-the-past/chan-young-park-boxer-wiki-profile/