Park Jong-pal, a boxer appearing in mbn’s ‘National University is National University’.
“In the 80’s, the cost of an American away game alone was a whopping 150 million won!”
MBN’s new sports legend of ‘National University is National University’ reveals the reality of ‘fight money’ beyond imagination that Park Jong-pal received during his ‘Leeds days’ in the 80s.
Park Jong-pal, who became the world’s boxing champion in the 1980s, will make a comeback on the 23rd (today) at 9:20 p.m. through MBN ‘National University is National University’ through his comeback game following 34 years of retirement, attracting a lot of attention. In particular, Park Jong-pal’s opponent is the 2021 Asian champion, ‘Active strongest’ Min-ho Jeong, and the 37-year age difference is expected to make the hearts of sports enthusiasts beat by presenting a ‘match of the century’ that will remain in the history of Korean boxing.
In this regard, Park Jong-pal met for the first time at the studio with five pacemakers, Jeon Hyun-moo, Bae Seong-jae, Hong Hyun-hee, Kim Dong-hyun, and Kim Min-ah, and caused a ‘silence’ by revealing the astronomical ‘fight money’ that he received in his prime. First, Park Jong-pal said, “In the 1980s, the salary was around 300,000 to 400,000 won, and I got regarding 10 million won from the domestic championship game.”
He then revealed that “at the time of the American away game, I was paid regarding 150 million won.” At this, the five pacemakers open their mouths, saying, “Did you say you got that amount back then?” Furthermore, Park Jong-pal recalls, “I went to see the land right away when the game was caught”, revealing the boldness and confidence to play ‘investment first, then the game’. Jeon Hyun-moo asks the official question (?) of ‘National University is National University’, saying, “So did you buy (apartment) or not?” Park Jong-pal takes a deep breath and gives an honest answer. The question is whether or not Park Jong-pal has sublimated the dreadful fight money into financial technology.
The production team said, “Park Jong-pal met with five pacemakers and declared a comeback battle, and showed ‘heavenly-class grip’ from the moment he appeared, surprising the cast. In addition, while taking time to look back on the splendid history of boxing for over 10 years, he also shared an anecdote with Ra Kyung-min, who was a rival at the time, and a story regarding his ‘unlucky boxer’ colleague Kim Deuk-gu, making everyone’s heart flutter. It will be an episode where you can fully feel the joys and sorrows of ‘boxing legend’ Park Jong-pal.”
Meanwhile, MBN’s ‘National University is a National Team’ is a reality entertainment that summons a sports ‘legend’ that has become a legend and has disappeared from the arena, and competes once morest an active national sports player. Hyeon Jeong-hwa, Lee Man-gi, and Nam Hyun-hee’s successful comeback match was well received. Episode 7 of ‘National University is National University’, returning with Park Jong-pal, will be broadcast on the 23rd (today) at 9:20 pm.
Digital News Team reporter Lee Ji-soo, photo provided = MBN ‘National University is National University’
