Femke Hermans

Femke Hermans is a Belgian professional boxer. She is the current IBF and IBO female super welterweight world champion. She held the WBO female super-middleweight title in 2018, becoming the second Belgian woman to hold a major world championship, and also challenged for the WBA female super-middleweight title and unified WBA, WBC, and IBF female middleweight titles in 2018.

Femke Hermans
Statistics
Weight(s)
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
NationalityBelgian
Born (1990-02-05) 5 February 1990
Dendermonde, Belgium
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record[1]
Total fights21
Wins17
Wins by KO7
Losses4

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
21 fights 17 wins 4 losses
By knockout 7 1
By decision 10 3
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
21 Win 17-4 Mary Spencer MD 10 11 Oct 2023 Montreal Casino, Montreal, Canada Retained IBO female super welterweight title;
Won vacant IBF female super welterweight title
20 Win 16–4 Maria Lindberg RTD 1 (10), 2:00 17 Jun 2023 Alfasun Indoor Arena, Roosdaal, Belgium Retained IBO female super welterweight title
19 Win 15–4 Katarina Vistica KO 5 (8), 1:17 11 Mar 2023 Ecaussinnes, Belgium
18 Win 14–4 Mary Spencer UD 10 16 Dec 2022 Centre Gervais Auto, Shawinigan, Canada Won vacant IBO female super welterweight title
17 Win 13–4 Bojana Libiszewska UD 6 25 Jun 2022 Rue du sceptre 1319, Ixelles, Belgium
16 Loss 12–4 Savannah Marshall KO 3 (10), 2:59 2 Apr 2022 Vertu Motors Arena, Newcastle, England For WBO female middleweight title
15 Win 12–3 Lili Jumali KO 3 (6), 1:15 17 Jul 2021 Stade du Heysel, Brussels, Belgium
14 Win 11–3 Luiza Davydova UD 10 5 Dec 2020 Fight Off Training Center, Wavre, Belgium Won inaugural European female middleweight title
13 Win 10–3 Borislava Goranova TKO 3 (6), 1:50 9 Oct 2020 Roosdaal, Belgium
12 Loss 9–3 Elin Cederroos MD 10 22 Mar 2019 Belleheide Center, Roosdaal, Belgium For vacant IBF female super middleweight title
11 Loss 9–2 Claressa Shields UD 10 8 Dec 2018 StubHub Center, Carson, California, US For WBA, WBC, and IBF female middleweight titles
10 Win 9–1 Ester Konecna UD 6 15 Sep 2018 Evenementenhal DOC, Alsemberg, Belgium
9 Win 8–1 Florence Muthoni UD 6 29 Jun 2018 Belleheide Center, Roosdaal, Belgium
8 Win 7–1 Nikki Adler UD 10 12 May 2018 Eisstadion, Augsburg, Germany Won vacant WBO female super-middleweight title
7 Loss 6–1 Alicia Napoleon UD 10 3 Mar 2018 Barclays Center, New York City, New York, US For vacant WBA female super-middleweight title
6 Win 6–0 Ester Konecna UD 6 30 Sep 2017 Sportcomplex Schotte, Aalst, Belgium
5 Win 5–0 Klaudia Vigh TKO 2 (6) 17 Jun 2017 Sporthal Tempelhof, Bruges, Belgium
4 Win 4–0 Borislava Goranova UD 10 21 Jan 2017 Asse, Belgium Won inaugural WBF International female super-middleweight title
3 Win 3–0 Elene Sikmashvili KO 2 (10) 8 Oct 2016 Middelkerke, Belgium Won inaugural Belgian and vacant BeNeLux female super-middleweight titles
2 Win 2–0 Vladislava Lopuhova TKO 1 (6) 25 Jun 2016 Ninove, Belgium
1 Win 1–0 Galina Gyumliyska UD 6 23 Jan 2016 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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