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Misc Info: October 21, 2005 -
North Korea
Kwang Ok Kim won by UD10 over
Jazmin Rivas; and
Myung Ok Ryu won by UD10 over
Alicia Ashley. Both bouts were for WBC
belts.
June 29, 2005 - Ryugyong Jong Ju
Yong Gymnasium in Pyongyang, the Democratic People's Republic of
Korea
North Korean Myung Ok Ryu KO'd
Elizabeth Sánchez
50 seconds in the first round. They were fighting for the World
boxing Council super flyweight title. In a second women's
match Yvonne Caples lost on points to the Korean
Eun Soon Choi of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (unanimous decision) for the WBCF junior flyweight title.
also Shiro Morimoto of Japan won on points against
Kwang
Ok Kim of Korea for the bantamweight title.
Also, flyweights
Han Yon Sun
won an eight-round bout by points over
Cho Rong Soon.
(According to local news sources, prior to the championship series,
Han Yon Sun of the DPRK defeated Han Min Ju of
South Korea to win the qualification for the championship series of
the WBCF at the light fly (48.98kg) category. The two had
fought eight rounds in that eliminator).
Full
Story by Ewan Whyte
March 30, 2005 - Shenyang,
China
Report by www.IFBA.com
A standing room only crowd at the Sunrise International Ballroom in
Shenyang, along with viewers at home on KBS TV, witnessed the first
Women's Championship Tripleheader in China with mixed emotions. In
the first fight of the night, IFBA Flyweight Champion
Maribel
Zurita, 110, lost her title, when Referee Byungk Kim of South Korea,
stopped the bout in the eighth round due to a head-butt. Seeking advice
from the ringside physician, Referee Lee, quickly signaled the end of
the bout when a cut in the corner of the eye by South Korean challenger
Shin Hee Choi could not be stopped. Going to the scorecards for
the decision, Choi was named the new IFBA Flyweight Champion after South
Korean Judge Kwang Woo Kim scored the bout 68-65 Choi, South Korean
Judge Jaebung Kim scored it 68-65 Choi and American Judge Bruce Anderson
scored it 70-64 for Zurita. While many of the fans cheered decision,
many more in attendance questioned the quick stoppage and judging.
Immediately after the bout, Maribel Zurita's manager and trainer Tony
Ayala Sr. filed a protest with the IFBA to review the stoppage, and what
appeared to be an illegal use of a groin protector by Choi. The IFBA has
taken the matter under consideration and will issue a statement after it
has reviewed the tape of the fight. Until a ruling is made on the
protest, the decision in the ring will stand, and Shin Hee Choi has been
crowned the new IFBA Flyweight Champion of the World. The
second fight of the night found IFBA Jr. Bantamweight Champion
Mariana Juarez, 115, yielding her title to North Korea's
Myongok Ryu
by TKO in the 10th. The hard charging Ryu waged war with Juarez for over
10 exciting rounds. Both fighters used effective jabs and body shots to
set up hard right hands to the head throughout the fight. Ryu closed the
right eye of Juarez in the seventh round and kept the pressure up until
the referee stopped the fight with 30 seconds left in the 10th round as
Ryu battered Juarez against the ropes. Myongok Ryu becomes the new IFBA
Jr. Bantamweight Champion and is the second fighter from North Korea to
carry home the IFBA belt. Rounding out the card for the third and final
bout of the night, was IFBA Bantamweight Champion
Kwang Ok Kim,
117 1/2,
against Japan's Maki Koyakashiro. Scoring a unanimous decision
over 10 rounds, North Korea's Kim showed a steady command of the ring
throughout and beat Koyakashiro handily on all three cards. Also,
Eun Soon Choi won by an eight-round decision over
Nanaka Kikuchi. |
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