Ermano Fegatilli
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Ermano Fegatilli is a Belgium-based Italian boxer
.
He is the current European Boxing Union
Super Featherweight
champion.
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.
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
. 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.
, 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.
Relatively unknown and a 13-2 underdog before this fight, Il Dottore surprised many with the result.
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.
champion Karim Chakim in October.
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
.
He is the current European Boxing Union
European Boxing Union
The European Boxing Union is an organization that oversees competition in that sport over the continent of Europe.-History:The EBU started life as the International Boxing Union in Paris in 1910...
Super Featherweight
Super Featherweight
Super featherweight is a weight division in professional boxing. The maximum weight for this division is 130 pounds or 59 kilograms....
champion.
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.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.
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.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 Boxing Union
The European Boxing Union is an organization that oversees competition in that sport over the continent of Europe.-History:The EBU started life as the International Boxing Union in Paris in 1910...
European Union
European Union
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(EBU-EU) Super Featherweight
Super Featherweight
Super featherweight is a weight division in professional boxing. The maximum weight for this division is 130 pounds or 59 kilograms....
title against Italian champion Antonio De Vitis.
As of June 2011 Fegatilli is ranked #14 by the WBC
World Boxing Council
The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...
. 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 StadiumReebok Stadium
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, England
England
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, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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. This was Fegatilli's biggest win to date. Foster Jr. was knocked down a total of five times yet lasted to the final bell.
Relatively unknown and a 13-2 underdog before this fight, Il Dottore surprised many with the result.
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.
First Title defense
Fegatilli is set to make a voluntary title defense against tough Frenchmen and EBU-EU super featherweightSuper Featherweight
Super featherweight is a weight division in professional boxing. The maximum weight for this division is 130 pounds or 59 kilograms....
champion Karim Chakim in October.
External links
- Official website of Ermano Fegatilli
- Ermano Fegatilli's boxing record from BoxRec
- European Boxing Union