Young-Gil Bae: Boxing Career and Notable Fights
South Korean boxer Young-Gil Bae faced two prominent super-flyweights, Rex Tso and Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, during the 2010s.
Two demanding tests
On May 14, 2016, Bae challenged Hong Kong’s Rex Tso in a 12-round bout in Hong Kong. BoxRec records a fourth-round technical knockout for Tso. Two years later, Bae met Thailand’s Srisaket Sor Rungvisai in a 10-round contest; the record lists a first-round technical knockout for the reigning WBC super-flyweight champion.
Those overseas matchups formed part of a career that included appearances in South Korea, Thailand and Hong Kong. Bae’s opposition spanned regional contenders and world champions, with bouts taking place across more than one weight division.
The Wanheng Title Challenge
Before facing Tso and Srisaket, Bae challenged Wanheng Menayothin for the WBC minimumweight championship in Chonburi, Thailand, on November 24, 2015. Wanheng retained the title with a ninth-round stoppage. That contest was at 105 pounds, making it a different assignment from Bae’s later matches against super-flyweight opposition.
Bae returned to winning form in February 2016 by outpointing Ricky Seniego in Bangkok before the May meeting with Tso. His record also lists a February 2017 stoppage victory over Wanchai Nianghansa in Gimhae, South Korea. These results show the activity between his better-known international defeats.
He continued boxing after the July 2018 loss to Srisaket, defeating Jirapat Jorajan by knockout in August and Saming Chopchai by decision in September, both in Bangkok. Including those appearances gives a fuller picture of Bae’s career: the prominent losses were demanding tests within a longer record of competition, rather than the entirety of his professional story.
Title-bout reference: Asian Boxing’s Wanheng–Bae report.
Selected career results
The Srisaket contest took place at Workpoint Studio in Bang Phun, Thailand, on July 21, 2018. It was a scheduled ten-round non-title bout, ending at 2:50 of the first round. Srisaket held the WBC super-flyweight championship then, but his belt was not at stake against Bae.
Sources
- Boxerlist: Young-Gil Bae fight record
- BoxRec: Rex Tso
- BoxRec: Srisaket Sor Rungvisai
Sources: https://www.boxingscene.com/articles/srisaket-sor-rungvisai-crushes-young-gil-bae-one-results; https://www.worldboxingnews.com/srisaket-sor-rungvisai-wins-non-title-bout-in-2-mins-50-secs-moves-on-to-tougher-october-test/
