Jessica Balogun (born December 20, 1988) is a German professional boxer. She was a standout amateur and is now a world champion professional boxer.

Jessica Balogun
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Balogun in January 2010
Born
Jessica Balogun

(1988-12-20) December 20, 1988 (age 35)
Aachen, Germany
NationalityGerman
Other namesThe Hammer, Sugar J
Statistics
Weight(s)Super Featherweight
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights28
Wins24
Wins by KO12
Losses4
Draws0
No contests0

Early life

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Balogun was born on December 20, 1988, in Aachen, Germany.[1] She is of Nigerian descent. Six months after Balogun's birth, she moved to Stuttgart with her mother. She found out about the boxing club, MTK Boxen Aachen, through a classmate while in school in Aachen.

Amateur career

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Balogun joined MTK Boxen Aachen in the summer of 2005. In her first competition, on April 1, 2006, she won the West German Championship with a knockout (KO) victory in round one. Six months later, she finished the 4th International German Women's Box Championships in Herrischried / Südbaden, and won the title of the International German Champion after her win in round two. She made Aachen sports history by being the first boxing champion of the old Kaiserstadt. In November 2006 Balogun won the International Women's boxing tournament, Baden Open, by two first-round KO victories. She won her fourth title in 2006, the Open Aachen City Championship. This time, she defeated her opponent in the third round with a knock-out.

Professional career

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At the beginning of 2008 Balogun became professional. On February 23, 2008, she had her first professional fight and fought her way through five victories in a row. On June 7, 2008, Balogun won the World Championship and World Championship title (WFC), as well as the world champion and super-welterweight champion, in the main contest of the 6th Hattersheimer Boxing Night against undefeated European champion Anja Henning. Balogun advanced to No. 5 with this victory in an independent computer world tournament. On 24 January 2009, Balogun conceded her 11th professional boxing match and won her second world title. In Port-au-Prince she also won the GBU World Junior Championship. She defeated her opponent Evelina Diaz in the 5th round with a knock-out. On November 29, 2008, she defended her WFC Super-Welterweight title against Tatjana Dieckmann in Aachen, by K.O., in round 4. After the GBU World Cup victory in Haiti, Balogun successfully defended the junior welterweight title against Daniela David from Romania.

In her 13th professional boxing match, she beat Olga Bojare from Latvia on September 5, 2009, for the vacant WFC welterweight title. She won with 100-90 points. The WFC welterweight title was then defended against Eva Halasi (Serbia, 21 November 2009), again Olga Bojare (March 13, 2010), and against Angel McKenzie (June 4, 2010) and Marija Pejakovic (Serbia). On 20 November 2010, Balogun also won the WIBA World title against the Spaniard Loli Muñoz. On December 3 in 2011 she won the GBU world title against the Romanian Floarea Lihet.

On June 2, 2012, in Herning, Denmark, Balogun made her 24th Profibox fight. The opponent was Cecilia Brækhus, owner of the world championship belt of WBA, WBC, and WBO. Balogun lost after ten rounds, (22-2, 10 KOs) on points.[2][3] Balogun also lost in Magdeburg against Christina Hammer, in March 2014.[4] She defended the world title belt in super welterweight after the WFC on April 26, 2014, in Stolberg against Edita Lesnik from Bosnia-Herzegovina. Subsequently, Balogun had to defeat the Norwegian Braekhus again on June 7, 2014 in Schwerin.[5]

 
Jessica Balogun during amateur career

Professional accomplishments

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  • 7/6/2008 - WFC European Super Welterweight (female)
  • 1/24/2009 - GBU (European Champion) Junior Welterweight (Female)
  • 11/20/2010 - WIBA (World Champion) Welterweight (female)

