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Hannah Rankin (born 21 July 1990) is a Scottish professional boxer and bare-knuckle boxer. In boxing she has held the WBA and IBO female super-welterweight World titles.
She started 2018 with a first-round technical knockout (TKO) win over Klaudia Vigh in January, before facing Sarah Turunen for her first professional title on 16 June 2018, at the Lagoon Leisure Centre in Paisley, Scotland. Rankin won via unanimous decision (100–90, 100–91, 99–91) over ten rounds to capture the vacant WBC Silver female middleweight title.
Two months later, she made her first attempt at a world title on 4 August 2018, challenging reigning world champion Alicia Napoleon for the WBA female super-middleweight title at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. Rankin lost by unanimous decision with one judge scoring the bout 99–91, and the other two scoring it 98–92, all in favour of Napoleon.
In her next fight, Rankin made a second attempt at world honours on 17 November 2018, against two-time Olympic gold medalist and reigning Unified champion WBA and IBF female middleweight champion, Claressa Shields, with the vacant WBC title also up for grabs. The bout took place at the Kansas Star Arena in Mulvane, Kansas. Shields was originally scheduled to face undefeated WBO middleweight champion Christina Hammer, who pulled out due to illness. Rankin suffered the third loss of her professional career via unanimous decision, with all three judges scoring the bout 100–90 in a contest that many outlets described as a dominant performance by Shields.
Following a points decision win over Eva Bajic in January 2019, Rankin made a third attempt for a world title against Sarah Curran on 15 June 2019, for the vacant IBO super-welterweight title. The bout took place at the Lagoon Leisure Centre in Paisley, Scotland. Rankin scored a ten-round unanimous decision victory, with all three judges scoring the bout 96–94, to become Scotland's first female world champion. After a six-round unanimous decision win over Erin Toughill in a non-title bout in October, Rankin made the first defence of her title against undefeated WBC interim champion Patricia Berghult on 27 November 2019, at the Hotel Intercontinental in St. Julian's, Malta. In a fight that saw Rankin dropped in the first-round by a left hook, she lost her IBO title by unanimous decision over ten rounds. Two judges scored the bout 96–93 while the third scored it 95–94, all in favour of Berghult.
Rankin regained the vacant IBO title and claimed the vacant WBA female super-welterweight World belt with a unanimous decision win over Maria Lindberg in London on 5 November 2021.
In her second defense of the titles, Rankin suffered a unanimous decision loss to England's Terri Harper in Nottingham on 24 September 2022.
Rankin attempted to become a three-time world champion when she took on Slovenia's Ema Kozin for the vacant WBC and WBO female super-welterweight titles in Manchester on 18 November 2023 but lost by split decision.
Rankin faced Jessica Borga for the inaugural BKFC Women's Featherweight Championship at on April 5, 2025 at the Dubai Tennis Stadium in Dubai, UAE. She lost the fight by knockout in the first round.
| 21 | Loss | 13–8 | Naomi Mannes | SD | 8 | 26 April 2024 | ||
| 20 | Loss | 13–7 | Ema Kozin | SD | 10 | 18 November 2023 | ||
| 19 | Win | 13–6 | Logan Holler | PTS | 10 | 10 March 2023 | ||
| 18 | Loss | 12–6 | Terri Harper | UD | 10 | 25 Sept 2022 | ||
| 17 | Win | 12–5 | Alejandra Ayala | TKO | 10 (10) | 13 May 2022 | ||
| 16 | Win | 11–5 | Maria Lindberg | UD | 10 | 5 Nov 2021 | ||
| 15 | Win | 10–5 | Kholosa NdobayiniPTS | 8 | 12 Mar 2021 | |||
| 14 | Loss | 9–5 | Savannah Marshall | TKO | 7 (10), | 31 Oct 2020 | ||
| 13 | Win | 9–4 | Eva Bajic | TKO | 3 (8), | 8 Feb 2020 | ||
| 12 | Loss | 8–4 | Patricia Berghult | UD | 10 | 27 Nov 2019 | ||
| 11 | Win | 8–3 | Erin Toughill | UD | 6 | 5 Oct 2019 | ||
| 10 | Win | 7–3 | Sarah Curran | UD | 10 | 15 Jun 2019 | ||
| 9 | Win | 6–3 | Eva Bajic | PTS | 8 | 25 Jan 2019 | ||
| 8 | Loss | 5–3 | Claressa Shields | UD | 10 | 17 Nov 2018 | ||
| 7 | Loss | 5–2 | Alicia Napoleon | UD | 10 | 4 Aug 2018 | ||
| 6 | Win | 5–1 | Sanna Turunen | UD | 10 | 16 Jun 2018 | ||
| 5 | Win | 4–1 | Klaudia Vigh | TKO | 1 (8), | 26 Jan 2018 | ||
| 4 | Win | 3–1 | Ester Konecna | PTS | 8 | 10 Nov 2017 | ||
| 3 | Loss | 2–1 | Joanna Ekedahl | SD | 4 | 21 Oct 2017 | ||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Borislava Goranova | PTS | 6 | 22 Sep 2017 | ||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Ester Konecna | PTS | 6 | 21 May 2017 | ||
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