Heo Yong-Mo (April 21, 1965 – March 9, 2019) was a South Korean amateur boxer.
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 EventRoundResultOpponentScoreLight Flyweight QuarterfinalbyeSemifinalWin Gil Jamile5–0FinalLoss Ismail Mustafov0–5 1982 World ChampionshipsEventRoundResultOpponentScoreLight Flyweight FirstbyeSecondWin Sandu Petrescu5–0QuarterfinalWin Ibrahim Bilali4–1SemifinalLoss Ismail Mustafov1–4 1983 Boxing World CupEventRoundResultOpponentScoreFlyweight QuarterfinalWin Ibrahim Bilali RSC 1SemifinalWin Jeff Fenech5–0FinalLoss Pedro Orlando Reyes1–4 1984 Summer OlympicsEventRoundResultOpponentScoreFlyweight FirstWin Fayek Gobran RSC 1SecondWin Efreen Tabanas4–1QuarterfinalLoss Eyüp Can 1–4
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