Professional boxing record

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28 fights 24 wins 4 losses
By knockout 12 0
By decision 12 4
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
28 Loss 24–4   Cecilia Brækhus UD 10 7 Jun 2014   Sport- und Kongresshalle, Schwerin For WBA female welterweight title;
For WBC female welterweight title;
For WBO female welterweight title
27 Win 24–3   Edita Karabeg TKO 2 (10), 1:45 26 Apr 2014   Museum Zinkhütter Hof, Aachen
26 Loss 23–3   Christina Hammer UD 10 1 Mar 2014   GETEC Arena, Magdeburg For WBF female middleweight title;
For WBO female middleweight title
25 Win 23–2   Daniela David KO 5 (10), 1:10 16 Nov 2013   Aachen
24 Loss 22–2   Cecilia Brækhus UD 10 2 Jun 2012   Herning Kongrescenter, Herning For WBA female welterweight title;
For WBC female welterweight title;
For WBO female welterweight title
23 Win 22–1   Floarea Lihet UD 10 3 Dec 2011   MTK Boxing Gym, Aachen Won vacant GBU female welterweight title
22 Win 21–1   Sarah Huebner TKO 4 (6), 1:14 8 Oct 2011   Karl Eckel Halle, Hattersheim am Main
21 Win 20–1   Adriana Tertilte RTD 3 (8) 4 Jun 2011   Rodahal, Kerkrade
20 Win 19–1   Leticia Candal UD 10 2 Apr 2011   Halle Wenau, Aachen
19 Win 18–1   Loli Munoz UD 10 20 Nov 2010   Aachen Won vacant WIBA welterweight title
18 Win 17–1   Angel McKenzie TKO 8 (10), 1:43 28 Aug 2010   Radsportakadamie Heinz Betz, Oeschelbronn
17 Win 16–1   Marija Pejakovic PTS 10 1 Jul 2010   Fahrdorf
16 Win 15–1   Angel McKenzie UD 10 4 Jun 2010   Karl Eckel Halle, Hattersheim am Main
15 Win 14–1   Olga Bojare UD 10 13 Mar 2010   JS-Wenau-Halle, Heistern
14 Win 13–1   Eva Bajic KO 4 (10) 21 Nov 2009   Aachen
13 Win 12–1   Olga Bojare PTS 10 5 Sep 2009   Flughafen Merzbrück, Aachen
12 Win 11–1   Daniela David UD 10 30 May 2009   Daimler Benz Niederlassung, Aachen Retained GBU female super lightweight title
11 Win 10–1   Evelina Diaz TKO 5 (10) 24 Jan 2009   Trotyl Bar & Lounge, Pétion-Ville Won vacant GBU female super lightweight title
10 Win 9–1   Tatjana Dieckmann KO 4 (10) 29 Nov 2008   Sportanlage JS-Wenau, Aachen
9 Win 8–1   Jaqueline Nowack TKO 4 (8) 25 Oct 2008   Tai-Kien Gym, Aachen
8 Win 7–1   Verena Herrman TKO 2 (6) 4 Oct 2008   Neuwieder Heimathaus, Neuwied
7 Win 6–1   Susanne Breuer TKO 4 (6) 27 Sep 2008   Aachen
6 Win 5–1   Anja Henning MD 10 7 Jun 2008   Karl Eckel Halle, Hattersheim am Main
5 Loss 4–1   Diane Schwachhofer MD 6 17 May 2008   Salle Omnisport, Piéton
4 Win 4–0   Susanne Breuer TKO 2 (6) 10 May 2008   LBN Boxstudio, Magdeburg
3 Win 3–0   Marina Kohlgruber PTS 6 26 Apr 2008   Ostfrieslandhalle, Leer
2 Win 2–0   Jaqueline Nowack PTS 4 12 Apr 2008   Neuwieder Heimathaus, Neuwied
1 Win 1–0   Manon Rohrbach PTS 4 23 Feb 2008   Josefshaus, Aachen

References

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  1. ^ "BoxRec: Jessica Balogun". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  2. ^ "WBO Female Archives - Page 2 of 3".
  3. ^ "Brækhus forsvarte beltene". 2 June 2012.
  4. ^ "Boxen: Christina Hammer verteidigt beide WM-Titel".
  5. ^ ""Endlich bin ich nicht mehr kriminell"". Der Tagesspiegel Online. 17 December 2014.
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