March
29
Friday

Boxing News|Boxing beat

share

19°C Clouds
Tokyo

Boxing News | Boxing Fights,Results

Home > Match Information > Ex-women’s amateur star Hiruta wins her debut pro fight in ‘colorful way’

Ex-women’s amateur star Hiruta wins her debut pro fight in ‘colorful way’

Oct 16, 2021 23:44 pm

Former Japanese women’s amateur star Mizuki Hiruta of Misako Boxing Gym made a brilliant professional debut on Oct. 15 at Tokyo’s Korakuen Hall as she hammered out a lopsided decision over Nanae Yamaka of Nakano Saito Boxing Gym in a super flyweight six-rounder.

The 25-year-old Hiruta, who missed the recently ended Tokyo Olympics by dropping a close decision to Sena Irie in the final featherweight qualifying match, decked Yamaka with a southpaw right hook in the opening round and went on to win the bout in a battle of southpaws.

Irie, the featherweight gold medalist at the Olympics, was watching the bout from ringside.

Hiruta, a winner of the All-Japan championships at two different weight divisions, fought by wearing pink-colored hairstyle and boxing gear, said after the fight, ‘’I’m glad I could win. Miss Irie achieved a revolution in the women’s amateur boxing. I am determined to do the same in the professional boxing.’’

The colorful Hiruta left the ring after doing a back-flip. Her performance to pitch herself and her surefire boxing technique are expected to stir the otherwise subdued Japanese women’s boxing world now, according to experts.

It was the 30-year-old Yamaka’s first loss after winning four straight bouts, including two knockouts.

Related article