Femke Hermans

Femke Hermans, born on February 5th, 1990 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.

Boxing Profile – Femke Hermans – Profesional Career Highlights:

Hermans vs. Gyumliyska

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.

Hermans vs. Lopuhova

Hermans managed to score a technical knockout (TKO) victory against Vladislava Lopuhova back in June 2016.

Hermans vs. Sikmashvili

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.

Hermans vs. Goranova

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 scoring it 79–73.

Hermans vs. Napoleon

Two fights later she was 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.

Hermans vs. Adler

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.

Hermans vs. Shields

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.

The loss came via UD over ten rounds, with all three judges scoring the bout 100–90.

Hermans vs. Caderroos

She moved back up to super-middleweight in her next fight, facing Elin Cederroos for the vacant IBF female title.

The fight took place on March 22nd, 2019, at the Belleheide Center in Roosendaal, Belgium.

Hermans suffered her second consecutive defeat and the third of her career.

She lost via majority decision (MD).

Two judges scored the bout 96–94 in favor of Cederroos while the third judge scored it even at 95–95.

Hermans vs Goranova II

Femke Hermans scored a rebound victory when she landed a TKO victory in a rematch with Borislava Goranova in October 2020.

Hermans vs. Davydova

She then faced Luiza Davydova for the inaugural European female middleweight title.

The fight took place on December 5th, 2020, at the Fight Off Training Center in Wavre, Belgium.

Hermans defeated Davydova via UD, with all three judges scoring the bout 98–92.