Heo Yong-mo

In this Korean name, the family name is Heo.

Heo Yong-Mo (April 21, 1965 – March 9, 2019) was a South Korean amateur boxer.

Heo Yong-mo

Medal record
Representing South Korea
Men's Boxing
World Amateur Championships
	1982 Munich	Light Flyweight
Asian Games
	1982 New Delhi	Light Flyweight
Asian Amateur Championships
	1982 Seoul	Light Flyweight
	1987 Kuwait	Bantamweight

Career

He won a Light Flyweight bronze medal at the 1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships.

Heo captured a Flyweight silver medal in the 1983 Boxing World Cup in Rome, Italy, beating Australian boxing legend Jeff Fenech by unanimous decision in the semifinals.

Next year, Heo participated in the 1984 Summer Olympics. However, he, in a major upset, lost to Eyüp Can of Turkey by split decision in the quarterfinals.

Heo served as a middle school teacher in Yeosu, Jeollanam-do.

Results

1981 Boxing World Cup
Event	Round	Result	Opponent	Score
Light Flyweight	Quarterfinal	bye
	Semifinal	Win	Gil Jamile	5–0
	Final	Loss	Ismail Mustafov	0–5

1982 World Championships
Event	Round	Result	Opponent	Score
Light Flyweight	First	bye
	Second	Win	Sandu Petrescu	5–0
	Quarterfinal	Win	Ibrahim Bilali	4–1
	Semifinal	Loss	Ismail Mustafov	1–4

1983 Boxing World Cup
Event	Round	Result	Opponent	Score
Flyweight	Quarterfinal	Win	Ibrahim Bilali	RSC 1
	Semifinal	Win	Jeff Fenech	5–0
	Final	Loss	Pedro Orlando Reyes	1–4

1984 Summer Olympics
Event	Round	Result	Opponent	Score
Flyweight	First	Win	Fayek Gobran	RSC 1
	Second	Win	Efreen Tabanas	4–1
	Quarterfinal	Loss	Eyüp Can	1–4

External links

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Heo Yeong-Mo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-10-23.