16 Facts About Javier Fortuna

Javier Fortuna Francisco was born on July 15,1989 and is a Dominican professional boxer.

Javier Fortuna held the WBA interim featherweight title from 2012 to 2013, the WBA super featherweight title from 2015 to 2016, and challenged for the IBF lightweight title in 2018.

Javier Fortuna was a member of the Dominican National Team, and during his amateur career he won a Pan American silver medal and a gold medal at the Dominican National Championships.

In March 2011, Javier Fortuna knocked out Florida prospect Derrick Wilson to win the WBC Youth Intercontinental Featherweight Championship.

Javier Fortuna later followed this up with a first-round knockout victory over prospect Yuandale Evans, and a second-round knockout over former IBF and IBO Featherweight Champion, Cristobal Cruz.

Javier Fortuna started fast, throwing power punches in bunches, but the Irishman stayed on his feet and began to put pressure on Javier Fortuna.

Javier Fortuna seemed to fade late but had built enough of an early lead to earn a unanimous decision, and hand Hyland his first loss as a professional fighter.

Javier Fortuna started strong, throwing a lot of punches and making Vasquez look slow.

Javier Fortuna kept his game plan until the last round and won his second world title as a professional.

Javier Fortuna started strong, and managed to drop Velasquez in the second round.

Javier Fortuna continued to be in control for most of the fight and started punishing Velasquez badly, until the tenth round when the referee stepped in and waved off the fight.

On 20 January, 2018 Javier Fortuna was scheduled to fight Robert Easter Jr for his IBF lightweight belt.

However, Javier Fortuna was not able to make weight and Easter Jr's IBF belt was not on the line.

Javier Fortuna was supposed to face Luke Campbell on April 17,2020 for the vacant WBC lightweight title, but the fight was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Javier Fortuna was scheduled to face former world champion Jorge Linares on August 28,2020, but the fight was cancelled after Linares tested positive for Covid-19.

On July 16,2022 Javier Fortuna fought Ryan Garcia at super lightweight in Crypto.