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June 27th 1977-Seoul, South Korea Soo Hwan Hong (37-4-3, 13) vs Dong Kyun Yum (50-3-6, 21) I In the summer of 1977 fight fans in Seoul saw the first of two meetings between Korean fighters Soo Hwan Hong [홍수환] and Dong Kyun Yum [염동균].
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July 19th 1977-Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan Dong Kyun Yum (50-4-6, 21) vs Shuzo Yoshida (23-10-2, 12) II In the summer of 1977 Korean fighter Dong Kyun Yum [염동균], a former WBC Super Bantamweight champion, travelled to Japan to take on local fighter Shuzo Yoshida, who he had previously beaten. On paper this was a mismatch, but no one had told the local fighter. November 1976-Changchung Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea Royal Kobayashi (21-2, 18) vs Dong Kyun Yum (46-2-6, 20) In 1976 Royal Kobayashi [ロイヤル小林], the then WBC Super Bantamweight champion travelled over to Korea to make his first defense, taking on local veteran Dong Kyun Yum [염동균]. Sadly this is a very incomplete version of the fight, with only a round of footage, but given the quality and rareness of the bout we felt it was worthy of inclusion. May 21st 1977- Coliseo Roberto Clemente, San Juan, Puerto Rico Dong Kyun Yum (50-2-6, 21) Vs Wilfredo Gomez (15-0-1, 15) In the 1970's Dong Kyun Yum [염동균] claimed the WBC Super Bantamweight title and in his second defense he traveled to Puerto Rico where he took on the monstrously hard hitting Wilfredo Gomez. |
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