Choi Hyun-mi

Choi Hyun-mi (; born November 7, 1990) is a South Korean female professional boxer. She is a two-weight world champion, having held the WBA female super-featherweight title from 2013 to 2023 and previously the WBA female featherweight title from 2008 to 2013.

Biography At age 13, 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".

Choi entered the amateur ranks in South Korea in 2006, winning five domestic titles before turning professional. In her pro-debut on October 11, 2008, Choi became the first female and one of only six boxers ever to fight for a world title in their debut. She would join Pete Rademacher, Rafael Lovera, Joko Arter, Joves De La Puz & Arturo Mayan in accomplishing this feat and the first to actually win it. She would do this by beating Xu Chunyan of China to win vacant WBA featherweight title.

Choi won the vacant interim WBA female super-flyweight title thanks to a unanimous decision win over Emiko Raika from Japan on 15 August 2013. She was subsequently upgraded to full champion status.

She won the vacant WBF female super-featherweight World title on 21 May 2016, defeating South Africa's Unathi Myekeni by unanimous decision.

In December 2023, the WBA made Choi "Champion in Recess" after she filed a medical exemption and was ruled unfit to defend her title by the sanctioning body’s annual convention in Orlando, Florida, USA.

After 22 fights unbeaten spanning almost 16 years, Choi suffered the first defeat of her professional boxing career on 27 April 2024, losing to Canada's Jessica Camara by split decision in a contest for the vacant WBA female lightweight Gold title at Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes23Loss21–1–1Jessica CamaraSD10Apr 27, 202422Win21–0–1María MadernaUDJul 15, 202321Win20–0–1Vanessa BradfordOct 19, 202220Win19–0–1Simone Aparecida da Silva KO9 (10), 1:15Sep 18, 202119Win18–0–1Calista SalgadoUD10Dec 18, 202018Win17–0–1Wakako FujiwaraJun 29, 201917Win16–0–1Mayra Alejandra Gomez Jul 15, 2018 16Win15–0–1Jessica Gonzalez TD6 (10), 1:05Nov 18, 2017 15Win14–0–1Kimika Miyoshi UD10Apr 15, 2017 14Win13–0–1Unathi Myekeni May 21, 2016 13Win12–0–1Diana AyalaMar 27, 2016 12Win11–0–1Siriwan ThongmanitKO3 (10)Dec 6, 201511Win10–0–1Chika MizutaniUD10May 23, 201510Win9–0–1Keanpetch SuperchampsTKO8 (10), 1:19May 10, 20149Win8–0–1Emiko RaikaUD10Aug 15, 20138Win7–0–1Shannon O'ConnellMay 5, 20137Win6–0–1Rocio CastilloMay 4, 20126Win5–0–1Sainumdoi SuperchampsTKO5 (10), Dec 17, 20115Win4–0–1Sandy TsagourisKO3 (10), Apr 29, 20114Win3–0–1Claudia Andrea LópezSD10Apr 30, 20103Win2–0–1Tenku TsubasaUDNov 21, 20092Draw1–0–1Kim Hyo-minSDMay 30, 20091Win1–0Xu ChunyanUDOct 11, 2008

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