Ranfis Javier Encarnación (born 26 January 1996) is a Dominican professional boxer who held the WBA Fedebol

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title in 2019. As of May 2020, he is ranked as the world's seventh-best active featherweight by the IBF.

Professional career

Encarnación made his professional debut on 19 December 2014, defeating Juan Rivas via second-round

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(TKO) in

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. A year later he won the vacant WBA Fedecaribe

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title in his seventh bout, stopping Angelo Muñoz (15–4, 10 KO) by TKO. In September 2018, the undefeated fighter signed a promotional deal with

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of Sampson Boxing. Two months later, he beat Venezuelan rival Milner Marcano (17–0, 13 KO) in Santo Domingo with a second-round TKO for the vacant WBA Fedecaribe

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title. His next fight was his first outside of his homeland: a match-up against Argentine prospect Sergio Martin Sosa (10–1, 3 KO) in

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for the vacant WBA Fedebol

title. He defeated Sosa by

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(UD) on 26 January 2019 to win his third title in three different weight classes. Three months later he fought on the undercard of the

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– Robert Easter Jr. world title fight at the

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, stopping Mexican opponent José Bustos (14–9–3, 9 KO) in the second round to move to 16–0.

Professional boxing record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Encarnacion, Ranfis Living people 1994 births Dominican Republic male boxers Bantamweight boxers Super-bantamweight boxers Featherweight boxers Sportspeople from San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic 21st-century Dominican Republic sportsmen