[Crimson]

Sunday, May 31st, 1992
Seoul Intercontinental Hotel; Seoul, Korea
This would be the first fight for Jose DeJesus 26-4-1 (19) since November 1990, when he stopped Abdi Pohan in round 7 while defending his WBO Light Fly title. DeJesus was the first fighter to receive a WBO title strap, he also would ironically be the first stripped of one, due to his failure to defend it. For his first fight back in 1 ½ years it would be harder to locate a more difficult challenge than fighting Myung-Woo Yuh 37-1 (14) in his homeland of Korea.

Yuh, however, had not fought since losing his long held WBA Light Weight Title last December to Hiroki Ioka by split 12 round decision. After having made 17 successful defenses of that title, no one knew how the no longer unbeaten 28 year old Yuh would respond in his first fight back.

All 3,700 seat in the Seoul Intercontinental Hotel had sold, and odds are 99% were sold to Myung-Woo Yuh fans. Yuh was a 2-1 betting favorite to win. With his fans cheering every punch he threw, Yuh bullied the rusty DeJesus around the ring and opened a horrid gash inside of his right eyelid. In between rounds, the cutman of DeJesus worked feverously to close the wound.

The cut of DeJesus remained closed, but so too did the DeJesus offense. Yuh continued to apply pressure, peppering his opponent’s body with soft hooks and right hands. 15 seconds into the 4th round the DeJesus cut was reopened and clearly impairing his vision, as his eye was full of gore. After consulting with the ringside physician the fight was stopped.

Much to the crowds disappointment, the referee had ruled the cut was induced by an accidental head butt in the 1st round! This fight is ruled a Technical Draw, because less than 4 rounds have been completed!
Myung-Woo Yuh Dtd4 Jose DeJesus

As determined by a 5 member team of boxing experts (Nigel Collins, Bert Sugar, Joe Koizumi, Reg Gutteridge, and Ray Mitchell), Myung-Woo Yuh was voted the more deserving of the 2 fighters to advance in the Light Fly Weight World Championship tournament. It is also doubtful that the cut of DeJesus would have healed in time for him to challenge Jose Camacho for the WBO title. That opportunity now belongs to Myung-Woo Yuh.