Ermano Fegatilli

Ermano Fegatilli
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Nickname(s) Il Dottore
Rated at Super Featherweight
Nationality Belgian
Italian
Born August 19, 1984 (1984-08-19) (age 27)
Ougrée
Stance Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights 27
Wins 23
Wins by KO 5
Losses 4
Draws 0
No contests 0

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

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

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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 health management project consultant at the University Hospital of Liège.

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 June 2011 Fegatilli is ranked #14 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

On February 26, 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][8]

First Title defense

Fegatilli is set to make a voluntary title defense against tough Frenchmen and EBU-EU super featherweight champion Karim Chakim in October.[9]

References

  1. ^ Fightnews (2011-2-26) Fegatilli takes Foster's Euro belt Fightnews.com. Retrieved 2011-3-31
  2. ^ Boxingnews24 (2011-1-24) Stephen Foster vs. Ermano Fegatilli on 2/26 Boxingnews24. Retrieved 201-3-27
  3. ^ Ermano Fegatilli (2008-9) CV Ermano Fegatilli Center of Research in Public Economics and Population Economics. Retrieved 2011-3-27.
  4. ^ World Boxing Council [1] 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 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. ^ Gavin Glicksman (2011-2-27) Virus-hit Foster comes up short The Sun. Retrieved 2011-3-27.
  9. ^ TSB (2011-3-17) Chakim Défiera Fegatilli Pour Son Titre Européen Tout sur La Boxe. Retrieved 2011-7-13.

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