Regina Halmich

Regina Halmich (born 22 November 1976) is a German former professional boxer. She is among the most successful female boxers of all time and helped popularise female boxing in Europe.

Amateur career

Halmich was German champion in kickboxing as an amateur in 1992, 1993, and 1994, a year in which she also earned the European title.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Professional career

As a professional, she has boxed in the Jr. Flyweight, Flyweight, Jr. Bantamweight, Bantamweight and Featherweight divisions. Halmich was the WIBF's world champion in the Jr. Flyweight, Flyweight and Super Flyweight divisions. Halmich made her professional debut on 4 March 1994, in her hometown of Karlsruhe, defeating Fienie Klee of the Netherlands.

Regina Halmich has defeated several quality boxers during her career. She defended her Flyweight title with success against Delia Gonzalez, Yvonne Caples, Johanna Peña-Álvarez<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and numerous others, once only with a draw against Elena Reid. She also faced Daisy Lang, against whom she won in a fight for the vacant IWBF world Super Flyweight title.

On 15 January 2005, she defeated Marylin Hernandez by a ten-round unanimous decision defending the world Flyweight title. On 16 April 2005 she also defeated Hollie Dunaway in ten rounds defending her title. In her 50th professional fight, she defended the title against María Jesús Rosa Reina from Spain. She held the title for more than ten years. In December 2005 she won the rematch against Elena Reid.

On 9 September 2006, Halmich won her 53rd pro fight, defeating Ria Ramnarine of Trinidad and Tobago by TKO in the sixth round. Her pro boxing record now stands at 52 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw.

Halmich faced Reka Krempf of Hungary on 13 January 2007 at the Brandberg Arena in Halle (Saale), defeating her by a unanimous decision for the 44th successful title defense.

Retirement

Halmich announced her retirement after her farewell fight on 30 November 2007, in which she beat Hagar Finer of Israel by majority decision (96–94, 97–94, 95–95).

Outside the ring

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Halmich in 2008

In addition to her boxing career, Halmich has branched out into the world of business, as she became one of the first women boxers to have her own line of cosmetics. She has posed as a model for some German magazines and websites. Halmich became famous on German television with a promotional fight against German TV host Stefan Raab, in his show TV total in March 2001. The fight was rather chaotic, the referee intended to end it more than once because he felt that Stefan Raab's health was in danger, but show host Raab kept convincing him to continue the fight. Although Halmich broke Stefan Raab's nose during the fight, he at least managed to go the distance with her. A second fight between these two took place in 2007, and Halmich won again.

The EP All We Are – The Fight by metal band Warlock is subtitled "A Tribute to Regina Halmich", because this version of the title track "All We Are" was originally performed on 30 March 2006 on German TV as the entrance song for Regina Halmich, who was also Doro Pesch's best friend.

International recognition

She is not a stranger to American boxing fans, and, in 1996, American boxing publication Ring Magazine published the first of a number of articles about her in that magazine. In January 2016, it considered her the 2nd best female boxer of all time.<ref>Gerbasi, Thomas. (Jan 2016): "The best female boxers of all time." The Ring,:Pages 90–91.</ref>

