Femke Hermans (pronounced[ˈfɛmkəˈɦɛrmɑns]) (born 5 February 1990) is a Belgianprofessional boxer She is a formerIBF andIBO femalesuper-welterweight champion and also held theWBO femalesuper-middleweight title.

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

After atechnical knockout (TKO) victory against Vladislava Lopuhova in June,^[3] Hermans defeated Elene Sikmashvili via second-roundknockout (KO) on 8 October, capturing the inaugural Belgian and vacant BeNeLux femalesuper-middleweight titles inMiddelkerke, 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, facingAlicia Napoleon for the vacantWBA female super-middleweight title on 3 March 2018, at theBarclays Center inBrooklyn, New York. The bout was televised live onShowtime as part of the undercard forDeontay 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, facingNikki Adler for the vacantWBO female super-middleweight title on 12 May 2018, at the Eisstadion inAugsburg, Germany. Hermans defeated Adler via UD to become the second Belgian woman (afterDelfine 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 aweight class to challengeClaressa Shields for the unifiedWBA,WBC, andIBF female middleweight titles on 8 December 2018, at theStubHub Center inCarson, California. In an event that served asHBO'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, facingElin Cederroos for the vacantIBF female title on 22 March 2019, at the Belleheide Center inRoosdaal, Belgium. Hermans suffered her second consecutive defeat, and the third of her career, losing viamajority 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 inauguralEuropean female middleweight title on 5 December 2020, at the Fight Off Training Center inWavre, Belgium. Hermans defeated Goranova via UD, with all three judges scoring the bout 98–92.^[11]

Hermans challengedSavannah Marshall for theWBO female middleweight World title on 2 April 2022 but lost the contest in Newcastle, England, when she was knocked out in round three.^[12]

Switching tosuper-welterweight, she claimed the vacantIBO title with a win over the previously unbeatenMary Spencer by unanimous decision in Shawnigan, Quebec, Canada, on 16 December 2022.^[13]

Hermans made an emphatic first defense of her title on 17 June 2023 when her challenger,Maria Lindberg, retired at the end of the first-round of their fight in Roosdaal, Belgium, having been knocked to the canvas just before the bell.^[14]

She put her belt on the line in a rematch against Spencer on 11 October 2023, in Montreal, Canada, with the vacantIBF female super-welterweight World title also up for grabs. Once again Hermans got the victory, this time by majority decision.^[15]

Herman's lost her titles toOshae Jones by split decision in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, on 22 November 2024.^[16]

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