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Korean boxing sensation
Hyun-Mi-Choi is looking to build
on one of the most extraordinary
resumes in female boxing, when
she takes on former world
champion Unathi Myekeni from
South Africa for the vacant
World Boxing Federation (WBF)
Womens World Super Featherweight
title on Saturday May 21 in
Jinju, South Korea.
Only 25 years old, Choi, 12-0-1
(4), is a former undefeated WBA
World Featherweight Champion and
the reigning WBA World Super
Featherweight Champion, and
amazingly twelve of her thirteen
bouts recorded by BoxRec was for
a world championship.
A defector from the dictatorship
of North Korea, all of her
professional fights has taken
place in South Korea where she
enjoys massive popularity. Her
fights are usually televised to
the country´s more than fifty
million people by KBSN Sports,
generating huge viewing numbers.
Unathi “Showtime” Myekeni,
10-2-1 (4), from Mdantsane in
South Africa´s Eastern Cape
province, will be going to Jinju
to attempt to regain former
glory. After turning
professional in 2007, she won
the WBF world Super Bantamweight
title in 2010 but was never
given an opportunity to defend
it.
Last August she came up short in
a challenge for her former WBF
crown, when she lost a
razor-thin majority decision to
compatriot Gabisile Tshabalala,
and has since been waiting for
another chance to become world
champion. While moving up in
weight to face Choi is a
daunting task, it is one she
claims to be more than ready
for.
The Hyun-Mi Choi vs. Unathi
Myekeni World Boxing Federation
(WBF) Womens World Super
Featherweight title fight on May
21 at the Pearl Gymnasium in
Jinju, South Korea, will be
supervised by WBF President
Howard Goldberg, who recently
expressed his anticipations for
the encounter, saying:
“This
is a fantastic fight for womens
boxing. An undefeated national
hero taking on a former world
champion, still on top of her
game, can only be a great fight.
I expect that Choi will be
trying to put on a show for her
fans, but Myekeni is perhaps her
toughest opponent to date so I
expect fireworks!”
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