Femke Hermans

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Femke Hermans
Statistics
Weight(s)
NationalityBelgian
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record[1]
Total fights14
Wins12
Wins by KO5
Losses3

Femke Hermans is a Belgian professional boxer who has held the European female middleweight title since 2020. She previously held the WBO female super-middleweight title in 2018, becoming the second Belgian woman to hold a major world title, and also challenged for the WBA female super-middleweight title and unified WBA, WBC, and IBF female middleweight titles in 2018.

Professional career[]

Hermans made her professional debut on 23 January 2016, scoring a six-round unanimous decision (UD) victory against Galina Gyumliyska at the Sportloods Waarborre in Asse, Belgium.[2]

After a technical knockout (TKO) victory against Vladislava Lopuhova in June,[3] Hermans defeated Elene Sikmashvili via second-round knockout (KO) on 8 October, capturing the inaugural Belgian and vacant BeNeLux female super-middleweight titles in Middelkerke, Belgium.[4]

In her next fight she faced Borislava Goranova for the WBF International female super-middleweight title on 21 January 2017, at the Sportloods Waarborre. Hermans captured the title via eight-round UD, with two judges scoring the bout 80–72 and the third judge scored it 79–73.[5]

Two fights later she challenged for her first world title, facing Alicia Napoleon for the vacant WBA female super-middleweight title on 3 March 2018, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The bout was televised live on Showtime as part of the undercard for Deontay Wilder vs. Luis Ortiz. Hermans suffered the first defeat of her career, losing via UD with the judges' scorecards reading 99–91, 98–92 and 98–92.[6]

She made a second attempt at a world title in her next fight, facing Nikki Adler for the vacant WBO female super-middleweight title on 12 May 2018, at the Eisstadion in Augsburg, Germany. Hermans defeated Adler via UD to become the second Belgian woman (after Delfine Persoon) to win a major world title. One judge scored the bout 99–91 and the other two scored it 97–93.[7]

After two UD victories in non-title fights, Hermans moved down a weight class to challenge Claressa Shields for the unified WBA, WBC, and IBF female middleweight titles on 8 December 2018, at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. In an event that served as HBO's last televised boxing show, Hermans suffered the second defeat of her career, losing via UD over ten rounds, with all three judges scoring the bout 100–90.[8]

She moved back up to super-middleweight in her next fight, facing Elin Cederroos for the vacant IBF female title on 22 March 2019, at the Belleheide Center in Roosdaal, Belgium. Hermans suffered her second consecutive defeat, and the third of her career, losing via majority decision (MD) with two judges scoring the bout 96–94 in favour of Cederroos while the third judge scored it even at 95–95.[9]

Following a TKO victory in a rematch with Borislava Goranova in October 2020,[10] Hermans faced Luiza Davydova for the inaugural European female middleweight title on 5 December 2020, at the Fight Off Training Center in Wavre, Belgium. Hermans defeated Goranova via UD, with all three judges scoring the bout 98–92.[11]

In March 2021, it was announced that Hermans would challenge WBO female middleweight champion Savannah Marshall. The bout was scheduled to take place on 10 April in England,[12] however, two days before the bout it was announced that Hermans was forced to withdraw from the contest after one of her team members tested positive for COVID-19.[13]

Professional boxing record[]

