Ki Soo Kim

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This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.

Ki Soo Kim
Hangul 김기수 Revised Romanization Kim Ki-Soo

Ki Soo Kim (born 1939-09-17 in Buk Chong, Korea, died 1997-06-10) was a Korean southpaw boxer at middleweight. He is a South Korea's first world boxing champion.

Contents 1 Amateur career 2 Professional career 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Amateur career

• Represent South Korea as a Welterweight at the 1960 Rome Olympic Games. Results were:
  • Defeated Henry Perry (Ireland) points
  • Lost to Nino Benvenuti (Italy) points

[edit] Professional career

Kim turned pro in 1961 and captured the World, WBC, and WBA light middleweight title when he upset Nino Benvenuti by split decision in 1966. He defended the belt once before losing it to Sandro Mazzinghi in 1968 by split decision. He retired the following year.

Preceded by Nino Benvenuti

World Light Middleweight Champion 25 Jun 1966– 26 May 1968

Succeeded by Sandro Mazzinghi

[edit] See also

• List of male boxers
• List of people of Korean descent

[edit] External links

• Professional boxing record for Ki Soo Kim from Boxrec