Raymond Ford was born on March 16,1999 and is an American professional boxer, who held the WBA featherweight title from March 2024 to June 2024.
20 Facts About Raymond Ford
Raymond Ford had four more wins in 2019; a four-round points decision over Aleksandrs Birkenbergs in May; a first-round knockout over Isidro Figueroa in June; and a four-round UD over Rafael Castillo in September.
Raymond Ford closed out 2019 with a first-round technical knockout of Francisco Muro on December 20,2019.
Raymond Ford began his 2020 campaign by facing Eric Manriquez on August 15,2020.
Raymond Ford won the fight by a third-round technical knockout.
Raymond Ford fought Juan Antonio Lopez on December 19,2020, in his final fight of the year.
Raymond Ford was booked to face the undefeated Aaron Perez on March 13,2021, on the undercard of the Juan Francisco Estrada-Roman Gonzalez rematch.
Raymond 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".
Raymond Ford was scheduled to fight Reece Bellotti for the vacant WBA Continental featherweight title on August 14,2021.
Raymond Ford won the fight by a third-round technical knockout.
Raymond Ford made his first title defense against Felix Caraballo on November 27,2021.
Raymond Ford retained the title with an eight-round technical knockout of Caraballo.
Raymond Ford was scheduled to make his second title defense against the undefeated Edward Vazquez on February 5,2022.
Raymond 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.
Raymond Ford made his second WBA Continental Americas featherweight title defense against Sakaria Lukas on November 12,2022.
Raymond Ford faced the former WBO junior featherweight champion Jessie Magdaleno on April 8,2023.
Raymond Ford was scheduled to face Otabek Kholmatov for the vacant WBA featherweight title in Verona, New York.
Raymond Ford won the fight by TKO in the 12th round with only 7 seconds left in the round.
Raymond Ford was scheduled to make the first defense of his WBA featherweight title against Nick Ball on June 1,2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Raymond Ford was scheduled to face Thomas Mattice for the WBA Continental North America super featherweight title at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on April 12,2025.