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Kim Duk-koo (Korean: 김득구; born Lee Deok-gu, 이덕구; July 29, 1955 – November 18, 1982) was a South Korean boxer who died after fighting in a world championship boxing match against Ray Mancini. His death sparked reforms aimed at better protecting the health of boxers, including reducing the number of rounds in championship bouts from ...
Sun Kil Moon's 2003 album Ghosts of the Great Highway includes the track "Duk Koo Kim" which references the fight between Mancini and Kim. In 2013, a documentary about Mancini was released called The Good Son: The Life of Ray Boom Boom Mancini. In 2015, Mancini spoke to Retro Report about the repercussions of his fight with Duk Koo Kim, "Blood ...
Later, he was the referee in Ray Mancini's first-round knockout of Arturo Frias, a win that gave Mancini the WBA lightweight championship. On November 13, 1982, Green was assigned to work Mancini's second defense of that title, a match against Korean contender Duk-Koo Kim that was televised across the nation by CBS. The fight ended when Green ...
A biopic, Champion details the life of Duk Koo Kim, South Korea's most popular boxer, who, in his rise to international fame, faced the reigning lightweight champion Ray Mancini at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 13, 1982. Kim ultimately lost the match after fourteen rounds, and within minutes, dropped into a coma from which he ...
Kim Duk-koo: Ray Mancini: Kim died four days after the fight, as a result of a subdural hematoma, which filled his skull with 100 cubic centimetres of blood. As a result of this, world championship fights were limited to 12 rounds and increased testing required in Nevada. [1] [39] 1 Sep 1983: Francisco Bejines: Alberto Dávila
Often, the series is used in retrospect following the death of a notable sports figure or a significant anniversary of a major event that changed the face of sports. In 2007, it was used on the 25th anniversary of the Duk Koo Kim vs Ray Mancini fight in 1982 that resulted in Kim's death, and included the airing of the Korean film Champion.
Mark and his siblings grew up in Dorchester, a neighborhood in Boston. Their mother Alma Wahlberg worked as a bank clerk and nurse’s aide while they were kids, and their father Donald Wahlberg ...
Duk Koo Kim was a Korean boxer who died after a nationally televised bout with Ray Mancini on November 13, 1982. Mancini is from Youngstown, Ohio, which is very close to Kozelek's hometown of Massillon. The triumph of the local hero soon turned into a tragedy that included the suicide deaths of both Kim's mother and the bout's referee, Richard ...