Hinata Maruta boxer

Hinata Maruta (Japanese: 丸田陽七太, Maruta Hinata, born 18 April 1997) is a Japanese professional boxer.Maruta made his professional debut against Jason Canoy on 22 November 2015. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 59–54, 59–56 and 58–55. Maruta faced the debuting Saranyu Kerdsuk in his second professional appearance, on 20 March 2016. He won the fight by a first-round technical knockout.Maruta was scheduled to fight the undefeated 10–0 Wilbert Berondo for the vacant WBC Youth bantamweight title on 31 July 2016, at the Sumiyoshi Ward Center in Osaka, Japan. Maruta won the fight by a sixth-round technical knockout, flooring the shorter Bedondo with a right hook to the liver. He was up on all three of the judges' scorecards at the time of the stoppage.Maruta made his first WBC Youth title defense against Joe Tejones on 23 November 2016, at the Sumiyoshi SportsCenter in Osaka, Japan. He won the fight by a seventh-round knockout. Maruta dropped Tejones with a body shot, which left the Filipino challenger unable to beat the ten count. Maruta made his second title defense against Hamson Lamandau on 26 March 2017. He won the fight by a sixth-round knockout, flooring Lamandau with a barrage of body strikes.Maruta challenged the 36-year old OPBF super bantamweight champion Hidenori Otake on 13 October 2017. Although the fight started out evenly, Otake began to take over from the fifth round onward, and won the fight by unanimous decision. Two judges scored the fight 116–112 for Otake, while the third judge scored the fight 117–111 in his favor. During the post-fight interview, Maruta revealed that he had fractured his the middle finger of his left hand, stating: "It's my fault that I hurt my left hand. I can't say anything if I lose... If we fight again, I can winm I think".