Ermano Fegatilli

Ermano Fegatilli (born 19 August 1984 in Ougrée, Belgium) is a Belgium-based Italian boxer.

Ermano Fegatilli
Statistics
Nickname(s)Il Dottore
Weight(s)Super Featherweight
Nationality Belgian
Italian
Born (1984-08-19) 19 August 1984
Ougrée
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights29
Wins25
Wins by KO5
Losses4
Draws0
No contests0

He is the former European Boxing Union Super Featherweight champion.[1]

Personal life

Fegatilli holds a master's degree in Economics with the highest honours from Liège University, making him arguably the cleverest boxer in the world.[2] Hence his nickname Il Dottore.

Fegatilli combines work and boxing and is currently a full-time employee as a healthcare project consultant at the Möbius Business Redesign.

Boxing career

Amateur career

Fegatilli's amateur career was a rather short one, finishing at 25-2-2 and becoming Belgian champ in four consecutive years since 2001.[3]

Professional career

Fegatilli started his professional career in 2005. He is the Belgian Champion since 2008. In May 2007 he won the European Boxing Union European Union (EBU-EU) Super Featherweight title against Italian champion Antonio De Vitis.

As of February 2012 Fegatilli is ranked #9 by the WBC.[4] and is therefore official title challenger for both the WBC and WBA world titles.

Fegatilli is being promoted by GMG Boxing Promotion and managed by Mirco Giuliani.

His trainers are Martin Jansen (head trainer/coach and cutman), Sandro Menconi (co-trainer), Urbano Giuliani and Dimitrios Mevroudis.

Winning the EBU Super Featherweight Championship
Fegatilli vs Foster Jr.

On 26 February 2011 Fegatilli won the EBU Super Featherweight Title by beating Stephen Foster Jr., 30, in the Premier Suite at Bolton’s Reebok Stadium, England, United Kingdom. This was Fegatilli's biggest win to date. Foster Jr. was knocked down a total of five times yet lasted to the final bell.[5] Relatively unknown and a 13-2 underdog before this fight, Il Dottore surprised many with the result.[6]

Final scores were 140-110 and 114-109 twice, making Fegatilli the winner by unanimous decision. Foster was knocked down once in round nine, three times in round 10 and once more in round 11. Foster Jr. gave a good account of himself in the first seven rounds but Fegatilli's consistent body attack and high workrate proved to be too much for Foster Jr, who had stopped Levan Kirakosyan in three rounds in October 2010.[7]

First title defense

Fegatilli was set to make a voluntary defense of his European title against tough Frenchmen and EBU-EU super featherweight champion Karim Chakim in October [8] but French promoter Gilbert Tesseron cancelled the fight just four days before it was to take place because of financial reasons.[9]

Ermano defended his EBU title on 25 February against Italian Antonio De Vitis in the latter one's hometown of Savigliano, Italy. Fegatilli remained on the attack in a technically thrilling bout. A cut on the head of De Vitis caused a stoppage in round 6. Fegatilli won a close-but-clear majority decision.

Non-title fight

Because of the cancellation of the fight against Chakim Fegatilli's management was forced to organize a bout to keep Ermano's high world rank spot secured.

On 23 December 2011 Fegatilli faced Dutch-Nigerian boxer Innocent Anyanwu in Liege, Belgium. Ermano won the fight by unanimous decision.

Losing his title

On 21 July 2012 Fegatilli lost his title in a close and questionable decision to Italy's Devis Boschiero.

The fight was very close and entertaining to watch but on the scorecards but all three judges scored the contest for the local challenger Boschiero. Many people protested for a rematch.

Comeback

On 28 September 2012 Fegatilli returned home to Ghent to face journeyman Michael Isaac Carrero.

He dominated the overmatched Michael Carrero over eight rounds quite clearly winning a near-shutout Unanimous Decision.

Karim Chakim trilogy

On 29 March 2013 Ermano Fegatilli once again fought at the Topsportal - This time with vengeance in mind. In a trilogy fight with past rival Karim Chakim, Ermano Fegatilli fought past the French veteran in a highly impressive 80-72 victory. This fight sparked him back into Super Featherweight title contention.

