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Lee Ok-sung

South Korean boxer (born 1981)

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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.

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.

Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lee Ok-sung". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.

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