Lee Sung-Hyun
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Lee Sung-hyun 이성현 |
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| Born |
January 10, 1991 Incheon, South Korea |
| Native name | 이성현 |
| Other names | The Korean Monster |
| Nationality | South Korean |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 64.7 kg (143 lb; 10.19 st) |
| Division |
Lightweight Welterweight Middleweight |
| Style | Kickboxing |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Fighting out of | Incheon, South Korea |
| Team | Moovi Gym |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 64 |
| Wins | 54 |
| By knockout | 16 |
| Losses | 9 |
| Draws | 1 |
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| Hangul | 이성현 |
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| Revised Romanization | I Seonghyeon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yi Sŏnghyŏn |
Lee Sung-hyun (Korean: 이성현; born January 10, 1991) is a South Korean kickboxer who competes in the lightweight, welterweight and middleweight divisions. Known for his speed and sophisticated combinations, Lee debuted in K-1 in March 2009 and further established himself by winning the RISE Korea Super Lightweight Championship in June 2011. He then went on compete regularly for RISE in Japan and had a breakout year in 2013 by winning the K-1 Korea MAX 2013 Tournament and the RISE lightweight title.
As of April 2013, Lee is ranked the #4 lightweight in the world by LiverKick.com.
Lee Sung-hyun first came to prominence by winning the KMAA Korean Welterweight Championship and debuted in K-1 on March 20, 2009, beating Kim Tae-hwan by unanimous decision at K-1 Award & MAX Korea 2009 in Seoul, South Korea. In his sophomore appearance in the promotion, he took another unanimous decision over Kizaemon Saiga at the K-1 World MAX 2010 in Seoul World Championship Tournament Final 16 on October 3, 2010. After a slow opening round, Lee began to pull ahead in the second as he dropped Saiga twice in quick succession; firstly with a seven strike combination that culminated in a liver punch and then with a left hook and right low kick combo.
He was then recruited by Krush to compete in the tournament to crown the promotion's inaugural 63 kg/138 lb champion. At the Krush First Generation King Tournaments ~Round.2~ in Tokyo, Japan on January 9, 2011, he fought Koya Urabe at the quarter-final stage. The bout was scored a draw after the regulation three rounds and so an extension round was needed to decide a winner, after which Urabe was awarded the unanimous decision. Lee returned to his home country and won a four-man tournament in Seoul on June 17, 2011, beating both Son Jun-hyuk and Park Don-fa by unanimous decision to be crowned the RISE Korea Super Lightweight (-65 kg/143.3 lb) Champion. This further established him as a top prospect in the region and he was soon employed to fight on the main RISE events headquartered in Tokyo. At RISE 85 on November 23, 2011, Lee's momentum was slowed down as he lost in a non-title bout against RISE Super Lightweight Champion Koji Yoshimoto via unanimous decision. Had he not been deducted a point before the start of the fight for missing the contracted weight, he would have gotten a majority draw.
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