Professional boxing record

Template:Abbr	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
56	Template:Yes2Win	54–1–1	Hagar Finer	MD	10	30 Nov 2007	Template:Small	Template:Small
55	Template:Yes2Win	53–1–1	Wendy Rodriguez	UD	10	28 Jul 2007	Template:Small	Template:Small
54	Template:Yes2Win	52–1–1	Reka Krempf	UD	10	13 Jan 2007	Template:Small	Template:Small
53	Template:Yes2Win	51–1–1	Ria Ramnarine	TKO	6 (10), Template:Small	9 Sep 2006	Template:Small	Template:Small
52	Template:Yes2Win	50–1–1	Viktoria Milo	UD	10	6 May 2006	Template:Small	Template:Small
51	Template:Yes2Win	49–1–1	Elena Reid	UD	10	3 Dec 2005	Template:Small	Template:Small
50	Template:Yes2Win	48–1–1	María Jesús Rosa Reina	SD	10	10 Sep 2005	Template:Small	Template:Small
49	Template:Yes2Win	47–1–1	Hollie Dunaway	UD	10	16 Apr 2005	Template:Small	Template:Small
48	Template:Yes2Win	46–1–1	Marilyn Hernandez	UD	10	15 Jan 2005	Template:Small	Template:Small
47	Template:DrawDraw	45–1–1	Elena Reid	SD	10	11 Sep 2004	Template:Small	Template:Small
46	Template:Yes2Win	45–1	Daisy Lang	UD	10	29 May 2004	Template:Small	Template:Small
45	Template:Yes2Win	44–1	Johanna Peña Álvarez	UD	10	17 Jan 2004	Template:Small	Template:Small
44	Template:Yes2Win	43–1	Svetla Taskova	TKO	6 (10)	12 Jul 2003	Template:Small	Template:Small
43	Template:Yes2Win	42–1	Cathy Brown	UD	10	26 Apr 2003	Template:Small	Template:Small
42	Template:Yes2Win	41–1	Nadja Loritz	UD	10	18 Jan 2003	Template:Small	Template:Small
41	Template:Yes2Win	40–1	Yvonne Caples	MD	10	17 Aug 2002	Template:Small	Template:Small
40	Template:Yes2Win	39–1	Anca Moise	TKO	4 (10)	20 Apr 2002	Template:Small	Template:Small
39	Template:Yes2Win	38–1	Svetla Taskova	UD	10	24 Nov 2001	Template:Small	Template:Small
38	Template:Yes2Win	37–1	Alina Shaternikova	UD	10	21 Jul 2001	Template:Small	Template:Small
37	Template:Yes2Win	36–1	Andrea Blevins	KO	5 (10), Template:Small	7 Apr 2001	Template:Small	Template:Small
36	Template:Yes2Win	35–1	Szilvia Csicsely	TKO	3 (10)	24 Feb 2001	Template:Small	Template:Small
35	Template:Yes2Win	34–1	Alina Shaternikova	SD	10	16 Dec 2000	Template:Small	Template:Small
34	Template:Yes2Win	33–1	Michelle Sutcliffe	UD	12	7 Oct 2000	Template:Small	Template:Small
33	Template:Yes2Win	32–1	Delia Gonzalez	MD	10	13 May 2002	Template:Small	Template:Small
32	Template:Yes2Win	31–1	Viktoria Varga	TKO	5 (10), Template:Small	19 Feb 2000	Template:Small	Template:Small
31	Template:Yes2Win	30–1	Jill Matthews	UD	10	18 Sep 1999	Template:Small	Template:Small
30	Template:Yes2Win	29–1	Erzsebet Borosi	TKO	8 (10)	10 Jul 1999	Template:Small	Template:Small
29	Template:Yes2Win	28–1	Lourdes Noemi Gonzalez	KO	1 (10)	27 Mar 1999	Template:Small	Template:Small
28	Template:Yes2Win	27–1	Viktoria Pataki	UD	10	5 Dec 1998	Template:Small	Template:Small
27	Template:Yes2Win	26–1	Anissa Zamarron	UD	10	3 Oct 1998	Template:Small	Template:Small
26	Template:Yes2Win	25–1	Stefania Bianchini	UD	10	10 Jul 1998	Template:Small	Template:Small
25	Template:Yes2Win	24–1	Maria Rosa Tabbuso	TKO	6 (10)	18 Apr 1998	Template:Small	Template:Small
24	Template:Yes2Win	23–1	Lisa Houghton	UD	10	7 Mar 1998	Template:Small	Template:Small
23	Template:Yes2Win	22–1	Francesca Lupo	UD	10	29 Nov 1997	Template:Small	Template:Small
22	Template:Yes2Win	21–1	Viktoria Pataki	UD	10	20 Sep 1997	Template:Small	Template:Small
21	Template:Yes2Win	20–1	Lisa Houghton	UD	10	27 Jun 1997	Template:Small	Template:Small
20	Template:Yes2Win	19–1	Nojima Miyuki	UD	10	8 Mar 1997	Template:Small	Template:Small
19	Template:Yes2Win	18–1	Cheryll Robertson	UD	10	21 Dec 1996	Template:Small	Template:Small
18	Template:Yes2Win	17–1	Michelle Sutcliffe	TKO	2 (10)	2 Nov 1996	Template:Small	Template:Small
17	Template:Yes2Win	16–1	Diane Berry	UD	10	17 Aug 1996	Template:Small	Template:Small
16	Template:Yes2Win	15–1	Melinda Papp	TKO	4 (10)	13 Apr 1996	Template:Small	Template:Small
15	Template:Yes2Win	14–1	Dagmar Richardson	KO	8 (10), Template:Small	10 Feb 1996	Template:Small	Template:Small
14	Template:Yes2Win	13–1	Anissa Zamarron	UD	10	2 Dec 1995	Template:Small	Template:Small
13	Template:Yes2Win	12–1	Petrina Phillips	UD	10	4 Nov 1995	Template:Small
12	Template:Yes2Win	11–1	Brigitte Scherzinour	KO	8 (10)	23 Sep 1995	Template:Small	Template:Small
11	Template:Yes2Win	10–1	Sonia Pereira	TKO	7 (10)	5 Aug 1995	Template:Small
10	Template:Yes2Win	9–1	Kim Messer	SD	10	10 Jun 1995	Template:Small	Template:Small
9	Template:No2Loss	8–1	Yvonne Trevino	RTD	4 (10), Template:Small	20 Apr 1995	Template:Small	Template:Small<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
8	Template:Yes2Win	8–0	Maria Rosa Tabbuso	PTS	10 (10)	2 Apr 1995	Template:Small
7	Template:Yes2Win	7–0	Paula Moreira	PTS	6 (6)	11 Mar 1995	Template:Small<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
6	Template:Yes2Win	6–0	Cheryll Robertson	PTS	10 (10)	25 Nov 1994	Template:Small
5	Template:Yes2Win	5–0	Severine Grandsire	PTS	6 (6)	2 Sep 1994	Template:Small
4	Template:Yes2Win	4–0	Sonja Silva	KO	1 (?)	17 Jun 1994	Template:Small
3	Template:Yes2Win	3–0	Severine Grandsire	PTS	6 (6)	5 Jun 1994	Template:Small
2	Template:Yes2Win	2–0	Birgit Veerle	KO	3 (?)	22 Apr 1993	Template:Small
1	Template:Yes2Win	1–0	Fienie Klee	PTS	6	4 Mar 1994	Template:Small	Template:Small

External links

• Official website Template:In lang
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• News and Pictures of Regina Halmich
• Biography from the International Boxing Hall of Fame