Javier Fortuna Francisco (born July 15, 1989) is a Dominican

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. The WBA (Regular)

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title from 2015 to 2016, and challenged for the IBF

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title in 2018.

Early life

Fortuna was raised in La Romana, Dominican Republic, where he trained in boxing with his older brother, Jonathon Alexander Fortuna.

Amateur career

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.

Professional career

Fortuna is promoted by Lou DiBella's company, DiBella Entertainment. In March 2011, Fortuna knocked out Florida prospect Derrick Wilson to win the WBC Youth Intercontinental

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Championship. He later followed this up with a first-round knockout victory over prospect Yuandale Evans, and a second-round knockout over former IBF and IBO

Champion, Cristobal Cruz.

WBA interim featherweight title fight

On the undercard of

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vs. Juan Manuel Marquez IV on December 8, 2012, Fortuna faced previously unbeaten Irish fighter Patrick Hyland for the WBA Interim

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

WBA regular super featherweight title fight

On the undercard of Amir Khan vs. Chris Algieri on May 20, 2015, Fortuna faced the Costa Rican Bryan Vázquez for the WBA (Regular) Super Featherweight Title. Fortuna started strong, throwing a lot of punches and making Vasquez look slow. Fortuna kept his game plan until the last round and won his second world title as a professional. In his first title defense, Fortuna faced Carlos Velasquez. Fortuna started strong, and managed to drop Velasquez in the second round. 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 Fortuna was scheduled to fight Robert Easter Jr for his IBF lightweight belt. However, Fortuna was not able to make weight and Easter Jr's IBF belt was not on the line. Easter Jr ended up victorious, via a debatable split-decision. Two judges scored the fight in favor of the champion, 115-112 and 114-113 and one in favor of Fortuna 114–113. On 16 June 2018 Fortuna battled Adrian Granados. In an accidental clash, Fortuna was pushed out of the ring and had to be carried out of the arena on a stretcher. The bout ended in a no-contest decision. On 2 November 2019 Fortuna Jesus Cuellar and dominated him to a second-round TKO victory.

Fortuna vs. Campbell cancellation

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

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Fortuna vs. Linares cancellation

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

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Fortuna vs. Garcia

On July 16, 2022, Fortuna fought Ryan Garcia at

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in Crypto.Com Arena in

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. Garcia defeated Fortuna in 6 rounds via TKO.

Professional boxing record

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, Dominican Republic , , - , 3 , {{yes2Win , 3–0 , style="text-align:left;", Jose Vidal Sanchez , TKO , 2 (4) , Jun 29, 2009 , style="text-align:left;", {{small, Coliseo Carlos Teo Cruz,

, Dominican Republic , , - , 2 , {{yes2Win , 2–0 , style="text-align:left;", Cristian Martinez , {{abbr, TKO, Technical knockout , 1 (4), {{small, 2:32 , May 16, 2009 , style="text-align:left;", {{small, Gimnasio Miguelito Rueda,

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