- Choi Hyunmi
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Choi Hyun-Mi Statistics Rated at Featherweight Height 5'7 Nationality 
South KoreaBorn November 7, 1990
Pyongyang, North KoreaStance Orthodox Boxing record Total fights 6 Wins 5 Wins by KO 2 Losses 0 Draws 1 Choi Hyun-Mi (born November 7, 1990 in Pyongyang, North Korea) is a South Korean female boxer fighting in the featherweight division, and a World Boxing Association champion.[1]
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.[2] 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".[3]
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Pro Boxing Career
Choi entered the amateur ranks in South Korea in 2006, winning 5 domestic titles before turning professional in 2007.[4] On October 11, 2008, Choi won the vacant women’s featherweight championship of the World Boxing Association by beating Xu Chun Yan of China.[5]
On the 23rd and 30th of January, 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.
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References
- 'Defector Girl Boxer' supports family with her fists, The New York Times, Asia Pacific, October 23, 2008
- Fury of Girl’s Fists Lifts Up North Korean Refugee Family, The New York Times, Asia Pacific, October 26, 2008
- The Korea Times, 10-12-2008
- Choi Hyun-mi: From N.Korea to Boxing Glory , The Chosun Ilbo, December 29, 2009
External links
Categories:- 1990 births
- World boxing champions
- Living people
- Women boxers
- South Korean boxers
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