Boxer Jum-Hwan Choi: South Korea’s Two-Weight World Champion
South Korean boxer Jum-Hwan Choi, also listed as Choi Jum-hwan, won world titles at light-flyweight and minimumweight. He boxed professionally from 1983 to 1990 and finished with a 20–3 record, according to the Cyber Boxing Zone record.
Boxing career and major results
Choi won the vacant IBF light-flyweight title in December 1986 with a decision over Park Cho-woon. He made three successful defenses, including a split-decision win over Tacy Macalos in their first meeting. Macalos won their rematch in November 1988, taking the IBF belt by decision.
Choi then moved down to minimumweight. In November 1989 he stopped WBC champion Napa Kiatwanchai in the 12th round to claim the WBC title. His reign ended in his first defense: Hideyuki Ohashi knocked him out in the ninth round in February 1990. Choi retired after the loss.
Those results made Choi a two-division world champion. His title record consists of three defenses at light-flyweight and no successful defense at minimumweight.
Sources
Sources: BoxRec’s Jum Hwan Choi profile and title lineage; BoxRec’s IBF light-flyweight title history; BoxRec’s WBC minimumweight title history; BoxRec’s Hideyuki Ohashi bout record; Cyber Boxing Zone’s Choi profile.
Career records and reporting: boxrec.com.
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Boxing, Boxing History
