Mizuki Hiruta


Mizuki Hiruta is a Japanese professional boxer, who has held the WBO super flyweight title since 2022 and The Ring magazine super flyweight title since 2025, the same year she was named The Ring magazine Female Fighter of the Year.
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Amateur boxing career

Hiruta took up boxing while attending the Okayama Technical High School and continued to train while at the JSDF Physical Training School. Hiruta was able to reach the finals of the 2016 All Japan Women's Championships, competing in the flyweight event, but was defeated by the 2014 World Championships bronze medalist Madoka Wada in the final bout of the tournament. Hiruta participated in the next year's All Japan Women's Championship as well and although she was able to reach the finals for the second consecutive year, she once again suffered a loss at the hands on Madoka Wada.
Hiruta won the gold medal in the flyweight event of the 2018 All Japan Women's Championships and in the featherweight event of the 2019 All Japan Women's Championships. She furthermore competed at the 2018 World Championships, but lost in the opening round of the tournament. Hiruta ended her amateur career with a record of 29–16, with 13 victories coming by way of stoppage.

Professional boxing career

Early career

Hiruta was discharged from the JSDF in March 2021 and acquired her B-class professional boxing license from the Japanese Boxing Commission in May 2021. Hiruta made her professional boxing debut against the undefeated 4–0 Nanae Yamaka on 15 October 2021. She won the fight by unanimous decision, with all three judges awarding her all six rounds of the bout. Hiruta scored the sole knockdown of the fight in the opening round, as she floored her opponent with a right hook.
Hiruta faced the three-time world title challenger Terumi Nuki on 12 April 2022, in what was the first eight-round bout of her career. She won the fight by unanimous decision, with two scorecards of 77–73 and one scorecard of 76–74. Hiruta was awarded rounds one through six, but suffered two knockdowns in the seventh round, which led to her losing the eighth round as well.
Hiruta, who was at the time the top ranked flyweight contender according to the Japanese Boxing Commission, was booked to face the third-ranked contender Hinami Yanai for the vacant Japanese flyweight championship. The title bout was scheduled for the undercard of "Queen's Crest 2022", which took place at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan on 1 September 2022. Yanai weighed-in at 52. 1 kg at the official weigh-ins, 1.3 kg above the limit. She failed to make weight in her second attempt as well, coming in at 51.4 kg. This made her ineligible to capture the vacant belt. Hiruta won the fight by unanimous decision, with all three judges scoring the bout 60–54 in her favor. Following this victory, the East Japan Boxing Association awarded her the "New Star" award for the month of September.

WBO super flyweight champion

Hiruta vs. Taniyama

On 2 November 2022, a press conference was held, attended by Hiruta and the Japanese bantamweight champion Kanako Taniyama. At this press conference, it was revealed that the pair would face each other for the vacant WBO junior bantamweight championship. The title bout was scheduled as the main event of Victoriva.7, which took place at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan on 1 December 2022 and was broadcast by BOXING RAISE. Hiruta won the fight by a dominant unanimous decision, with two judges scoring the bout 100–89 in her favor, while the third judge awarded her a 99–90 scorecard. On 8 February 2023, she was named the 2022 "Female Fighter of the Year" by a Japanese media members vote.

Title reign

Hiruta made her maiden WBO championship defense against Casey Morton on 13 June 2023, at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. She won the fight by a first-round knockout, only 63 seconds into the bout, after thrice knocking her opponent down.
On 12 January 2024 at Korakuen Hall, Hiruta won her second defense by technical knockout against Ji Hyun Park.
Hiruta made her third WBO championship defense against Maribel Ramírez at Commerce Casino in Commerce, California, USA, on 17 January 2025. She won the fight by an eighth-round unanimous TD, after Ramírez had been cut from an accidental head clash.
Again at Commerce Casino, she defeated Carla Merino by unanimous decision to retain her title for a fourth time on 17 May 2025.
Hiruta defended her title against Naomy Cárdenas at Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez, California, USA on 15 August 2025. She won by unanimous decision with the judges' scoring the fight 100–90,100–90 and 98–92.
On 22 November 2025, Hiruta defeated Gloria Gallardo by unanimous decision at Thunder Studios, Long Beach, California, to retain her title for the sixth time.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
10Win10–0Gloria GallardoUD1022 Nov 2025Thunder Studios, Long Beach, California, U.S.Retained WBO and The Ring super-flyweight titles
9Win9–0Naomy CárdenasUD1015 Aug 2025Chumash Casino, Santa Ynez, California, U.S.Retained WBO and The Ring super-flyweight titles
8Win8–0Carla MerinoUD1017 May 2025Commerce Casino, Commerce, California, U.S.Retained WBO super-flyweight title;
Won inaugural The Ring super-flyweight title
7Win7–0Maribel RamírezTD8, 0:4217 Jan 2025Commerce Casino, Commerce, California, U.S.Retained WBO super-flyweight title
Unanimous TD: Ramírez was cut from an accidental head clash
6Win6–0Ji Hyun ParkTKO6, 1:4512 Jan 2024Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, JapanRetained WBO super-flyweight title
5Win5–0Casey MortonTKO1, 1:0313 Jun 2023Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, JapanRetained WBO super-flyweight title
4Win4–0Kanako TaniyamaUD101 Dec 2022Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, JapanWon WBO super-flyweight title
3Win3–0Hinami YanaiUD61 Sep 2022Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, JapanWon Japanese flyweight title
2Win2–0Terumi NukiUD812 Apr 2022Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
1Win1–0Nanae Yamaka615 Oct 2021Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan