Jessica Balogun

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.

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.

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

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

Jessica Balogun during amateur career

Balogun won world championships throughout her amateur career.

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)