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Si-Hun Park (born December 16, 1965) is an amateur South Korean boxer, who won the Light Middleweight Gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Park won the very controversial title bout against Roy Jones Jr in a highly disputed 3-2 decision in the final. Later scoring indicates that Jones landed 86 punches to Park's 32. Allegedly, Park himself apologized to Jones afterwards. One judge shortly thereafter admitted the decision was a mistake, and all three judges voting for Park were eventually suspended. Many observers still believe the judges were either bribed or otherwise coerced to vote for the local fighter by Korean officials. The official IOC investigation concluding in 1997 found that 3 of the judges were wined and dined by Korean officials, but the IOC still officially stands by the decision.
The Jones-Park incident, along with another highly disputed decision against American Michael Carbajal in the same games, led Olympic organizers to establish a new scoring system for Olympic boxing.
