Oh Kwang-soo
Introduction '''Oh Kwang-Soo''' (Hangul: 오광수) (born October 30, 1965, in Goheung, Jeollanam-do) is a former South Korean boxer.
Amateur career In 1985, Oh won the light flyweight gold medal at the Boxing World Cup. He defeated 1983 Pan American Games gold medalist Rafael Ramos in the semifinal bout.In 1986, Oh won the bronze medal at the World Amateur Boxing Championships. In the preliminary bout, he beat Róbert Isaszegi, who won bronze at the 1988 Olympics, by RSC, scoring three knockdowns in the first round. In the second round, he defeated Commonwealth Games gold medalist Scotty Olson. In the quarter-final, Oh defeated another Olympic bronze medalist Marcelino Bolivar. He lost in the semi-final to Luis Román Rolón who was later disqualified after failing a drug test.Oh competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics where he was a favorite to medal, however, he was eliminated in his first bout by a narrow 3–2 decision against eventual silver medalist and future hall of fame champion Michael Carbajal. Oh had defeated Carbajal by a 3–0 margin in a previous meeting.===Results===1985 Boxing World CupEventRoundResultOpponentScoreLight Flyweight QuarterfinalWin Marcelino Bolivar4-1SemifinalWin Rafael Ramos4-1FinalWin Supap Boonro5-01986 World ChampionshipsEventRoundResultOpponentScoreLight Flyweight FirstWin Robert IsaszegiRSC 1SecondWin Scott Olson5-0QuarterfinalWin Marcelino Bolivar4-1SemifinalLoss Luis Roman Rolon1-41988 Summer OlympicsEventRoundResultOpponentScoreLight Flyweight FirstbyeSecondLoss Michael Carbajal2-3
Pro career In February 1990, Oh made his pro debut in minimumweight, and after only six fights challenged Ricardo Lopez for the WBC minimumweight title on January 31, 1993.However, he was TKO'd in the 9th round. Oh had struggled to make weight to minimumweight, and eventually retired after the bout with a record of 6-1-0 without moving up a weight class.
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