Choi Hyun-Mi is the South Korean Featherweight Boxing Champion. She is known as the Defector – Boxer since she and her family defected from North Korea in 2004, when she was 13. The story is recounted in different ways in the videos below. Their travel from North Korea to South led through China and Vietnam and is the stuff of movies. Now, she is a professional boxer in South Korea and inspired by another movie in Million Dollar Baby. By all counts, she will be on the female boxing scene for some time.
Cssdude
South Korea’s Female Featherweight Champion in Action
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WktYRxHv9w
Korea’s defector boxer girl – AJE Sport – 01 Dec 09
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GE6vYUaWM4&feature=player_embedded
Korean defector fights for her dreams – 24 Nov 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVbM3vNd5So&feature=channel
-
- Choi Hyun-Mi (L) of South Korea fights challenger Tsubasa Tenku of Japan during their WBA featherweight title match at a gym in Sungkyunkwan university in Suwon, south of Seoul November 21, 2009. The 19-year-old boxer Choi and her family fled North Korea in 2004. Choi defended the title. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA SPORT BOXING)
-
- Choi Hyun-Mi (R) of South Korea celebrates her victory after the WBA featherweight title match against challenger Tsubasa Tenku (L) of Japan at a gym in Sungkyunkwan University in Suwon, south of Seoul November 21, 2009. The 19-year-old boxer Choi and her family fled North Korea in 2004. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA SPORT BOXING)
-
- Champion Choi Hyun Mi, a North Korean defector, waves after winning over Japanese challenger Tsubasa Tenku in their WBA women's featherweight title match at Sungkyunkwan University in Suwon, South Korea, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. Choi defeated Tenku with an unanimous decision. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Related posts:
