He upset world champion Lee Ok-Sung but lost in the semifinal to Violito Payla by RSCO.
In the same year, Yang Bo defeated his Shanghai opponent with a 39:24 result in the 51 kg sub-item final of the Boxing Event of the Tenth National Games and won one of the three gold medals in the boxing competition for the People's Liberation Army.
In December of the same year, he eliminated the 2005 World Championship winner with 41:21 points in the quarter-finals of the 51 kg sub-item of the Doha Asian Games.
South Korea's Lee Ok Sung advanced to the semi-finals and eventually won a bronze medal after losing to his opponent in the Philippines.
At the 11th National Games two years later, Yang took part in the same event, but he was eliminated in the last eight and was unable to defend his gold medal.