Hiromitsu Miura has died at 43 years outdated.
On Tueday, Miura’s household launched an announcement on social media revealing that the previous WEC welterweight title challenger handed away on Oct. 26 following a battle with acute leukemia.
“Hiromitsu Miura handed away immediately on October 26, 2024 on the age of 43 after preventing acute leukemia since mid-September.
“We should always have knowledgeable you of his demise earlier, however we sincerely apologize for the delay in notifying you.
“The funeral was attended solely by his instant household.
“We want to specific our honest gratitude for the kindness you prolonged to the deceased throughout his lifetime.
“Sincerely, Miura Household.
Born in Ukiha, Fukuoka, Japan, Miura made his MMA debut in 2004 at 22 years outdated, competing as a middleweight. After going 7-3 to begin his profession, Miura signed with the WEC the place he would ultimately drop all the way down to welterweight. Miura is best-known in MMA for his four-round conflict with Carlos Condit for the WEC welterweight title at WEC 35, that Condit gained by stoppage.
After his time in WEC, Miura left MMA to pursue boxing the place he gained his first 9 fights earlier than difficult for the OPFB tremendous middleweight title towards Yuzo Kiyota. Miura misplaced that struggle by TKO after which returned to MMA just a few years later, spending the ultimate years of his profession competing in Pancrase the place he gained the welterweight title by beating Akihiro Murayama in 2016.
