Lee Ok-sung

Lee Ok-Sung (born February 7, 1981 in Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea) is a South Korean amateur boxer best known for winning the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships in the men's flyweight division.

Lee Ok-Sung
Personal information
Full name이옥성
Nationality South Korea
Born (1981-02-07) February 7, 1981
Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classFlyweight

Career

Lee is relatively tall for a flyweight (170 cm). At the 2005 World Championships In Mianyang, China, he beat young southpaw Rau'shee Warren to set up his surprise championship win. In the finals he defeated Cuban Andry Laffita who had beaten Somjit Jongjohor (THA) and Jérôme Thomas (FRA). He became the first South Korean amateur boxer to win a gold medal at the World Amateur Boxing Championships since 1986 when Moon Sung-Kil won the gold in Reno, United States.

At the 2006 Asian Games Lee just as surprisingly lost to Yang Bo of China in the quarterfinals, and his winning streak in international competition ended at 28 games.

He did not participated in the national trials for the 2007 World Championships in order to complete his master's degree.

In the first round of the 2008 Olympic Games Lee defeated 2007 World Champion Rau'shee Warren in another surprising upset victory.

Results

2005 World Championships

Event Round Result Opponent Score
Flyweight First bye
Second Win Igor Samoilenco 30-20
Third Win Nikoloz Izoria 26-17
Quarterfinal Win Anvar Yunusov 15-9
Semifinal Win Rau'shee Warren 16-15
Final Win Andry Laffita 33-22

2008 Summer Olympics

Event Round Result Opponent Score
Flyweight First Win Rau'shee Warren 9-8
Second Loss Walid Cherif 5-11
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  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lee Ok-sung". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.


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