Choi Hyun-mi


Choi Hyun-Mi is a South Korean female professional boxer. She is a two-weight world champion, having held the WBA female super-featherweight title since 2014 and previously the WBA female featherweight title from 2008 to 2013.
At age 18 Choi was asked to prepare to compete in the 2008 Olympics as a member of the North Korean team; eventually the International Olympic Committee decided against including women's boxing in the competition. In 2004 her father, a successful businessman in North Korea, fled the country, followed by his family, who traveled first through China, then were smuggled through Vietnam before settling in South Korea, where Choi's promoters advertised her as the "Defector Girl Boxer".

Professional career

Choi entered the amateur ranks in South Korea in 2006, winning 5 domestic titles before turning professional in 2007. On October 11, 2008, Choi won the vacant women's featherweight championship of the World Boxing Association by beating Xu Chun Yan of China.
On January 23 and 30, 2010, Choi featured in episodes of the popular Korean variety show Infinity Challenge where she successfully defended her WBA Featherweight Women's title against Tenku Tsubasa.
On May 10, 2014, Choi won the women's super featherweight championship of the World Boxing Association by beating Keanpetch Superchamps of Thailand.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
19 Maïva Hamadouche– Feb 22, 2020Gwangmyeong Gymnasium, Gwangmyeong, South Korea.png" />Defending WBA female super-featherweight title;
For IBF female super-featherweight title
18Win17–0–1 Wakako FujiwaraUD10Jun 29, 2019Incheon Middleschool, Incheon, South Korea.png" />Retained WBA female super-featherweight title
17Win16–0–1 Mayra Alejandra GomezUD10Jul 15, 2018Daegu, South Korea.png" />Retained WBA female super-featherweight title
16Win15–0–1 Jessica GonzalezTD6 Nov 18, 2017Retained WBA female super-featherweight title
15Win14–0–1 Kimika MiyoshiUD10Apr 15, 2017Siheung Gymnasium, Siheung, South Korea.png" />Retained WBA female super-featherweight title
14Win13–0–1 Unathi MyekeniUD10May 16, 2016Jinju, South Korea.png" />Won vacant WBF female super-featherweight title
13Win12–0–1 Diana AyalaUD10Mar 27, 2016Gwangmyeong Cave, Gwangmyeong, South Korea.png" />Retained WBA female super-featherweight title
12Win11–0–1 Siriwan ThongmanitKO3 Dec 6, 2015Public Sports Center, Daegu, South Korea.png" />
11Win10–0–1 Chika MizutaniUD10May 23, 2015Mungyeong, South Korea.png" />Retained WBA female super-featherweight title
10Win9–0–1 Keanpetch SuperchampsTKO8 May 10, 2014Seoul, South Korea.png" />Retained WBA female super-featherweight title
9Win8–0–1 Emiko RaikaUD10Aug 15, 2013Won WBA interim female super-featherweight title
8Win7–0–1 Shannon O'ConnellUD10May 5, 2013Retained WBA female featherweight title
7Win6–0–1 Rocio CastilloUD10May 4, 2012Retained WBA female featherweight title
6Win5–0–1 Sainumdoi SuperchampsTKO5, 1:19Dec 17, 2011Retained WBA female featherweight title
5Win4–0–1 Sandy TsagourisKO3, 1:39Apr 29, 2011Yesan Gun, South Korea.png" />Retained WBA female featherweight title
4Win3–0–1 Claudia Andrea LopezSD10Apr 30, 2010Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea.png" />Retained WBA female featherweight title
3Win2–0–1 Tenku TsubasaUD10Nov 21, 2009Retained WBA female featherweight title
2Draw1–0–1 Hyo-Min KimSD10May 30, 2009Retained WBA female featherweight title
1Win1–0 Xu Chun YanUD10Oct 11, 2008Jinan Gun, South Korea.png" />Won vacant WBA female featherweight title