Champion () is a 2002 South Korean film directed by Kwak Kyung-taek, about South Korean boxer Duk Koo Kim, portrayed by Yu Oh-seong.

Background

A biopic, Champion details the life of Duk Koo Kim, South Korea's most popular boxer, who, in his rise to international fame, faced the reigning lightweight champion Ray Mancini at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 13, 1982. Kim ultimately lost the match after fourteen rounds, and within minutes, dropped into a coma from which he never recovered. The match changed boxing rules around the world; and affected South Korea especially.

Champion (2002 film)

Cast

Yu Oh-seong - Kim Deuk-gu

Chae Min-seo - Lee Kyeong-mi

Yun Seung-won - Kim, Hyeon-ji

Jung Doo-hong - Lee Sang-bok

Kim Byeong-seo - Park Jong-pal

Ji Dae-han - Hwang Jun-seok

Shin Jung-geun - Kim Yun-gu

Kim Hyun-sook - bus driver

Han Dae-gwan - man with evenly parted hair 3

Matthew Ray Phillips - Ray “Boom-Boom” Mancini

Hoss Mortezaie - Ray "Boom-Boom" Manncini Cornerman

References

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2002 films

2000s biographical films

2000s Korean-language films

South Korean biographical films

Films directed by Kwak Kyung-taek

South Korean boxing films

Biographical action films

2000s South Korean films

Champion (2002 film)