Park Chan-Hee

Park Chan-hee is a genuine hero of Korean boxing, and I have nothing but respect for him. He earned an Asian Games gold as an amateur and placed fifth at the 1976 Olympics before turning pro and capturing the WBC and lineal flyweight titles. The Ring even named him 1979 Progress of the Year. The flyweight division demands speed, technique, and sheer nerve all at once, and reaching the top there is no small feat. Champions like him, understated but iron-willed, are exactly the figures I think deserve to be remembered and retold to younger generations who never saw him fight.

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Name (English)

Park Chan-Hee

Name (Japanese)

朴賛希

Reading

ぱく・ちゃに

Born

March 23, 1957 (age 69)

Origin

Busan, South Korea

Occupation

boxer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Rooster

Awards & achievements

• WBC World Flyweight Champion
• The Ring World Flyweight Champion
• 1979 The Ring magazine Progress of the Year

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park%20Chan-hee
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%B4%E8%B3%9B%E5%B8%8C
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q624340

Tags

• boxer

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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