World Boxing Organization (WBO) champion Mizuki Hiruta, 30, of Japan was one of the winners at “Glory in Giza” at the Pyramids of Giza in Giza, Egypt on May 23, 2026. The victory improved her professional boxing record to 11 wins and 0 loss.
Mizuki Hiruta vs Mai Soliman
There were 10 professional boxing bouts on the “Glory in Giza” card. In one of the matches, Mai Soliman, 28, of Egypt and Australia challenged Hiruta, the reigning WBO Super Flyweight Champion.
Melva Santos served as the referee while Diana Drews Milani, Olena Pobyvailo and Danrex Tapdasan were the judges. After 10 rounds, the title bout went to the judges’ scorecards.
Both Milani and Pobyvailo scored the fight 98-92 while Tapdasan scored in 99-91 all in favor of Hiruta. The loss downgraded Soliman’s professional boxing record to 10 wins and 2 losses.
Born in Okayama, Japan, Hiruta is currently based in Tokyo, Japan. Born in Cairo, Egypt, Soliman is currently based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
“Glory in Giza”
Commissioned by the Egyptian Professional Boxing Association, “Glory in Giza” was promoted by Spencer Brown, Eddie Hearn and Sergey Lapin. The matchmaker was Tom Dallas.
Thomas Trieber was the ring announcer while Todd Grisham, Adam Smith, Darren Barker and Barry Jones were the television announcers. Jamie Ward conducted the post-fight interviews.
In the main event, Rico Verhoeven, 37, of the Netherlands challenged World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, 39, of Ukraine. The challenger lost to the defending champion via technical knockout after 2 minutes and 59 seconds in the 11th round.
Including Australia, Egypt, Japan, the Netherlands and Ukraine, a total of 15 countries were represented. The others were Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cuba, England, France, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda, the United States and Uzbekistan.
Hiruta solely represented Japan. Soliman was the only representative of Australia.
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