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Background Information
Name: 임요환 Lim Yo Hwan
Team: SK Telecom T1
Race: Terran
Birthday: 1980-09-04
IDs: BoxeR, SlayerS_`BoxeR`
Height/Weight: 180cm / 72kg [1]
Nicknames: The Emperor, Emperor of Terran, HE/HIM, Hwangjae Terran
Fansite: Boxer Forever Daum
Career
ELO Rank: 1987.56
Peak ELO: 2298.46
Team History: SK Telecom T1 (Dec 2008 - Current)

Air Force ACE (Dec 2006 - Dec 2008)

SK Telecom T1 (Apr 2004 - Dec 2006)

Ideal Space (? - Mar 2004)

Draft History: Not drafted
TLPD: (T)BoxeR


BoxeR is a Korean Starcraft progamer. He plays as Terran and is currently a member of team SK Telecom T1.

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[edit] Biography

Lim Yo-Hwan, born 4 September 1980, is a professional Korean Starcraft player. Commonly referred to by his nickname Boxer, he is one of the most successful Pro-Gamers in the history of the game. As the most popular Starcraft player with a fan club of more than 600,000 members and a DVD compilation of his greatest games released in South Korea, he is widely regarded as the e-sport's iconic figure. Boxer plays Terran and is a member of SK Telecom T1, the team that was originally built around him. Because of his long dominance during the rise of Starcraft's popularity in South Korea Lim earned the title of The Emperor within the Starcraft community.

Boxer first came to fame by dominating professional Starcraft while choosing to use the Terran race at a time when this was seen as a relatively weak choice in comparison to the other two Starcraft races. During this early time in his career he innovated heavily, creating many new strategies which are still used today, most notably making much more effective use of the Terran Dropship unit than had been achieved in the past. He also gained a reputation for being able to turn around matches against the odds and having excellent Micromanagement skills. In contrast, his weakness is thought to be his macromanagement, at least when compared to other top-level professional Starcraft players.

Although he is no longer the dominant force he once was, he was ranked 11th in the April 2006 Korean e-Sports Players Association (KeSPA) rankings, and made it to the final of the EVER OSL 2004, only to lose 2-3 to his team member iloveoov, as well as the final of the So1 OSL 2005, again losing 2-3 to Anytime.

With the constant innovation he brought and still occasionally brings to the game, Boxer has had great influence in the development of modern playing styles, especially for Terran players. He is the all-time leader in games played and won. He is a two time OSL champion, MSL champion, two time WCG champion, and also the former captain of SK Telecom T1, a team that was originally built around him with players he hand-picked. One of those players was iloveoov, a fellow Terran, that Boxer took under his wing and who would eventually become a two time OSL and three time MSL champion. His team has consistently been one of the most successful in the team leagues.

In August 2006 Lim announced at the MSL group draws that he had received his draft letter from the government, and would be entering the Air Force by the end of the year. He later said he would try his best to return after his 2 and a half years of service.

After Lim joined the Airforce he started putting his fame into work, after a month and a half an army progaming team was created, and BoxeR found some retired progamers who joined the army before him, including H.O.T-Forever, CLon, ChRh, fOru, Rage, Qoo)Sunny and MuMyung. Together they formed the first army progaming team ever. After 2 months the team was announced, ACE (Airforce Challenge E-sports) was official. ACE's first team league was Shinhan Proleague 2007 and has played in every Proleague since.

In December 2008, when his mandatory military service ended, Boxer returned to his team SK Telecom T1 and is currently listed on the A-team's roster.

[edit] Accomplishments

  • Most wins in televised matches (500)
  • First player to achieve 100 wins in OnGameNet Starleagues (OSL)
  • First player to win more than one OSL (2001 Hanbitsoft OSL, 2001 Coca Cola OSL)
  • First player to win two consecutive OSLs
  • Longest time 1st ranked in the KeSPA Ranking with 17 consecutive months (ranking formula was changed afterwards)


Place Year Event/League
2nd2005So1 OnGameNet StarLeague
2nd2004EVER OnGameNet Starleague
1st2004G-Voice OnGameNet Challenge League
2nd2004KT-KTF Premiere League 통합 Championship
3rd2003Jeju International Game Tournament
3rd2003Olympus OnGameNet Starleague
2nd2002-2003KTEC KPGA Winners Championship
2nd2002SKY OnGameNet Starleague
3rd2002Pepsi Twist KPGA Tour 3rd League
1st2002KPGA Tour 1st League
2nd2001SKY OnGameNet Starleague
2nd2001-2002iTV Ranking 3rd League
1st2001WCG Korea Finals
1st2001Coca-Cola OnGameNet Starleague
1st20011st Game-Q Starleague
1st2001Hanbitosft OnGameNet Starleague
3rd2000-2001iTV 2nd Ranking League
2nd20001st Game-Q Starleague

[edit] Rivalries

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