Jessica Balogun

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

Jessica Balogun
Balogun in January 2010
Statistics
Real nameJessica Balogun
Nickname(s)The Fury
Weight(s)Super Featherweight
NationalityGerman
Born (1988-12-20) December 20, 1988
Ibadan, Nigeria
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights28
Wins24
Wins by KO12
Losses4
Draws0
No contests0

Early life

Jessica was born on December 20, 1988 in Ibadan Nigeria. Six months after Balogun's birth she arrived in Stuttgart with her mother. Through a classmate during her Aachen school, she found her first contacts with the young boxing club MTK Boxen Aachen.

Amateur career

Jessica 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 with a win in round two. She wrote Aachen sport history: She is the first boxing champion of the old Kaiserstadt. In November 2006 Jessica 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, brought her the fourth title in 2006. This time she defeated her opponent in the third round by K.O.Jessica 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. Already 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), 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 World Junior Championship of the GBU. They beat their opponent Evelina Diaz (Dominican Republic) in the 5th round K.O. In the meantime, 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, Sugar J Jessica 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 (up to 66.67 kg). 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 13th 2010, Angel McKenzie June 4, 2010 and Marija Pejakovic (Serbia). On 20 November 2010, Balogun also won WIBA World Championship title against the Spaniard Loli Munoz. She also won the World Championship title of the GBU against the Romanian Floarea Lihet on December 3, 2011.

On June 2, 2012, Jessica Balogun in Herning / Denmark took her 24th Profibox fight. Opponent was the Norwegian Cecilia Brækhus, managed by Sauerland Events Berlin, owner of the world championship belt of WBA, WBC and WBO. Balogun lost after ten rounds. She also lost in March 2014 in Magdeburg against Christina Hammer [1]. 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. [2] Subsequently, Balogun had to defeat the Norwegian Braekhus again on June 7, 2014 in Schwerin

Career

Balogun's career started in 2003 where through her classmates she was introduced to the MTK Boxing club.

Amateur accomplishments
Jessica Balogun during amateur career

Balogun won world championships throughout her amateur career.

Professional accomplishments

Balogun's record stands at 24 wins - 4 losses.[1]

  • 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
Professional record summary
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 Professional debut
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References
  1. "Jessica Balogun". BoxRec. Retrieved 2017-03-22.
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