This weekend, two staunch names in the women’s boxing world, Savannah Marshall and Femke Hermans, will take on the ring space to battle each other out. This was a long-awaited fight for Marshall’s WBO middleweight title defense.
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In this fight, the champ, Savannah Marshall will look to make her first prime title defense, against a solid opponent in the form of Hermans.
This fight has the ability to shape up the stacked middleweight division. That said, this bout carries immense hype and responsibilities.
Marshall won the WBO middleweight belt in style in her last fight against Hannah Rankin. Here she T/KO’ed the latter in round 7 to claim the vacant belt. Right after that fight, the ‘Silent Assassin’ was in search of an elite contender to put her title on defense.
And seems like she’s got one worthy opponent to test her abilities.
Femke Hermans, in her last fight, touched gloves with Luiza Davydova. Hermans won this fight with a unanimous decision and even claimed the EBU European Female middleweight title. With this win, she made herself viable for a title shot and is now keen to make a statement against Marshall on April 10.
That said, here we analyze a fight between the duo and predict who comes out on top in this fight.
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Savannah Marshall vs Femke Hermans – fight analysis
The Brit Savannah Marshall will unquestionably walk into this bout as a favorite. She has a sublime pro-boxing resume of 9 wins and 0 losses. Furthermore, out of all her wins, 7 have arrived via T/KO. Marshall is an extremely powerful female boxing prospect, and she looks to crush all her opponents with devastating finishes.
The ‘Silent Assassin’s style might cause exuberant problems to Hermans, who exhibits a track record of 11-3. In the past, Hermans has faced cosmic problems against pugilists with vicious power.
Consequently, Savannah Marshall will look to turn the tide in her favor by overpowering the latter. Even if the fight goes for full 10-rounds, the Brit won’t really have a problem in hanging until the last gong.
Prediction – Savannah Marshall wins via T/KO in round 6.
