Raymond Ford

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Raymond Ford
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Born (1999-03-16) March 16, 1999 (age 25)
Camden, New Jersey, U.S.
Other namesSavage
Statistics
Weight(s)
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Reach69 in (175 cm)
Stance Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights17
Wins15
Wins by KO8
Losses1
Draws1
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Golden Gloves
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 RalstonBantamweight
National Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2017 Salt Lake CitySuper Bantamweight
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2018 Salt Lake CitySuper Bantamweight

Raymond Ford (born March 16, 1999 [1] ) is an American professional boxer, who held the WBA featherweight title from March 2024 to June 2024. [2] [3]

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As an amateur, he won the 2018 U.S. National Golden Gloves Championships. [4] [5]

Professional career

Ford made his professional debut on March 15, 2019, scoring a four-round unanimous decision (UD) victory over Weusi Johnson at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [6] The fight was part of the undercard for Tevin Farmer's world title defense against Jono Carroll. [7] He had four more wins in 2019; a four-round points decision (PTS) over Aleksandrs Birkenbergs in May; [8] a first-round knockout (KO) over Isidro Figueroa in June; [9] and a four-round UD over Rafael Castillo in September. [10] Ford closed out 2019 with a first-round technical knockout of Francisco Muro on December 20, 2019. [11]

Ford began his 2020 campaign by facing Eric Manriquez on August 15, 2020. He won the fight by unanimous decision. [12] Ford next faced Rafael Reyes on November 7, 2020. He won the fight by a third-round technical knockout. [13] Ford fought Juan Antonio López on December 19, 2020, in his final fight of the year. He won the bout by a seventh-round knockout. [14]

Ford was booked to face the undefeated Aaron Perez on March 13, 2021, on the undercard of the Juan Francisco Estrada-Roman Gonzalez rematch. [15] The fight ended in a split draw. One judge scored the fight 77–75 for Ford, the second judge scored it 78–74 for Perez, while the last judge scored the bout as even 76–76 draw. [16] Ford was displeased with his performance, and asked for a rematch on his Instagram page, writing: "I definitely want a rematch to clean this up and show everyone I’m a better fighter than how I performed". [17]

Ford was scheduled to fight Reece Bellotti for the vacant WBA Continental featherweight title on August 14, 2021. The fight was Ford's first fight outside of the United States, as it took place at the Matchroom Headquarters in Brentwood, England. [18] He won the fight by a third-round technical knockout. [19] Ford made his first title defense against Felix Caraballo on November 27, 2021. He retained the title with an eight-round technical knockout of Caraballo. [20] Ford was scheduled to make his second title defense against the undefeated Edward Vazquez on February 5, 2022. [21] Ford won the fight by controversial split decision. Two of the judges scored the fight 98-92 and 97-93 in his favor, while the third judge scored the bout 96-94 for Vazquez. [22]

Ford was booked to make his first Continental Americas title defense in a regional title unification bout with the undefeated IBF North American featherweight titlist Richard Medina on June 25, 2022. [23] He won the fight by unanimous decision, with two scorecards of 100–90 and one scorecard of 99–91. [24] Ford made his second WBA Continental Americas featherweight title defense against Sakaria Lukas on November 12, 2022. [25] He won the fight by an eight-round knockout. [26]

Ford faced the former WBO junior featherweight champion Jessie Magdaleno on April 8, 2023. [27] He won the first twelve round bout of his career by unanimous decision, with two scorecards of 119–107 and one scorecard of 116–110. [28]

WBA featherweight champion

Ford vs. Kholmatov

Ford was scheduled to face Otabek Kholmatov for the vacant WBA featherweight title in Verona, New York. [29] He won the fight by TKO in the 12th round with only 7 seconds left in the round. [30]

Ford vs. Ball

Ford was scheduled to make the first defense of his WBA featherweight title against Nick Ball on June 1, 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. [31] Ford lost the fight by split decision. [32] [33]

Professional boxing record

17 fights15 wins1 loss
By knockout80
By decision71
Draws1
No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
17Loss15–1–1 Nick Ball SD12Jun 1, 2024 Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaLost WBA featherweight title
16Win15–0–1 Otabek Kholmatov TKO12 (12), 2:53Mar 2, 2024 Turning Stone Resort Casino, Verona, New York, U.S.Won vacant WBA featherweight title
15Win14–0–1 Jessie Magdaleno UD12Apr 8, 2023Boeing Center at Tech Port, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
14Win13–0–1 Sakaria Lukas KO8 (10), 2:20Nov 12, 2022 Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
13Win12–0–1Richard MedinaUD10Jun 25, 2022Tech Port Arena, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.Won vacant IBF North American featherweight title
12Win11–0–1Edward VazquezSD10Feb 5, 2022Footprint Center, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
11Win10–0–1Felix CaraballoTKO8 (10), 2:10 Nov 27, 2021 Hulu Theater, New York City, New York, U.S.
10Win9–0–1 Reece Bellotti TKO3 (10) 0:39Aug 14, 2021Matchroom Headquarters, Brentwood, England, U.K.
9Draw8–0–1Aaron PerezSD8Mar 13, 2021 American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas, U.S.
8Win8–0Juan Antonio LópezKO7 (8), 1:29 Dec 19, 2020 Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
7Win7–0Rafael ReyesTKO3 (6), 1:26Nov 7, 2020 Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida, U.S.
6Win6–0Eric ManriquezUD6Aug 15, 2020Downtown Streets, Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
5Win5–0Francisco MuroTKO1 (6), 1:41Dec 20, 2019 Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
4Win4–0Rafael CastilloUD4Sep 13, 2019 Hulu Theater, New York City, New York, U.S.
3Win3–0Isidro FigueroaKO1 (4), 1:28Jun 29, 2019 Dunkin' Donuts Center, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
2Win2–0Aleksandrs BerkensbergsPTS4May 10, 2019 Nottingham Arena, Nottingham, England, U.K.
1Win1–0Weusi JohnsonUD4Mar 15, 2019 Liacouras Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

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