Korean Boxing Future Star Seonjae Seo Donates First Salary as a 'Straight' Punch for Juniors

First in Korea to Conquer 10 Weight Classes, Nammyung Industrial Development Joins

"Want to Be a Hope for Dreamers"... Donates 10 Million Won

Boxing prospect Minje Seo donated his first salary of 10 million won to the Gimhae City Future Talent Scholarship Foundation.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seryeong] Seominje, a promising boxing athlete from Gimhae City, Gyeongnam, donated 10 million won in scholarship funds to the Gimhae City ‘Future Talent Scholarship Foundation’.

Seominje first started boxing while attending Bunsung Middle School in Gimhae and won the 38kg category at the National Rookie Boxing Championship at the age of 14.

Influenced by his father who runs a gym, Seominje began boxing and won championships in the 38, 42, 46, and 50kg categories during middle school, and later in the 49, 52, 56, and 60kg categories after entering Gyeongnam Sports High School.

Last year, he won the 64kg category at the 51st Presidential Cup National City and Province Boxing Competition held in Cheongyang County, Chungnam, setting a historic record as the first in Korean boxing history to conquer 10 weight classes.

After graduating from Gyeongnam Sports High School, he joined the Gimhae Nammyung Industrial Development Boxing Team, founded in December 2021, and dreams of becoming a national representative boxer.

Regarded as the ‘future of Korean boxing,’ Seominje became a special scholarship student of the Gimhae City Future Talent Scholarship Foundation last year and received a scholarship of 5 million won. After joining Nammyung Industrial Development, he donated his first salary, becoming the first among the foundation’s scholarship students to contribute to the scholarship fund.

Seominje said, “I decided to donate my first salary immediately to give back the great interest and love I received from the city, the foundation, and the local community to the juniors. I am proud to have been able to fulfill my long-held dream of donating to the scholarship fund early, and I want to be a source of hope so that students facing financial difficulties can achieve their dreams.”

Chairman Hyun Jongwon said, “We will use the entrusted funds carefully to nurture talents like Seominje, the second and third generation of such athletes. We wholeheartedly support him to realize his dream as a national representative boxer.”

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