※ This video was broadcast in 2008 and may differ from the current situation. “The Story of Korean Professional Boxing - Miracle, and After” This is a story about Korean professional boxing, which had a glorious era but is now imprisoned in the prison of the hungry sport of memories. And perhaps this is not just a story about professional boxing. ■ There was professional boxing in Korea The greatest martial arts in Korean history that made men’s hearts race. Hong Soo-hwan, Yoo Je-doo, Kim Tae-sik, Kim Deuk-goo, Jang Jeong-goo, Park Jong-pal, Yoo Myung-woo… There were short, muscular men in a corner of our modern history. Their title at the time was world champion. In the miraculous era when boxers who had just shed their boyish looks were conquering the world, the image of a boxer standing naked in the ring, alone, with both fists clenched, was ‘our own image, coming to Seoul empty-handed and struggling in the ring called the world,’ and so the entire nation could not help but be excited. ■ A Microcosm of Modern History, the Dramatic Rise and Fall of Korean Professional Boxing In the 70s, boxers who rose to world champions with the “can do” spirit were the same as the image of Korean society, which was a symbol of industrialization and was chasing advanced countries and revealing its presence on the world stage. And now, professional boxing, which failed to protect the era of miracles and disappeared from the public eye, may be a microcosm of Korean society. ■ Professional boxing trapped in the prison of “hungry sports” of memories Earlier this year, a boxer named Choi Yo-sam collapsed in the ring and passed away. What did we want to see in his death? Why did we want to see only the portrait of a fallen loser rather than the joy of accomplishment that a human being can finally win in boxing? Did professional boxing really fall because the world became more livable and the hungry spirit disappeared? ■ Will their and our comebacks take place? The story of boxing, “an innocent fantasy for those who have fallen and are struggling to get back up” Why are we waiting for the real comeback of professional boxing, a sport of persistence and will? What is the real reason for wanting to preserve memories of an era when we found ourselves in boxing? That is why we have been waiting for the real revival of professional boxing, a tough sport that made our hearts flutter, for nearly 20 years. ■ Meet the heroes who made our hearts beat again The story of Kim Tae-sik, a man who fired 300 consecutive shots whose life story strangely coincides with that of a Korean boxer Kim Tae-sik, who opened the golden age of Korean boxing but left the boxing world after brain surgery and ran a pig rind restaurant, is back. The story of a young Korean boxer we met in the United States, the land of his painful record of 26 losses in 26 matches Young people pursuing their dream of 'becoming the first Korean to win in Las Vegas' Koichi Wajima, the legendary Japanese boxing hero famous for his frog punch What is the best match chosen by the old champion we met for the first time in 30 years? And... Korea's best boxing star, Hong Soo-hwan, who has won 4 matches and 5 wins, knocks down the Japanese hero in enemy territory, Yoo Je-du, a former pickpocket, unfortunate world champion, Kim Seong-jun, a genius boxer who achieved 15 defenses, Jang Jeong-gu, Seoul Olympic gold medalist, lighter doll, Kim Gwang-seon #professional boxing #Olympics