Jae-Doo Yuh (; born April 25, 1948) is a former South korean

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who competed from 1968 to 1978. He held the WBA and ''The Ring'' light-middleweight titles from 1975 to 1976.

Pro career

In 1971, Yuh won the Orient and Pacific Boxing Federation

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title. In 1975, after his successful 15th defense of the OPBF middleweight title, he moved down in weight to

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and challenged

Koichi Wajima Koichi Wajima (輪島功一, born 21 April 1943) is a Japanese former professional boxer who was the undisputed light-middleweight champion. He held the WBA and WBC titles from 1971 and 1974, he regained the titles in January 1975 that includ ...

for the WBA and ''The Ring''

titles in

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. He eventually became the second South Korean light middleweight world champion by knocking out Wajima in the 7th round. He defended the belt once before losing the belt to Wajima via 15th-round KO in a rematch in 1976. Although he had lost the world light middleweight title, Yuh retained the OPBF middleweight belt until his eventual retirement from the ring in 1978, when he vacated the title. He also holds the OPBF record for most successful title defenses, defending the title 21 times over 7 years.

Professional boxing record

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Yuh Jae-doo - CBZ Profile
1948 births Light-middleweight boxers World Boxing Association champions World light-middleweight boxing champions Living people Boxers from Seoul South Korean male boxers 20th-century South Korean sportsmen Long stubs with short prose {{Korea-boxing-bio-stub

Pro career

Professional boxing record

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