Fight of the Week #14 Jung Koo Chang Doubleheader

Hilario Zapata vs Jung Koo Chang I

Never watched this before and it is a little ugly! Chang smothering Zapata most of the fight but not landing at a high connect rate...Zapata flicking the jab trying to create attack angles and not give good ones to Chang...not the most aesthetically pleasing fight....I was hoping to see a better showing of Zapatas skill.

I am not confident or comfortable with my card, and found this very difficult to score...perhaps among the most difficult IMO...much more onesided in my card than in reality on the official ones....

1 Chang
2 Chang (Chang 20-18)
3 missing
4 Chang (Chang 30-27)
5 Chang (Chang 40-36)
6 Chang (Chang 50-45)
7 Chang (Chang 60-54)
8 Zapata (Chang 69-64)
9 Zapata (Chang 78-74)
10 Zapata (Chang 87-84)
11 Chang (Chang 97-93)
12 Chang (Chang 107-102)
13 Zapata (Chang 116-112)
14 Zapata (Chang 125-122)
15 Chang (Chang 135-131)

Chang 9-5
Chang 135-131 not sure how Chang didn’t win this fight

 

Most people feel like Chang won this fight clearly, but we have 2 even cards here so maybe that will change? Either way were you aware that Chitalada was deducted a point for the headbutt in rd 6?

 

You might be right? I had it down as 9 as well but thought it was 6 when I looked at boxrec....I need to recheck but heading out for a late dinner

 

I agree that the penalty was harsh on the deduction but it is consistent with WBC rules. We also dealt with this in round 3 of DLH vs Whitaker.

I do think the ref was very partial to Chang. He did end up warning Chang a few times as well but in the early going seemed to be warning Sot a lot more. He did seem very composed throughout all of it for only being in his 5th pro fight.

I don’t see the card quite as close as you and Pat, so I am hoping some more chime in so I don’t feel like I watched the wrong fight lol

 

Guys like flea, tinman, russell, Flo and Rope a dope and Saad are probably better equipped and knowledgeable on Chang and the lighter weights in general. I would say start a thread on the topic but the lighter weights get little love on this forum, it was decent 10 years ago but minuscule today.

I think Chang was a high volume pressure fighter, hence the nickname The Korean Hawk. I do think he has a tendency to maul in a hattonesque way when he struggles to slip a strong jabber, which is why he probably lost Zapata I and Chitalada II even though I personally think he earned the decision in both of them. But his resume to me is solid, and unless you don’t think much of some of the lesser known names (more due to obscurity or weight and being Asian than talent IMO) on it I am not sure how you could come to that conclusion.

Solid pre prime wins over Alfonso Lopez and Ursua who had just ko’d Zapata.

Tough SD loss (I think Chang won so so many) to Zapata and he closed the deal in convincing fashion making short work of Zapata in the rematch. Destroyed Inami and best Tokashiki fairly onesided before stopping him late. If Inami and tokashiki are not recognizable to you they have an awesome fight between the two of them on YouTube (one of my favorite fights I discovered in 2018)

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3-0 vs German Torres although the 2nd fight was close and debatable the other two are pretty clear convincing wins. Something like 15 defenses but I am to lazy to look it up.

Retired at 36-1 with the lone loss a controversial SD to Zapata. The fights you have likely seen are from the 2 win 3 loss stint after returning to boxing for financial reasons over a year later.

Not sure how you can watch 1980’s boxing and not love his body of work or rate him highly.

I have only been delving into the 115 and under divisions since September. I have come away impressed by him, but again I am pretty much a novice in my understanding of the history...but trying to learn. But Chang is top notch with a top notch resume IMO
Just my $0.02

 

The first quote is from my posting in the what fights did you score today sticky. I also thought it was round 9 where the deduction penalty came to play. I changed it on my card for this thread to reflect round 6 as the round the penalty was accrued in.

http://boxrec.com/en/boxer/2129

Boxrec reports it as 6, but maybe the error is theirs and not ours? Either way I changed it to 6 based upon their records. Interesting that there is no mention of a deduction in rd 12 of their 2nd fight and it sure looks to me that Chitalada lost a point in that round.

 

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