Lee Ok-sung explained

Lee Ok-Sung
Fullname:이옥성
Birth Date:7 February 1981
Birth Place:Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do
Weight:51kg (112lb)

Lee Ok-Sung (born February 7, 1981, in Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea) is a South Korean amateur boxer best known for winning the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships in the men's flyweight division.

Career

Lee is relatively tall for a flyweight (170 cm).At the 2005 World Championships In Mianyang, China, he beat young southpaw Rau'shee Warren to set up his championship final.In the finals he defeated Cuban Andry Laffita who had beaten Somjit Jongjohor (THA) and Jérôme Thomas (FRA). He became the first South Korean amateur boxer to win a gold medal at the World Amateur Boxing Championships since 1986 when Moon Sung-Kil won the gold in Reno, United States.

At the 2006 Asian Games Lee just as surprisingly lost to Yang Bo of China in the quarterfinals, and his winning streak in international competition ended at 28 games.

He did not participated in the national trials for the 2007 World Championships in order to complete his master's degree.

In the first round of the 2008 Olympic Games Lee reached the second round.

Results

2005 World Championships

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align='center'Firstbye
align='center'SecondWinalign='left' Igor Samoilencoalign='left'30-20
align='center'ThirdWinalign='left' Nikoloz Izoriaalign='left'26-17
align='center'QuarterfinalWinalign='left' Anvar Yunusovalign='left'15-9
align='center'SemifinalWinalign='left' Rau'shee Warrenalign='left'16-15
align='center'; bgcolor="gold"FinalWinalign='left' Andry Laffitaalign='left'33-22

2008 Summer Olympics

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align='center'FirstWinalign='left' Rau'shee Warrenalign='left'9-8
align='center'SecondLossalign='left' Walid Cherifalign='left'5-11

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