Olympic Boxer Gives His Gold Medal To American Who Rightfully Beat Him Decades Ago (Watch The Tears)

Olympic Boxer Gives His Gold Medal To American Who Rightfully Beat Him Decades Ago (Watch The Tears)

Olympic Boxer Gives His Gold Medal To American Who Rightfully Beat Him Decades Ago (Watch The Tears) It’s never too late to make amends. Nearly 35 years after his gold medal-winning boxing match, the guilt still weighed on South Korea’s Park Si-hun. He knew he lost in 1988, but was awarded the gold with a controversial 3-2 win over American Roy Jones Jr. at the Summer Olympics in Seoul, in front of a hometown crowd. Most observers thought Roy Jones dominated the match. An announcer said during the broadcast of the fight, “If he doesn’t win the gold off this, I think there’s something rotten in Korea because that was absolutely one of the most dominant things I’ve seen” . Jones even received the Val Barker Trophy given to the best boxer in the Olympic Games. And yet, the gold medal was awarded to someone else. “Well there it is,” another announcer said after the fight. “Park Si-hun has stolen the bout!” Rumors circulated for years that the judges were corrupt. In 1996, documents were reportedly…