Professional boxing record
25 Wins (5 knockouts, 20 decisions), 4 Losses (0 knockouts, 4 decisions), 0 Draws[10]
Res. Record Opponent Type Rd., Time Date Location Notes
Win 25-4 Antonio De Vitis TD 7 (12) 2012-02-25 Bocciodromo, Savigliano, Italy Retained EBU Super Featherweight Title
Win 24-4 Innocent Anyanwu UD 8 2011-12-23 Salle Omnisport, Oupeye, Belgium
Win 23-4 Stephen Foster UD 12 2011-02-26 Reebok Stadium, Bolton, England Won EBU Super Featherweight Title
Win 22-4 Pascal Bouchez UD 6 2010-04-17 Deux Acren, Lessines, Belgium
Win 21-4 Maurycy Gojko UD 6 2010-02-20 Salle de la Prehalle, Herstal, Belgium
Win 20-4 Samir Boukrara UD 6 2009-11-28 Salle Omnisport, Oupeye, Belgium
Win 19-4 Alix Djavoiev UD 6 2009-11-01 Stedelijke Sporthalle, Izegem, Belgium
Win 18-4 Maurycy Gojok UD 4 2009-10-10 Salle Omnisport, Cheratte, Belgium
Win 17-4 Jesus Garcia Escalona UD 8 2009-05-09 Hall Omnisport, Loncin, Belgium
Win 16-4 Pascal Bouchez TKO 3 (6) 2009-02-21 Hall Omnisport de Herstal, Herstal, Belgium
Win 15-4 Ivan Godor UD 6 2008-11-22 Vise, Belgium
Loss 14-4 Vitali Tajbert UD 8 2008-08-29 Burg-Waechter Castello, Düsseldorf, Germany
Win 14-3 Araik Sachbazjan UD 10 2008-05-30 Vise, Belgium Won vacant Belgium Super Featherweight Title
Win 13-3 Gagik Martirosyan UD 10 2008-02-23 Herstal, Belgium Won TWBA Super Featherweight Title
Loss 12-3 Jesus Garcia Escalona SD 12 2007-11-17 Complexe Sportif, Andenne, Belgium Lost EBU-EU Super Featherweight Title
Win 12-2 Pascal Bouchez PTS 6 2007-09-29 Centre Sportif, Soumagne, Belgium
Win 11-2 Antonio De Vitis MD 12 2007-05-05 Sart Tilman, Liege, Belgium Won vacant EBU-EU Super Featherweight Title
Win 10-2 Andrei Florin KO 1 (6) 2007-02-24 Herstal, Belgium
Loss 9-2 Devis Boschiero UD 10 2006-12-17 Battaglia Terme, Padova, Italy For vacant IBF Youth Super Featherweight Title
Win 9-1 Elemir Rafael TKO 5 (6) 2006-10-21 Complexe Sportif de la Spetz, Arlon, Belgium
Win 8-1 Karim Chakim UD 8 2006-05-27 Salle Omnisports, Vise, Belgium
Loss 7-1 Karim Chakim PTS 6 2006-04-08 Flemalle, Belgium
Win 7-0 Robert Zsemberi TKO 1 (6) 2006-02-25 Herstal, Belgium
Win 6-0 Kamel Guerfi PTS 8 2005-12-02 Dudelange, Luxembourg
Win 5-0 Andrei Florin UD 4 2005-11-26 Verviers, Belgium
Win 4-0 Miloud Saadi PTS 4 2005-10-22 Arlon, Belgium
Win 3-0 Piotr Niesporek TKO 3 (4) 2005-09-30 Amay, Belgium
Win 2-0 Damian Lawniczak UD 4 2005-05-21 Vise, Belgium
Win 1-0 Sergey Babushkin PTS 4 2005-04-23 Salle La Ruche, Herstal, Belgium Fegatilli's professional debut
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References
  1. Fightnews (2011-2-26) Fegatilli takes Foster's Euro belt Archived 2012-04-04 at the Wayback Machine Fightnews.com. Retrieved 2011-3-31
  2. Boxingnews24 (2011-1-24) Stephen Foster vs. Ermano Fegatilli on 2/26 Archived 2011-01-25 at the Wayback Machine Boxingnews24. Retrieved 201-3-27
  3. Ermano Fegatilli (2008-9) CV Ermano Fegatilli Archived 2011-10-03 at the Wayback Machine Center of Research in Public Economics and Population Economics. Retrieved 2011-3-27.
  4. World Boxing Council Archived 2011-04-24 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2011-21-4.
  5. Alexey Sukachev (2011-2-26) Ermano Fegatilli Shocks Stephen Foster Jr. Over Twelve Boxingscene. Retrieved 2011-3-26.
  6. Mike carr (2011-2-25) Stephen Foster VS Ermano Fegatilli Archived 2011-02-28 at the Wayback Machine GX-World. Retrieved 2011-3-27.
  7. BBC (2011-2-27) Stephen Foster Jr loses title defence to Fegatilli BBC Sport. Retrieved 2011-3-27.
  8. TSB (2011-3-17) Chakim Défiera Fegatilli Pour Son Titre Européen Tout sur La Boxe. Retrieved 2011-7-13.
  9. DeMorgen (2011-11-22) DeMorgen. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
  10. "Ermano Fegatilli professional boxing record". BoxRec.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-21. Retrieved 2011-03-26.

See also
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