Kim Chul-Ho (

Hangul The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The le ...

: 김철호,

Hanja Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom. (, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, ...

: 金喆鎬) (born March 3, 1961 in

Osan Osan () is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, approximately south of Seoul. The population of the city is around 200,000. The local economy is supported by a mix of agricultural and industrial enterprises. It is famous for one of the lar ...

, Gyeonggi-do,

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...

) is a former boxer from

. In 1981, Kim became the WBC Super Flyweight champion with a 9-round KO win over

Rafael Orono Jesus Rafael Orono (born August 30, 1958) is a former super flyweight boxing champion from Venezuela. Amateur career Born in Patono, Sucre, Orono began as an amateur and compiled a record of 49 wins and 8 losses.Mike DeLisa of www.cyberboxingzon ...

in San Cristóbal,

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

. He defended the belt five times, including a win over future multiple time world champion Jiro Watanabe, before losing it back to Rafael Orono in 1982.

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