Savannah Marshall vs Femke Hermans – Results & Post-Fight Report

Savannah Marshall successfully defended her WBO middleweight world title, as she vanquished Femke Hermans inside three rounds at the Utilita Arena in Newcastle.

Marshall is in hot pursuit of Claressa Shields, and the Hartlepool native took care of business to move closer to a shot at the undisputed world title with victory in the North East. Shields had been taken the full ten rounds by Hermans in 2018.

Marshall won the vacant title against Hannah Rankin, and showed no signs of complacency here, as she pinned the visitor to the ropes before uncorking a superb left hand that left Hermans out for the count.

All eyes now turn to a long awaited match up between Marshall and Shields, with the champion wanting a meeting in Newcastle.

Florian Marku remained unbeaten as the Albanian registered a fourth round stoppage victory over Chris Jenkins that allowed him to retain his IBF international Welterweight title. The Albanian landed a massive right hand that shook Jenkins to his boots and had the Welshman all at sea, and Marku needed no second invitation to open up with several hard shots that forced the referee to intervene.

Bradley Rea moved to 13-0 as the Middleweight dropped Lukas Ndafoluma in the fourth on the way to a 79-73 win on the referee’s scorecard.

At super middleweight, Zak Chelli scored a sixth round stoppage of unbeaten late notice opponent Jack Kilgannon, while at super welterweight, April Hunter took all six rounds against Ester Koneckna. In a cruiserweight contest, Michael Webster dropped Erodogan Kradija twice on the way to a third round stoppage win, and at super welterweight, Georgia O’Connor took a 60-55 victory over Erica Juana Gabriela Juarez over six rounds.

Luke Cope took a 39-37 win against Lee Connelly at super lightweight, and at super flyweight, Chloe Watson took all four rounds against Gemma Ruegg.

At welterweight, Michael Likalu took a fourth round win against Carl Turney, with the fight stopped due to a cut caused by a punch.

Two heavyweight prospects remained unbeaten, with Coventry’s Matty Harris dropping Mait Metsis twice on the way to a first round win, and Wolverhampton based Hosea Stewart took a 40-37 win over four against Phil Williams.