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

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Jessica Balogun
Balogun in January 2010
Statistics
Real name	Jessica Balogun
Nickname(s)	The Hammer, Sugar J
Weight(s)	Super Featherweight
Nationality	German
Born	(1988-12-20) December 20, 1988 (age 33) Aachen, Germany
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	28
Wins	24
Wins by KO	12
Losses	4
Draws	0
No contests	0

Early life

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Balogun was born on December 20, 1988, in Aachen, Germany. She is of Nigerian descent. Six months after Balogun's birth, she arrived in Stuttgart with her mother. She found her first contact with the young boxing club of MTK Boxen Aachen, through a classmate while in school in Aachen, Germany.

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 K.O. 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 K.O. victories. The "Open Aachen City Championship", founded by her association, MTK Boxen Aachen, in 2002, which brought her the fourth title in 2006. This time, she defeated her opponent in the third round by K.O. Balogun's success as an amateur boxer is currently (end of 2006) with 10 wins in 10 fights.

Professional career

At the beginning of 2008, Balogun moved to the professional camp. Here, she signed a trainer and managerial contract with her discoverer, Aachen coach and manager Mario Guedes. 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 battle 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, the capital of Haiti, she also won the GBU World Junior Championship. They beat their opponent Evelina Diaz in the 5th round K.O. On November 29, 2008, she defended her WFC World 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 world welterweight title. She won confidently 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 Championship title against the Spaniard Loli Munoz. Then, on December 3 in 2011, she won the World Championship title of the GBU against the Romanian Floarea Lihet.

On June 2, 2012, Balogun in Herning, Denmark performed her 24th Profibox fight. The opponent was the Norwegian Cecilia Brækhus, owner of the world championship belt of WBA, WBC, and WBO. Balogun lost after ten rounds, (22-2, 10 KOs) on points. [1][2] Balogun also lost in Magdeburg against Christina Hammer, in March of 2014.[3] On the other hand, she was able to defend the world championship 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.[4]

Amateur accomplishments

Balogun won world championships throughout her amateur career.^[which?]

Professional accomplishments

• 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

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

5. Cecilia Braekhus Ready. September 13, 2012. "World Boxing Organization".https://wboboxing.com/tag/wbo-female/page/2/

External links

• Boxing record for Jessica Balogun from BoxRec (registration required)

На других языках

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[de] Jessica Balogun

Jessica Balogun (* 20. Februar 1989 in Ibadan, Nigeria) ist eine deutsche Boxerin.

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- [en] Jessica Balogun

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