Park Si-hun
Personal information
Full namePark Si-hun
Born (1965-12-16) December 16, 1965
Haman County, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea
Sport
Country South Korea
EventMen’s boxing
Medal record
Men’s boxing
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul Light Middleweight
Asian Amateur Championships
Gold medal – first place 1985 Bangkok Light Middleweight
Gold medal – first place 1987 Kuwait Light Middleweight

Park Si-hun (Korean: 박시헌; born December 16, 1965) is a retired South Korean amateur boxer. He won a gold medal in the men's light middleweight category at the 1988 Summer Olympics, being awarded victory over Roy Jones Jr. of the United States.

Career

Park's first major success came in 1985 when he won the light middleweight gold at the Boxing World Cup, defeating 1985 European Champion Michael Timm and 1984 US national champion Kevin Bryant.

Park competed for South Korea at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. In Park's quarterfinal bout against Vincenzo Nardiello of Italy, Nardiello easily won the first two rounds, but because Park won the third round by a large margin, he was given the fight. Nardiello then had to be dragged out of the ring, shouting at the judges.[1]

In the finals for the men's light middleweight, Park fought American boxer Roy Jones Jr. Park was named the winner of the bout following a 3–2 decision by the judges. Later scoring indicated that Jones had landed 86 punches to Park's 32.[2] Jones has said that Park apologized to him afterward.[2] Several journalists made sworn statements that judge Hiouad Larbi of Morocco said after the match that he acknowledged that Jones had won easily, but chose to rule in favor of Park in order to placate the South Korean spectators.[3][4] Two of the three judges voting for Park were eventually banned from the sport for life.[2]

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.[2]

Coaching career

After the 1988 Olympics, Park retired from boxing without turning professional. He earned a bachelor's degree in physical education at Kyungnam University and served as a high school physical education teacher in Jinhae, Gyeongsangnam-do until 2001, when he was named an assistant coach of the South Korea national amateur boxing team. He was also named an assistant coach at Pohang Poseidons. Later, he became a head coach of the South Korea Olympic team.

In 2008, Park participated in the inaugural World Youth Amateur Boxing Championships as the coach of Team Korea. He is the coach of the reserve team of the South Korea national boxing team.

Results

1985 Boxing World Cup
Event Round Result Opponent Score
Light Middleweight Quarterfinal Win Puerto Rico Freddy Sanchez RSC 2
Semifinal Win East Germany Michael Timm 5-0
Final Win United States Kevin Bryant 4-1
1988 Summer Olympics
Event Round Result Opponent Score
Light Middleweight First bye
Second Win Sudan Abdullah Ramadan RSC 2
Third Win East Germany Torsten Schmitz 5-0
Quarterfinal Win Italy Vincenzo Nardiello 3-2
Semifinal Win Canada Ray Downey 5-0
Final Win United States Roy Jones Jr. 3-2

References

  1. ↑ Wallechinsky, David; Jaime Loucky (2008). The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. Aurum Press. pp. 466–467. ISBN 978-1-84513-3306.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Vecsey, George (26 September 1997). "Sports of The Times; Nice Gesture Substitutes For Justice". Retrieved 5 May 2017 – via NYTimes.com.
  3. ↑ ABRAHAMSON, ALAN (9 February 2002). "The Justice Department". Retrieved 5 May 2017 – via LA Times.
  4. ↑ Anderson, Dave (22 March 1989). "SPORTS OF THE TIMES; Roy Jones Jr. Still Fighting For the Gold". Retrieved 5 May 2017 – via NYTimes.com.
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