South Korea's King of Computer Gaming
How Lim Yo-hwan, also known as Boxer, became one of the biggest names in eSports.
Sporting Witness · BBC World Service
January 28, 20178m 54s
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Show Notes
In the early 2000s, competitive computer-gaming, or eSports, began to take off in South Korea before spreading to the rest of the world. Ashley Byrne talks to e-gamer, Lim Yo-hwan, nicknamed Boxer, one of the biggest names in the new sport.
(Photo: An e-gamer taking part in a tournament in South Korea. Credit: Getty Images)