Frank Sánchez Faure (born 18 July 1992) is a Cuban professional boxer. At regional level, he held the NABO heavyweight title from 2019 to 2024.
Professional career Sánchez made his professional debut on 22 September 2015, scoring a first-round technical knockout (TKO) victory against Justin Thornton at the Mel Ott Recreation Center in Gretna, Louisiana.
After winning his first six fights, all by stoppage, he faced Lamont Capers on 4 May 2018. Capers received a point deduction in the first round for excessive holding before the contest was halted in the second round after Capers was shoved through the ropes and out of the ring. With capers not able to continue, the bout was scored a no contest (NC).
Following six more wins, four by stoppage, Sánchez faced Victor Bisbal for the vacant WBO-NABO heavyweight title on 31 August 2019 at the Minneapolis Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sánchez defeated Bisbal via fourth-round corner retirement (RTD) after Bisbal's corner informed referee Celestino Ruiz that Bisbal was unwilling to continue before the start of the fifth round. After Efe Ajagba pulled out of a bout with Jack Mulowayi due to a back injury sustained during training, Sánchez was brought in as a late replacement. The bout took place on 26 October at the Santander Arena in Reading, Pennsylvania. Sánchez won a shutout unanimous decision (UD) to capture the vacant WBO-NABO title for a second time, with all three judges scoring the bout 100–90. His next fight came against Joey Dawejko for the vacant WBC Continental Americas heavyweight title on 7 March 2020 at the Barclays Center in New York City. Sánchez captured his second professional title via UD over ten rounds, with two judges scoring the bout 100–90 and the third scoring it 98–92.
Following his win against Dawejko, Sánchez recorded back-to-back knockout wins against Brian Howard and Julian Fernandez, before facing Nagy Aguilera on the undercard of Canelo Álvarez vs. Billy Joe Saunders on 8 May 2021. Sánchez won the bout by unanimous technical decision after six rounds, after Aguilera told officials that he was not able to continue after an unintentional foul.
Sánchez faced undefeated Efe Ajagba on 9 October 2021 on the undercard of Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder III. Sánchez knocked down Ajagba en route to a unanimous decision victory, with scores of 98–91, 98–91 and 97–92.
Sánchez was expected to face Carlos Negrón on 1 January 2022, on the undercard of the Luis Ortiz and Charles Martin heavyweight bout. It was announced on 28 December 2021 that Negrón had withdrawn from the bout due to a positive COVID-19 test, and would be replaced by Christian Hammer. Sánchez won the fight by unanimous decision. He was awarded every single round of the fight, and scored a debatable knockdown in the tenth round.
On 23 December 2023 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Sanchez defeated Junior Fa via seventh-round TKO.
Sánchez lost his WBC Continental Americas and NABO titles to Agit Kabayel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 18 May 2024, suffering a seventh round stoppage defeat.
He fought Richard Torrez at the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt on 23 May 2026, knocking his opponent out 55 seconds into the second round.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes28Win26–1 Richard TorrezKO2 (12), 23 May 202627Win25–1 Ramon Olivas EcheverriaTKO3 (6)22 Feb 202526Loss24–1 Agit KabayelKO7 (12), 18 May 202425WinJunior FaTKO7 (12), 23 Dec 202324Win23–0 Scott AlexanderRTD4 (10), 30 Sep 202323Win22–0 Daniel MartzKO1 (10), 8 Apr 202322Win21–0 Carlos NegrónTKO9 (10), 15 Oct 202221Win20–0 Christian HammerUD101 Jan 202220Win19–0 Efe AjagbaUD109 Oct 202119Win18–0 Nagy Aguilera6 (10), 8 May 202118Win17–0 Julian Fernandez KO7 (10), 19 Dec 202017Win16–0 Brian HowardKO4 (10), 7 Nov 202016Win15–0 Joey DawejkoUD107 Mar 202015Win14–0 Jack MulowayiUD1026 Oct 201914Win13–0 Victor Bisbal4 (10), 31 Aug 201913Win12–0 Jason BergmanTKO2 (6), 13 Jul 201912Win11–0 Willie Jake Jr.KO2 (8), 11 Jan 201911Win10–0 Carlos ReyesKO1 (8), 30 Nov 201810Win9–0 Garrett WilsonUD620 Oct 20189Win8–0 Francois RussellTKO2 (6), 30 Jun 20188Win7–0 Miguel Cubos61 Jun 20187NC6–0 Lamont Capers2 (6), 4 May 20186Win6–0Brad AustinTKO1 (6), 26 Apr 20185Win5–0Eric SalazarTKO1 (6), 23 Mar 20184Win4–0Brian Green2 (6), 3 Mar 20183Win3–0Juan ReynaTKO1 (4), 23 Feb 20182Win2–0Manuel EastmanTKO2 (6), 27 Jan 20181Win1–0Justin Thornton1 (6), 22 Sep 2017
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