[CONN CHRIS]

I like David's idea of organizing by geography to hit the under represented regions. Now that we have Mark's Out of Africa thread, this should have us covered. Perhaps we can keep plunking the Americas fighters in the long-established HW and non-HW threads.

I am not going to organize this other than to compile batches of 75 to 100 for posting at cornerwork from time-to-time.

To start, here is a brief WBC Bantamweight champion.

JUNG-IL BYUN BW (1990-1994) Overall Rating = 6

Hometown - Seoul, Korea

10(4)-2-0

Byun ran off 8 straight victories including a decision over Rey Paciones (38-6-3) leading up to a 1993 title bout with Victor Rabanales (36-10-2). Byun took a 12 round unanimous decision and the WBC Bantamweight belt from Rabanales and defended one month later against Josefino Suarez (16-8-1). His stint as WBC champ lasted less than one year, losing the belt to Yasuei Yakushiji in December of 1993. Byun was stopped in seven by Yakushiji when the two met again in 1994.