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Joe Boxer
Joined: 25 Dec 2007
Location: Bundang, South Korea
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 Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 6:55 pm Post subject: Foreign Boxers in Korea |
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I've been a pro boxer here in Korea for a couple of years, and I've had more difficulties with red tape as a fighter than I EVER had as an ESL teacher.
Now that I've "learned the ropes", so to speak, I'd like to offer advice and guidance to any former amateur boxers that may be considering turning pro, here in Korea.
If you're interested in getting a pro fight, or just getting licensed as a pro fighter, please msg me. |
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Mix1
Joined: 08 May 2007
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| Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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I don't box much, but your story sounds interesting. Care to share any interesting stories?
Also, how would you rate Koreans as boxers overall? Just curious. |
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GoldMember
Joined: 24 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 7:52 pm Post subject: |
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Hey Joe (isn't that a song?)
Just wondering, how many times have you been punched in the Ring?  |
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Rockmonanoff
Joined: 27 Dec 2007
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| Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Watch out .. they are some serious boxers here.. see the guy who is in a coma after his fight last week.. they mean business! |
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Joe Boxer
Joined: 25 Dec 2007
Location: Bundang, South Korea
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| Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 12:25 am Post subject: |
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| Mix1 wrote: |
I don't box much, but your story sounds interesting. Care to share any interesting stories?
Also, how would you rate Koreans as boxers overall? Just curious. |
Lots of interesting stories! These last few years have been pretty cool for me. Fought live on MBC three times, and after one of the wins, I proposed to my wife (on live TV!). I've also had a couple of little documentaries done on me ("foreigner fighting in Korea"-type stuff).
I'm 5-0 now, but a couple of injuries have kept me out of the ring for awhile. While I'm recuperating, I'm looking to help any other foreigners that may be thinking of turning pro.
If you have amateur experience, and would like to get licensed as a pro, please feel free to contact me.
Apparently on this site there's a 25-post minimum for people to send and receive pm's? Until then, please post on this thread or pm me.
Thank you!
Joe Boxer
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Landros
Joined: 19 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 12:28 am Post subject: pms |
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| people can pm you. just you can't initiate pming. |
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Joe Boxer
Joined: 25 Dec 2007
Location: Bundang, South Korea
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| Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 12:29 am Post subject: Re: pms |
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| Landros wrote: |
| people can pm you. just you can't initiate pming. |
Oh! Thanks! |
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Joe Boxer
Joined: 25 Dec 2007
Location: Bundang, South Korea
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| Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 12:36 am Post subject: |
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| Rockmonanoff wrote: |
| Watch out .. they are some serious boxers here.. see the guy who is in a coma after his fight last week.. they mean business! |
That would be Choi Yo-sam. I met him last summer at a fight card. A great guy. It's a real tragedy... |
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bejarano-korea
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 1:00 am Post subject: |
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Excellent stuff... what weight division are you at? I'm assuming you are fighting at a heavier weight than most Koreans would fight at, is the red tape due to stringent medicals or not being able to get matches with local opposition? (due to any weight disparity)
(Edit: Just read your website! Cheers!)
I was a so-soish amateur heavyweight/super heavyweight (after a pie binge usually ) I have thought about the idea of turning pro with Stacy Goodson in the US and he said he would sponsor me while I was in the states but I need a short sight correction on both eyes for it to go anywhere. (more than likely to the canvas )
Are the purses good? Are you eligible for Korean/OPBF title fights?
Anyway, good to hear about your career, let us know the next time you are on the telly - do you box on the MBC-ESPN broadcasted cards? |
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Joe Boxer
Joined: 25 Dec 2007
Location: Bundang, South Korea
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| Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 1:39 am Post subject: |
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| bejarano-korea wrote: |
| Excellent stuff... what weight division are you at? I'm assuming you are fighting at a heavier weight than most Koreans would fight at, is the red tape due to stringent medicals or not being able to get matches with local opposition? |
I fight at middleweight, and there's plenty of guys at that division. The red tape I mentioned? Hassles/hurdles with the licensing, and the contracts as well - both written and implied. It's all the more confusing being that everything is in another language.
| bejarano-korea wrote: |
I was a so-soish amateur heavyweight/super heavyweight (after a pie binge usually ) I have thought about the idea of turning pro with Stacy Goodson in the US and he said he would sponsor me while I was in the states but I need a short sight correction on both eyes for it to go anywhere. (more than likely to the canvas )
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Be careful. Do you know Stacy well? I don't know him personally, only by his reputation.
Have you thought about starting your career here? There are a couple of active heavyweights in Korea, but as you could imagine, they are very inexperienced (it's hard for them to get fights).
Even if you aren't going to fight here, you may want to get licensed, just to keep the door open (and perhaps be more marketable when you return home).
| bejarano-korea wrote: |
| Anyway, good to hear about your career, let us know the next time you are on the telly - do you box on the MBC-ESPN broadcasted cards? |
Thanks!
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Saram
Joined: 11 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 1:50 am Post subject: |
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| Really cool action shots in your photo gallery. |
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bejarano-korea
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 1:54 am Post subject: |
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Cheers Joe, sent you an email!  |
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Joe Boxer
Joined: 25 Dec 2007
Location: Bundang, South Korea
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| Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 1:55 am Post subject: |
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| Saram wrote: |
| Really cool action shots in your photo gallery. |
Thanks! There's this one really good photographer that works all the shows. |
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JamesFord
Joined: 14 Jun 2007
Location: my personal playground
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| Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 3:20 am Post subject: |
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| For some reason I doubt if you were a teacher in Canada it would be appropriate to put up a video and sing a song where you say the word Motherf*&^* several times. But here in Korea, anything goes. |
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Return Jones
Joined: 06 Feb 2004
Location: I will see you in far-off places
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| Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 7:38 am Post subject: |
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| Joe, Good to see you're still in Korea. We bumped into each other in COEX a few years ago. We were only loosely acquainted back at SMU in 92-96, but it was still good to see a familiar face from home. It also turned out we had a few friends in common from the Suncheon gang in the 2001-2002 days, too. Might see you someday out and about in Bundang. Keep up the good work! |
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