Ranfis Encarnación Explained

Ranfis Encarnación
Realname:Ranfis Javier Encarnación
Nickname:La Ensalada
Weight:Bantamweight
Super bantamweight
Featherweight
Nationality:Dominican
Birth Date:1996 1, df=y
Birth Place:San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic
Boxrec:707231
Total:18
Wins:17
Losses:1
Ko:13

Ranfis Javier Encarnación (born 26 January 1996) is a Dominican professional boxer who held the WBA Fedebol featherweight 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 technical knockout (TKO) in Santo Domingo. A year later he won the vacant WBA Fedecaribe bantamweight 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 Sampson Lewkowicz of Sampson Boxing.[1] 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 super bantamweight title.[2]

His next fight was his first outside of his homeland: a match-up against Argentine prospect Sergio Martin Sosa (10–1, 3 KO) in Montevideo, Uruguay for the vacant WBA Fedebol featherweight title. He defeated Sosa by unanimous decision (UD) on 26 January 2019 to win his third title in three different weight classes.[3] Three months later he fought on the undercard of the Rances BarthelemyRobert Easter Jr. world title fight at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, stopping Mexican opponent José Bustos (14–9–3, 9 KO) in the second round to move to 16–0.[4]

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
18Loss17–1 Vic PasillasKO6 (10), 23 Sep 2020
17Win17–0 Emmanuel DomínguezKO1 (10), 2 Nov 2019
16Win16–0 José BustosTKO2 (8), 27 Apr 2019
15Win15–0 Sergio Martin SosaUD926 Jan 2019
14Win14–0 Milner MarcanoTKO2 (9), 30 Nov 2018
13Win13–0 Robinson GarciaKO5 (6), 29 Apr 2018
12Win12–0 Jael MadeTKO4 (6)14 Sep 2017
11Win11–0 Luis CharlasDQ? (6)28 Jul 2017
10Win10–0 Jesús VargasTKO5 (8), 23 Sep 2016
9Win9–0 Reysi RosaKO1 (6), 15 Jul 2016
8Win8–0 Geyci Lorenzo6 (6), 6 Feb 2016
7Win7–0 Angelo MuñozTKO5 (9), 12 Dec 2015
6Win6–0 Robert Montilla4 (6), 26 Sep 2015
5Win5–0 Jael MadeTKO4 (6), 11 Jul 2015
4Win4–0 Geyci Lorenzo429 Mar 2015
3Win3–0 Nelson DiazTKO1 (4), 13 Feb 2015
2Win2–0 Ramon Emilio Cedano4 (4), 10 Jan 2015
1Win1–0 Juan Rivas2 (4), 19 Dec 2014

Notes and References

  1. News: Sampson Boxing signs Dominican trio. worldboxingnews.net. 19 September 2018. 9 June 2020.
  2. News: El boxeo finaliza sus sueños de hadas a silletazos, tiros y de vuelta al coliseo. Listín Diario. Yoel. Adames. 22 December 2018. 9 June 2020. Spanish.
  3. News: Vidal ganó el título Sudamericano. El Telégrafo. 28 January 2019. 9 June 2020. Spanish.
  4. News: Postal, Ajagba victorious in Vegas. fightnews.com. 27 April 2019. 10 June 2020.