Yuh Jae-doo
Introduction '''Jae-Doo Yuh''' (Hangul: 유제두, Hanja: 柳済斗) (born April 25, 1948) is a former South korean professional boxer who competed from 1968 to 1978.He held the WBA and ''The Ring'' light-middleweight titles from 1975 to 1976.
Pro career In 1971, Yuh won the Orient and Pacific Boxing Federation middleweight title.In 1975, after his successful 15th defense of the OPBF middleweight title, he moved down in weight to light middleweight and challenged Koichi Wajima for the WBA and ''The Ring'' light middleweight titles in Fukuoka, Japan. He eventually became the second South Korean light middleweight world champion by knocking out Wajima in the 7th round. He defended the belt once before losing the belt to Wajima via 15th-round KO in a rematch in 1976.Although he had lost the world light middleweight title, Yuh retained the OPBF middleweight belt until his eventual retirement from the ring in 1978, when he vacated the title. He also holds the OPBF record for most successful title defenses, defending the title 21 times over 7 years.
Professional boxing record ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes55Win50–3–2 Heung Won KangPTS12Dec 17, 197854Loss49–3–2 Ho JooKO10 (10)Jul 6, 197853Win49–2–2 Francisco MontemayorKO6 (10)Apr 5, 197852Win48–2–2 Alberto CruzPTS12Jan 24, 197851Win47–2–2 Toshiaki SuzukiPTS12Oct 9, 197750Win46–2–2 Jae Keun LimKO7 (10)Aug 28, 197749Win45–2–2 Saburo SakaiKO2 (12), Apr 9, 197748Win44–2–2 Dommy CotacteKO5 (10)Feb 6, 197747Win43–2–2 Yuichiro WatanabePTS12Dec 12, 197646Draw42–2–2 Alberto CruzPTS12Sep 26, 197645Win42–2–1 Peter NanbokuPTS10Jun 19, 197644Loss41–2–1 Koichi WajimaKO15 (15), Feb 17, 197643Win41–1–1 Saburo SakaiKO8 (10)Jan 17, 197642Win40–1–1 Masahiro MisakoKO6 (15), Nov 11, 197541Win39–1–1 Nobuyoshi OzakiTKO4 (12)Oct 4, 197540Win38–1–1 Koichi WajimaKO7 (15), Jun 7, 197539Win37–1–1 Nobuyoshi OzakiKO4 (12)Mar 30, 197538Win36–1–1 Isamu KondoKO2 (10)Dec 14, 197437Win35–1–1 Yuji MiyagoshiPTS12Nov 17, 197436Win34–1–1 Nobuyoshi OzakiKO8 (12)Jul 28, 197435Win33–1–1 Hitoshi NakagawaKO6 (12), Jun 23, 197434Win32–1–1 Narong PhisanurachanPTS12Mar 31, 197433Win31–1–1 Han Shik KimKO10 (10)Aug 15, 197332Win30–1–1 Cassius NaitoPTS12Jul 14, 197331Win29–1–1 Ken OkitaKO3 (10)Jun 16, 197330Win28–1–1 Ken OkitaPTS12May 12, 197329Win27–1–1 Cassius NaitoKO5 (12), Apr 10, 197328Win26–1–1 Michihiro HorihataKO9 (10)Mar 4, 197327Win25–1–1 Sakae 'Big' MaruyamaKO2 (10)Jan 21, 197326Win24–1–1 Cassius NaitoPTS12Nov 12, 197225Win23–1–1 Keun Taek LeeKO3 (12), Oct 1, 197224Win22–1–1 Hiromichi HiraideTKO8 (12), Sep 9, 197223Win21–1–1 Turtle OkabePTS12Jun 25, 197222Win20–1–1 Hideo KanazawaPTS12May 7, 197221Draw19–1–1 Hideo KanazawaPTS12Mar 11, 197220Win19–1 Saburo SakaiKO11 (12), Jan 29, 197219Win18–1 Masakazu TaninobuTKO3 (12), Dec 22, 197118Win17–1 Turtle OkabePTS10Dec 4, 197117Win16–1 Stephen SmithTKO6 (10)Nov 17, 197116Win15–1 Keun Taek LeePTS12Sep 28, 197115Win14–1 Cassius NaitoKO6 (12), Jul 24, 197114Win13–1 Jo ParkKO5 (10), May 22, 197113Win12–1 Ansano LeeKO1 (10), Apr 3, 197112Win11–1 Hiromichi HiraideKO10 (10)Feb 20, 197111Win10–1 Tetsuo HoshinoKO3 (10)Dec 19, 197010Win9–1 Ni No LeePTS10Sep 27, 19709Win8–1 Jae Chun KimKO6 (10)Nov 29, 19698Win7–1 Armando BoniquitPTS10Sep 9, 19697Loss6–1 Byung Mo LimTKO7 (10)Aug 9, 19696Win6–0 Sung Ki ChoiPTS8Jul 13, 19695Win5–0 Tae Gu KimPTS8May 16, 19694Win4–0 Jin Soo LeePTS6Apr 27, 19693Win3–0 Kwan Soo LeePTS4Nov 30, 19682Win2–0 Byong Ki KimPTS4Oct 27, 19681Win1–0 Ho Dong ChoiKO3 (4)Oct 3, 1968
See also *List of light middleweight boxing champions*List of WBA world champions
References
External links * * Yuh Jae-doo - CBZ Profile