| Javier Fortuna | |
| Nickname: | El Abejón ("The Bumblebee") |
| Weight: | |
| Height: | 5 ft 7 in[1] |
| Reach: | 68 in |
| Birth Date: | 15 July 1989 |
| Birth Place: | La Romana, Dominican Republic |
| Style: | Southpaw |
| Total: | 46 |
| Wins: | 38 |
| Ko: | 27 |
| Losses: | 5 |
| Draws: | 1 |
| No Contests: | 2 |
Javier Fortuna Francisco (born July 15, 1989) is a Dominican professional boxer. He held the WBA interim featherweight title from 2012 to 2013, the WBA (Regular) super featherweight title from 2015 to 2016, and challenged for the IBF lightweight title in 2018.
Fortuna was raised in La Romana, Dominican Republic, where he trained in boxing with his older brother, Jonathon Alexander Fortuna.[2]
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.[3]
Fortuna is promoted by Lou DiBella's company, DiBella Entertainment.[4] In March 2011,[5] Fortuna knocked out Florida prospect Derrick Wilson to win the WBC Youth Intercontinental Featherweight Championship.[6] 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 Featherweight Champion, Cristobal Cruz.
On the undercard of Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez IV on December 8, 2012, Fortuna faced previously unbeaten Irish fighter Patrick Hyland for the WBA Interim Featherweight 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.[7]
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.[8]
On 2 November, 2019 Fortuna Jesus Cuellar and dominated him to a second-round TKO victory.
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.[9]
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.[10]
On July 16, 2022 Fortuna fought Ryan Garcia at super lightweight in Crypto.Com Arena in Los Angeles, California. Garcia defeated Fortuna in 6 rounds via TKO.[11]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46 | Loss | Robbie Davies Jr | PTS | 10 | 1 Nov 2024 | The SSE Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK | |||
| 45 | Win | 38–4–1 (2) | Juan Medina | TKO | 2 (10),2:40 | 10 Sept 2023 | Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | ||
| 44 | Loss | 37–4–1 | Ryan Garcia | KO | 6 (12), | Jul 16, 2022 | |||
| 43 | Win | 37–3–1 | Rafael Hernandez | KO | 1 (10) | Feb 20, 2022 | |||
| 42 | Loss | 36–3–1 | Joseph Diaz | UD | 12 | Jul 9, 2021 | |||
| 41 | Win | 36–2–1 | Antonio Lozada Jr. | KO | 6 (10), | Nov 21, 2020 | |||
| 40 | Win | 35–2–1 | Jesús Cuellar | TKO | 2 (10), | Nov 2, 2019 | |||
| 39 | Win | 34–2–1 | Sharif Bogere | UD | 10 | Feb 9, 2019 | |||
| 38 | 33–2–1 | Adrián Granados | 4 (10), | Jun 16, 2018 | |||||
| 37 | Loss | 33–2–1 | Robert Easter Jr. | SD | 12 | Jan 20, 2018 | |||
| 36 | Win | 33–1–1 | Nicolas Polanco | UD | 10 | Sep 14, 2017 | |||
| 35 | Win | 32–1–1 | Mario Beltre | TKO | 2 (10), | Jun 24, 2017 | |||
| 34 | Win | 31–1–1 | Omar Douglas | UD | 10 | Nov 12, 2016 | |||
| 33 | Win | 30–1–1 | Marlyn Cabrera | TKO | 2 (10), | Sep 24, 2016 | |||
| 32 | Loss | 29–1–1 | Jason Sosa | TKO | 11 (12), | Jun 24, 2016 | |||
| 31 | Win | 29–0–1 | Carlos Velásquez | TKO | 10 (12), | Sep 29, 2015 | |||
| 30 | Win | 28–0–1 | Bryan Vázquez | UD | 12 | May 29, 2015 | |||
| 29 | Win | 27–0–1 | Miguel Taveras | RTD | 1 (10), | Dec 22, 2014 | |||
| 28 | Win | 26–0–1 | Abner Cotto | KO | 5 (10), | Nov 1, 2014 | |||
| 27 | Win | 25–0–1 | Juan Antonio Rodriguez | UD | 10 | May 31, 2014 | |||
| 26 | Win | 24–0–1 | Francisco Lorenzo | TKO | 4 (10), | Mar 10, 2014 | |||
| 25 | Win | 23–0–1 | Manuel Castro | TKO | 3 (8) | Nov 16, 2013 | |||
| 24 | Draw | 22–0–1 | Luis Franco | 10 | Aug 2, 2013 | ||||
| 23 | Win | 22–0 | Miguel Zamudio | KO | 1 (12), | Apr 19, 2013 | |||
| 22 | Win | 21–0 | Patrick Hyland | UD | 12 | Dec 8, 2012 | |||
| 21 | Win | 20–0 | Cristobal Cruz | TKO | 2 (10), | Jul 6, 2012 | |||
| 20 | Win | 19–0 | Yuandale Evans | TKO | 1 (10) | Apr 27, 2012 | |||
| 19 | Win | 18–0 | Miguel Roman | UD | 10 | Dec 16, 2011 | |||
| 18 | Win | 17–0 | Leopoldo Arrocha | 2 (6), | Nov 6, 2011 | ||||
| 17 | Win | 16–0 | Geyci Lorenzo | TKO | 1 (10), | Sep 19, 2011 | |||
| 16 | Win | 15–0 | Hugo Orlando Gomez | UD | 10 | May 13, 2011 | |||
| 15 | Win | 14–0 | Derrick Wilson | KO | 8 (10), | Mar 12, 2011 | |||
| 14 | Win | 13–0 | Victor Valenzuela | KO | 1 (8), | Dec 1, 2010 | |||
| 13 | Win | 12–0 | Gregorio Torres | UD | 6 | Oct 29, 2010 | |||
| 12 | Win | 11–0 | Cristian Martinez | TKO | 1 (8), | Sep 18, 2010 | |||
| 11 | NC | 10–0 | Francisco Lorenzo | 1 (8), | Aug 19, 2010 | ||||
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | William Tapia | TKO | 1 (6), | Jul 3, 2010 | |||
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Juan Carlos Rosario | TKO | 2 (6), | Mar 12, 2010 | |||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Miguelo Tavarez | TKO | 1 (6), | Dec 21, 2009 | |||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Alejandro Lebron | UD | 6 | Nov 16, 2009 | |||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Carlos Diaz | 4 | Sep 26, 2009 | ||||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Luis Sosa | KO | 1 (6), | Aug 22, 2009 | |||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Ambiorix Ciriaco | KO | 2 (4) | Jul 25, 2009 | |||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Jose Vidal Sanchez | TKO | 2 (4) | Jun 29, 2009 | |||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Cristian Martinez | 1 (4), | May 16, 2009 | ||||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Ricardo Johnson | 1 (4) | Mar 30, 2009 |
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