Huh Yong-Mo is a retired South Korean

Korean people

The Korean people are an ethnic group originating in the Korean peninsula and Manchuria. Koreans are one of the most ethnically and linguistically homogeneous groups in the world.-Names:...

 amateur boxer

Amateur boxing

Amateur boxing is practised at the collegiate level, at the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games, and in many other venues sponsored by amateur boxing associations. Amateur boxing bouts are short in duration and fighters wear head protection, so this type of competition prizes point-scoring rather...

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Career

He won a Light Flyweight bronze medal

1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships

The Men's 1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Munich, West Germany from May 4 to 15. The third edition of this competition, held two years before the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing AIBA.- Medal winners...

 at the 1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships

1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships

The Men's 1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Munich, West Germany from May 4 to 15. The third edition of this competition, held two years before the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing AIBA.- Medal winners...

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Huh captured a Flyweight

Flyweight

Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing less than 112 lb but above 108 lb .-Professional boxing:...

 silver medal in the 1983 Boxing World Cup

Boxing World Cup

Boxing World Cup is an international boxing event which features boxers competing in different weight divisions, organized by the International Boxing Association.- History :...

 in Rome, Italy, beating Australian boxing legend Jeff Fenech

Jeff Fenech

Jeff Fenech is a retired Australian boxer and a three-time world champion who is now a boxing trainer.-Boxing career:...

 by unanimous decision in the semifinals.

Next year, Huh participated in the 1984 Summer Olympics

1984 Summer Olympics

The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...

. However, he, in a major upset, lost to Eyüp Can

Eyüp Can (boxer)

Eyüp Can is a retired Turkish boxer. He won a Flyweight Bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics, losing in the semi final to eventual gold medalist Steve McCrory...

 of Turkey by split decision in the quarterfinals.

Huh is currently serving as a junior high school teacher in Yeosu

Yeosu

Yeosu is a city in South Jeolla Province, South Korea. Old Yeosu City, which was founded in 1949, Yeocheon City, founded in 1986, and Yeocheon County were merged into a new city in 1998....

, Jeollanam-do

Jeollanam-do

Jeollanam-do is a province in the southwest of South Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the southern half of the former Jeolla province, remained a province of Korea until the country's division in 1945, then became part of South Korea...

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Results

1981 Boxing World Cup
Event	Round	Result	Opponent	Score
Light Flyweight Light flyweight - Professional boxing :The weight limit at light flyweight in professional boxing is 108 pounds . When New York legalized boxing in 1920, the law stipulated a "junior flyweight" class, with a weight limit of 99 pounds. When the National Boxing Association was formed in 1921, it also recognized this...	Quarterfinal	bye
	Semifinal	Win	Gil Jamile	5-0
Final	Loss	Ismail Mustafov	0-5

1982 World Championships
Event	Round	Result	Opponent	Score
Light Flyweight Light flyweight - Professional boxing :The weight limit at light flyweight in professional boxing is 108 pounds . When New York legalized boxing in 1920, the law stipulated a "junior flyweight" class, with a weight limit of 99 pounds. When the National Boxing Association was formed in 1921, it also recognized this...	First	bye
	Second	Win	Sandu Petrescu	5-0
Quarterfinal	Win	Ibrahim Bilali Ibrahim Bilali Ibrahim Bilali is a retired flyweight boxer from Kenya, who won the bronze medal in the flyweight division at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California...	4-1
Semifinal	Loss	Ismail Mustafov	1-4

1983 Boxing World Cup
Event	Round	Result	Opponent	Score
Flyweight Flyweight Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing less than 112 lb but above 108 lb .-Professional boxing:...	Quarterfinal	Win	Ibrahim Bilali Ibrahim Bilali Ibrahim Bilali is a retired flyweight boxer from Kenya, who won the bronze medal in the flyweight division at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California...	RSC 1
	Semifinal	Win	Jeff Fenech Jeff Fenech Jeff Fenech is a retired Australian boxer and a three-time world champion who is now a boxing trainer.-Boxing career:...	5-0
Final	Loss	Pedro Orlando Reyes	1-4

1984 Summer Olympics
Event	Round	Result	Opponent	Score
Flyweight Flyweight Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing less than 112 lb but above 108 lb .-Professional boxing:...	First	Win	Fayek Gobran	RSC 1
	Second	Win	Efreen Tabanas	4-1
Quarterfinal	Loss	Eyüp Can Eyüp Can (boxer) Eyüp Can is a retired Turkish boxer. He won a Flyweight Bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics, losing in the semi final to eventual gold medalist Steve McCrory...	1-4

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