Via Ken Hissner: Regina Halmich of Germany was inducted into the IBHOF with a record of 54-1-1 with 16 saves. It seems like she deserves it until you look at how she got there.
In Halmich’s 54 wins, she defeated eighteen opponents in their opening match. Five have lost records and three have .500 records. That’s twenty-six without winning a record out of fifty-six matches. She had forty defenses including fifteen at flyweight, two at superfly, and ten at light fly as well as thirteen at flyweight during her second reign.
Halmich from April 1995 to November 2007, she held the WIBF Flyweight belt. From July 1996 to September 2007, she held the WIBF lightweight belt. From April 1998 to July 1999, she held the Super Flyweight belt.
Halmich’s 13 defenses against opponents with a losing record or debuts.
She fought once in Poland, Ukraine, Italy, and in her only fight in the United States, she lost in her ninth fight to Yvonne Trivino, 1-1, stopping after four rounds in Las Vegas, Nevada . In her seventy-seventh match, she drew with Elena Reid, 14-1-4 in Germany, and defeated her in a rematch in December 2005.
Halmich’s notable wins are against Wendy Rodriguez of America, 18-3-3, Elena Reid of America, 17-2-5, in the rematch after their draw, Maria Jesus Rosa, 19-0, of Spain, Daisy Lang, 18-2-1 of Bulgaria and Germany, Joanna Pena Alvarez, 14-1-1, of the Dominican Republic, Nadja Loritz, 13-0-2, of Morocco and Germany, Alina Shaternikova, 8-0 and 11-1, of Russia and Ukraine, Szivia Csicsely, 10-0, of Hungary, Viktoria Varga, 9-0, and Viktoria Pataki, 13-0 and 17-1, of Hungary.
Halmich is from Karlsruhe, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. Born in November 1976 turned pro in March 1994 last match was in November 2007 beat Hagar Shmoulefeld Finer of Israel, 14-4-3, by majority decision.
Halmich was 44-1-1 in title games with 13 stoppage-time goals. She was trained by Torsten Schmitz and managed by Klaus-Peter Kohl.
