Miyo Yoshida

Miyo Yoshida (吉田実代, Yoshida Miyo, born 12 April 1988) is a Japanese professional boxer. She held the IBF female bantamweight title 2023-2024 and twice the WBO female junior-bantamweight title from 2019-2020 and 2021-2022.

Boxing career Yoshida made her professional debut on 28 May 2014, scoring a four-round majority decision (MD) over Ayaka Sato at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Two judges scored the bout 39–37 in favour of Yoshida while the third scored it a draw at 38–38. After winning her first four fights, she suffered the first defeat of her career against Yuki Koseki on 13 March 2016, losing via unanimous decision (UD) over four rounds with scores of 38–39, 37–39 and 36–40.

Yoshida bounced back with three victories before defeating Tomomi Takano by UD over six rounds to capture the inaugural Japanese female bantamweight title, with all three judges scoring the bout 58–57. The bout took place on 6 October 2017 at the Korakuen Hall. After successfully defending the title in March 2018 against Kai Johnson, winning via six-round UD, Yoshida defeated Gretel de Paz on 20 August 2018 at the Korakuen Hall to capture the OPBF female bantamweight title. The fight was stopped in the fifth round after Yoshida was cut from an accidental clash of heads, causing the decision to rest on the scorecards over the five rounds that had been contested. Yoshida won via technical decision (TD) with two judges scoring the bout 49–46 and the third scoring it 48–47.

Following successful defences of her OPBF and Japanese titles in September 2018 and March 2019 respectively, both by UD, Yoshida challenged for her first world title against Casey Morton on 19 June at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan. Yoshida won the bout via UD (100–90, 100–90, 99–91) to capture the vacant WBO female junior-bantamweight title.

She successfully retained the title with a unanimous decision win over Li Ping Shi at Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo on 31 December 2019.

In her second defense, Yoshida lost the title to Tomoko Okuda at EDION Arena in Osaka on 13 December 2020. The fight was stopped in the sixth round due to a cut Okuda suffered after an accidental clash of heads in the previous round was ruled too severe for her to continue. Okuda was ahead on all three ringside judges' scorecards at the point the bout was halted and was therefore awarded the win, and the title, via unanimous technical decision. A rematch took place at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on 29 June 2021 with Yoshida reclaiming the title by split decision. Two judges scored the fight 96–94 in her favour, while the third had it 96–94 for Okuda.

Again at Korakuen Hall, Yoshida made the first defense of her second title reign against Tamao Ozawa on 30 May 2022. She lost via split decision with the judges' scorecards reading 97–93, 94–96, 94–96.

On 9 December 2023, Yoshida defeated Ebanie Bridges by unanimous decision at Chase Center in San Francisco, California, United States, to win the IBF female bantamweight title.

Yoshida made the first defense of her IBF bantamweight title against Shurretta Metcalf at Madison Square Garden in New York City, United States, on 23 October 2024. She lost the bout by unanimous decision.

Yoshida is scheduled to challenge WBC female super-bantamweight champion Skye Nicolson at College Park Center in Arlington, Texas, United States, on 8 November 2026.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes24Win19–5Edith de Jesus FloresRTD6 (8), 25 Apr 202523Win18–5Beáta DudekUD81 Feb 202522Loss17–5Shurretta MetcalfUD1023 Oct 202421Win17–4Ebanie BridgesUD109 Dec 202320Loss16–4Shurretta MetcalfUD107 Nov 202319Win16–3Indeya SmithMD827 Apr 202318Loss15–3Tamao OzawaSD1030 May 202217Win15–2Tomoko OkudaSD1029 Jun 202116Loss14–2Tomoko OkudaTD 6 (10), 13 Dec 202015Win14–1Li Ping ShiUD1031 Dec 201914Win13–1Casey MortonUD1019 Jun 201913Win12–1Yoshie WakasaUD613 Mar 201912Win11–1Phannaluk KongsangUD830 Sep 201811Win10–1Gretel de Paz5 (8), 20 Aug 201810Win9–1Kai JohnsonUD68 Mar 20189Win8–1Tomomi TakanoUD66 Oct 20178Win7–1Kim ActubUD814 May 20177Win6–1Yuki KosekiMD615 Mar 20176Win5–1Kana FukudaUD627 Nov 20165Loss4–1Yuki KosekiUD421 Sep 20164Win4–0Chisa TanakaUD42 Jul 20163Win3–0Kana Makino431 May 20162Win2–0Yuko HenzanMD413 Mar 20161Win1–0Akaya Sato428 May 2014

Kickboxing record

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 2025-11-02|| Win||align=left| Mikity || RISE World Series 2025 Final || Tokyo, Japan ||Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 2013-12-20 || Win ||align=left| Soy Sothear || Titan Fight Samurai vs Khmer || Bavet, Cambodia || Decision || 5 || 2:00

|- bgcolor="#fbb" | 2013-11-16 || Loss ||align=left| Ai Takahashi || Shoot Boxing Battle Summit: Ground Zero Tokyo 2013 || Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00

|- bgcolor="#cfc" | 2013-09-01 || Win||align=left| Jan Eun Jong || GLADIATOR in Kagoshima 2013 || Kagoshima, Japan || TKO || 2 || |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 |

|- bgcolor="#fbb" | 2013-08-03 || Loss ||align=left| Mizuki Inoue || 2013 Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup, Semi-Final || Tokyo, Japan ||Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 2:00

|- bgcolor="#cfc" | 2013-08-03 || Win||align=left| Kanako Oka || 2013 Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup, Quarter-Final || Tokyo, Japan ||Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 2:00

|- bgcolor="#fbb" | 2013-04-20 || Loss ||align=left| Lorena Klijn || SHOOT BOXING 2013 act.2 || Tokyo, Japan ||Decision (Majority) || 3 || 3:00

|- bgcolor="#cfc" | 2013-02-22 || Win||align=left| Yu Hi Jin || SHOOT BOXING 2013 act.1 || Tokyo, Japan || TKO (Corner stoppage) || 1 || 0:41

|- bgcolor="#cfc" | 2012-11-18 || Win||align=left| Satoko Ozawa || J-GIRLS 2012 ～Platinum's In The Ring FINAL～ || Tokyo, Japan ||Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 2:00

|- bgcolor="#cfc" | 2012-04-01 || Win||align=left| Ruri Shiraishi || J-GIRLS 2012 ～Platinum's In The Ring 2nd～ || Tokyo, Japan ||Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 2:00

|- bgcolor="#cfc" | 2011-10-30 || Win ||align=left| Caro || GLADIATOR 25|| Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00

|- bgcolor="#fbb" | 2011-08-19 || Loss ||align=left| Erika Kamimura || 2011 Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup, Semi-Final || Tokyo, Japan ||TKO (2 Knockdowns/Left hook) || 1 || 0:50

|- bgcolor="#cfc" | 2011-08-19 || Win||align=left| WINDY Tomomi || 2011 Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup, Quarter-Final || Tokyo, Japan ||Decision (Majority) || 3 || 2:00

|- bgcolor="#cfc" | 2011-06-05 || Win||align=left| NATSUKA || SHOOT BOXING 2011 act.3 || Tokyo, Japan ||Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 2:00

|- bgcolor="#cfc" | 2011-04-23 || Win||align=left| Asuka Inoue|| SHOOT BOXING 2011 act.2 || Tokyo, Japan ||Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 2:00 |- | colspan=9 | Legend:

Mixed martial arts record

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