Anyone got any cool insight on this guy? He looks very interesting. Here was my notes, take and some of the footage I could find: Champ in the early 90s, made 8 defences of the WBA FW belt. South Korean, typical style from there. Two best wins are an aging Antonio Esparragoz - 7 title defences, drew with Villasana, beat Cruz - and Eloy Rojas, who beat Park twice, along Samart, Mendoza and Asakawa, while making 5 title defences in the process. Can't really find anything else notable on Park's résumé. My immediate view of his style is like a Sung-Kil Moon/Gene Fullmer hybrid. Very scrappy, very strong, very tough. Stupidly-high workrate with little time for subtlety. He didn't have a punch like Moon did, though. He also was really good at smothering his opponents, pinning arms, using elbows to pry guards open and constantly keeping his head on their chest. It's mostly based off strength and relentlessness rather than technique, though. He is massively open to uppercuts. He didn't exactly shy away from dirty tactics either. I liked the Esparragoza fight. Sure, Antonio was getting on and would retire afterwards, but he gave a good showing, and their combined workrates and how the styles jelled made for a fun action fight. The first Rojas fight is a war, and I'll try and post my thoughts on the third fight when I get round to watching it. I can't load the link, but Asianboxing has quite a bit on him. Rojas III This content is protected Esparragoza This content is protected Rojas I This content is protected
Yeah, I always been high on Park and I've mentioned him on here several times but no one seemed interested. Definitely a lot like Moon, as you said, without the big power. The Esparragoza he beat was far removed from the Esparragoza who dismantled Stevie Cruz, but it was nonetheless an impressive performance by Park.
I also think the Park fight highlights why Esparragoza probably comes undone under the pressure of a Nelson or Fenech. Esparragoza wasn't built in the mold of an Arguello or Sanchez - guys who thrived on picking apart pressure fighters. He seemed far more vulnerable to it.
Completely agree. He often found his back to the ropes, Nelson and Fenech would've really capitalised on that.
I've never seen his fights... Just because I didn't think he was one of top ten/twelve koreans of all time. Look at Kang Il Suh, Yong Kang Kim, Yul Woo Lee, Sung Jun Kim, Tae Shik Kim, (in addition to popular Hee Park, Myoung Woo, Chang, Moon and Hwan Hong). Many of them are underrated even more. Though, I'll take a look at Kyun Park someday
The Esparragoza and the first Rojas fights are great. I'm actually about to go and watch the third Rojas fight.
Can I speak to you in messages for a little while? I'd like to ask about the names you mentioned before. If it's not too much trouble, of course.