Professional record summary
15 fights 12 wins 3 losses
By knockout 5 0
By decision 7 3
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
15 Win 12–3 Georgia (country) Lili Jumali KO 3 (6), 1:15 17 Jul 2021 Belgium Stade du Heysel, Brussels, Belgium
14 Win 11–3 Russia Luiza Davydova UD 10 5 Dec 2020 Belgium Fight Off Training Center, Wavre, Belgium Won inaugural European female middleweight title
13 Win 10–3 Bulgaria Borislava Goranova TKO 3 (6), 1:50 9 Oct 2020 Belgium Roosdaal, Belgium
12 Loss 9–3 Sweden Elin Cederroos MD 10 22 Mar 2019 Belgium Belleheide Center, Roosdaal, Belgium For vacant IBF female super middleweight title
11 Loss 9–2 United States Claressa Shields UD 10 8 Dec 2018 United States StubHub Center, Carson, California, US For WBA, WBC, and IBF female middleweight titles
10 Win 9–1 Czech Republic Ester Konecna UD 6 15 Sep 2018 Belgium Evenementenhal DOC, Alsemberg, Belgium
9 Win 8–1 Kenya Florence Muthoni UD 6 29 Jun 2018 Belgium Belleheide Center, Roosdaal, Belgium
8 Win 7–1 Germany Nikki Adler UD 10 12 May 2018 Germany Eisstadion, Augsburg, Germany Won vacant WBO female super-middleweight title
7 Loss 6–1 United States Alicia Napoleon UD 10 3 Mar 2018 United States Barclays Center, New York City, New York, US For vacant WBA female super-middleweight title
6 Win 6–0 Czech Republic Ester Konecna UD 6 30 Sep 2017 Belgium Sportcomplex Schotte, Aalst, Belgium
5 Win 5–0 Hungary Klaudia Vigh TKO 2 (6) 17 Jun 2017 Belgium Sporthal Tempelhof, Bruges, Belgium
4 Win 4–0 Bulgaria Borislava Goranova UD 10 21 Jan 2017 Belgium Asse, Belgium Won inaugural WBF International female super-middleweight title
3 Win 3–0 Georgia (country) Elene Sikmashvili KO 2 (10) 8 Oct 2016 Belgium Middelkerke, Belgium Won inaugural Belgian and vacang BeNeLux female super-middleweight titles
2 Win 2–0 Latvia Vladislava Lopuhova TKO 1 (6) 25 Jun 2016 Belgium Ninove, Belgium
1 Win 1–0 Bulgaria Galina Gyumliyska UD 6 23 Jan 2016 Belgium Sportloods Waarborre, Asse, Belgium

References[]

  1. ^ "Boxing record for Femke Hermans". BoxRec.
  2. ^ "BoxRec: Femke Hermans vs. Galina Gyumliyska". BoxRec. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  3. ^ "BoxRec: Femke Hermans vs. Vladislava Lopuhova". BoxRec. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  4. ^ Van der Gracht, Kris (10 October 2016). "Femke Hermans (Steenhuffel) Belgisch kampioen -75 kg". www.ringtv.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Femke Hermans Shuts Out Goranova, Wins WBF International Title". Real Combat Media. 22 January 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  6. ^ Songalia, Ryan (3 March 2018). "WATCH: Alicia Napoleon after winning first world title on Wilder-Ortiz card". The Ring. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Straffe prestatie: Femke Hermans kroont zich tot WBO-kampioene en wordt tweede Belgische boksster met wereldtitel". www.hln.be (in Dutch). 13 May 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  8. ^ Fischer, Doug (8 December 2018). "Claressa Shields shuts out Femke Hermans on HBO boxing finale". The Ring. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  9. ^ Kemp, Jay (25 March 2019). "Elin Cederroos Shocks Femke Hermans with Majority Decision Victory to Claim the IBF Super Middleweight Title". Women of Boxing. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  10. ^ "BoxRec: Femke Hermans vs. Borislava Goranova". BoxRec. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Femke Hermans herovert Europese titel: "Beloning voor het vele werk"". www.hln.be (in Dutch). 6 December 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  12. ^ "Savannah Marshall defends her WBO middleweight title against Femke Hermans on April 10, live on Sky Sports". Sky Sports. 18 March 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  13. ^ Happe, Liam (8 April 2021). "Savannah Marshall gets new opponent on Conor Benn vs. Samuel Vargas undercard | DAZN News Argentina". DAZN. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

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Sporting positions
Regional boxing titles
Inaugural champion Belgian female super-middleweight champion
8 October 2016 – January 2017 		Vacant
N/A BeNeLux female super-middleweight champion
8 October 2016 – January 2017 		N/A
Inaugural champion WBF International female super-middleweight champion
21 January 2017 – 2018 		Vacant
European female middleweight champion
5 December 2020 – present 		Incumbent
World boxing titles
Vacant
Title last held by
Christina Hammer 		WBO female super-middleweight champion
12 May 2018 – 2019 		Vacant
Title next held by
Franchón Crews-Dezurn
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