Choi Siro enters the world's top 15 in 21 months of professional boxing
Choi Siro enters the world's top 15 in 21 months of professional boxing
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It became the world class in 631 days (1 year, 8 months and 22 days) since he started his professional boxing career. It is impressive that he not only won the title in Asia during the period but also rejected strong challenges to win the title.
The competition, hosted by FW1 Promotion (CEO Choi Wan-il) and organized by the Korea Boxing Commission (KBM), was held at Namyangju Sports and Culture Center in Gyeonggi Province on April 19. Choi Si-ro (24), the lightweight (61.2kg) Asian champion of the World Boxing Association, decorated the main event with a TKO victory at 1:29 of the 11th round.
The competition, in which FW1 Choi Si-ro overpowered 11th-ranked Yoshino Shuichiro (34, Japan), the official WBA lightweight ranking, and succeeded in defending the first title in the 3 minute×12 round Asian championship match, was broadcast live on SBS Sports.
Hwang Hyun-chul, CEO of KBM, one of Korea's boxing experts, including SBS Sports and tvN SPORTS commentators, said, "Choi Si-ro will win over Shuichiro Yoshino to keep his position as the Asian champion and enter the WBA World Ranking (TOP15), which is scheduled to be updated on May 2 in Korea time."
Choi Wan-il, head of FW1 Promotion, scouted Shirochbek Ismailov, who has been a member of Uzbekistan's national team since 2019. When he was an amateur, he beat 57-kilogram silver medalist Kahramonjon Pozilov of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Since his debut as a professional golfer in July 2023, he has won 10 consecutive games and seven KOs.
Shuichiro Yoshino became the World Boxing Organization (WBO) Asia-Pacific and Eastern Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) unified champion in October 2019 and played the World Boxing Council (WBC) title challenger match in April 2023.
U.S. Olympic gold medalist Shakur Stephenson (28) was crowned WBC lightweight world champion in November 2023 with his victory over Shuichiro Yoshino. The only defeat was to current world champion Stephenson, but it was to Choi Siro.
Choi lost to Yoshino Shuichiro in the 10th round. The referee stopped the match, judging that Yoshino could no longer play in the 11th round, and declared Choi's TKO victory. 스포츠토토
The WBA lightweight Asian champion competition took place on April 18 at the Cheongpyeong Family Hotel in Gapyeong County, Gyeonggi Province. Choi, who earned the 61.05kg title, said in an interview with MK Sports that he is training with a goal of "Jerbonta Davis, 31, of the U.S."
Jervonta Davis is undefeated in 31 matches since her debut with 30 wins and one draw in professional boxing. ▲2017 IBF super featherweight (59 kg) champion ▲ After winning the WBA super featherweight championship in 2018, ▲ She has been at the top of the WBA lightweight division since 2019.
"Of course, I know that I still lack the skills to compete with Jervonta Davis," Choi said. "I will soon reach Davis' level and fight to win the game." Choi's confidence is beyond description just because he is in his mid-20s.
"The first and second races were the toughest professional victories. I felt especially in my first fights. As I continued my hard work and immunity training in FW1 for true power, I became physically very strong and my boxing skills improved significantly." - WBA Asia Champion and World Ranker Choi Shi-ro -