1977 Korean Boxing Archive - What a Fight! Hong Soo-Hwan vs. Hector Carrasquilla

Audio in Korean. English translation of the narration in the works :-)
According to Wikipedia:
In 1977 he captured the vacant WBA super bantamweight title in an exciting 3rd round KO over Hector Carrasquilla (in Panama City). Hong was down 4 times in the 2nd, only to come back in the following round to win.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Boxing
• Korean
• 1977
• WBA
• super bantamweight
• Hong Soo Hwan
• Hector Carrasquilla
• Panama

[bloodykikuta]

hong-soo wan?

[eatmeatitsneat]

Yup

[samus2124]

this is some hajime no ippo shit.

[18seki]

Two things come to my mind: i) the amazing fighting spirit of the Korean boxer Hong; and ii) if this fight had taken place today, the referee would have stopped the fight in the second round probably after the third knockdown.

[notgoingtocomment]

the uppercut at 3:32 ish was BEAUTIFUL...

no but seriously, that was a beast hit

[light3monkey]

I remember watching this fight with my father, who was an amateur boxer himself, as a kids in Korea. Thank you for the trip through my memory lane.

[paksland]

real korean rocky balbo!!!

[TheFunnysamnoob333]

Asian rocky.

[allout1034]

one thing for sure...I think those Korean fighters are some of the toughest fighters in the world especially if they are ever trained by the likes of Angelo Dundee or Manny Steward etc..

[allout1034]

whatever happened to Korean boxer Aung Soon? I think that was his name. He fought Mark Breland in the 84 or 88 olympics, I think...He would've been a great fighter from Korea but never heard anymore from him since that Breland fight as amatuers..

[polychronio]

@fakeperfum suhwan has both physics and mental strength...

[DeEnd]

Fighting harass

[jtanderson82]

And the crowd goes silent! Great fight!