Hong Soo-hwan
South Korean boxer
洪秀煥 · 홍수환
- Born
- 26 May 1950, Seoul
- Citizenship
- South Korea
- Sport
- boxing
- Discipline
- super bantamweight, bantamweight
- Occupation
- boxer, film actor
Hong Soo-hwan (Korean: 홍수환, born May 26, 1950) is a South Korean former professional boxer who competed between 1969 and 1980. He is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the World Boxing Association (WBA) and Ring magazine bantamweight titles from 1974 to 1975, and the WBA super-bantamweight title from 1977 to 1978.
Awards and honours
- The Ring magazine Progress of the Year 1974
- The Ring World Bantamweight Champion
- WBA World Bantamweight Champion
- WBA World Super Bantamweight Champion
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q626145 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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