Choi Hyunmi

Who is Choi Hyunmi?

Choi Hyun-Mi is a South Korean female boxer fighting in the Super featherweight division, and a World Boxing Association champion.

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".