Joko Arter (1955-2007) was a professional boxer from

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. In his only recorded professional boxing fight, he fought

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, losing by second-round knockout.

Professional boxing career

Joko Arter was a member of a boxing family that included his brothers Tejo, Jon Lee, Kid Manguni and Dobrax Arter. In 1983, the

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was founded in the United States. In order to fill boxing weight divisions with some IBF recognized world champions, the fledging group recognized some established world champions from the WBA and WBC, like

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and

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as also being IBF world champions from the group's start, but it also sanctioned fights as being for their vacant world titles. In one instance, Filipino

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made his professional debut by fighting

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for their world Bantamweight title. On March 3, 1984, Arter became the second Indonesian ever to fight for a professional boxing world championship after

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four years before, when he faced Keun Oh for the IBF's vacant world Featherweight championship. Oh had a record of 12 wins and 2 losses coming into this fight. The two boxers traded punches at

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, with Oh winning the world championship by second-round knockout. Arter never again fought as a professional. He did remain in

, electing to live out the rest of his life in the country, which he adopted as a second home. Arter had a record of 0 wins and 1 loss in only 1 professional boxing contest.

Death

Arter apparently died in 2007.

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Professional boxing career

Death

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