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. 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.
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. Three months later he fought on the undercard of the Rances Barthelemy–Robert 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.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes18Loss17–1 Vic PasillasKO6 (10), 23 Sep 202017Win17–0 Emmanuel DomínguezKO1 (10), 2 Nov 201916Win16–0 José BustosTKO2 (8), 27 Apr 201915Win15–0 Sergio Martin SosaUD926 Jan 201914Win14–0 Milner MarcanoTKO2 (9), 30 Nov 201813Win13–0 Robinson GarciaKO5 (6), 29 Apr 201812Win12–0 Jael MadeTKO4 (6)14 Sep 201711Win11–0 Luis CharlasDQ? (6)28 Jul 201710Win10–0 Jesús VargasTKO5 (8), 23 Sep 20169Win9–0 Reysi RosaKO1 (6), 15 Jul 20168Win8–0 Geyci Lorenzo6 (6), 6 Feb 20167Win7–0 Angelo MuñozTKO5 (9), 12 Dec 20156Win6–0 Robert Montilla4 (6), 26 Sep 20155Win5–0 Jael MadeTKO4 (6), 11 Jul 20154Win4–0 Geyci Lorenzo429 Mar 20153Win3–0 Nelson DiazTKO1 (4), 13 Feb 20152Win2–0 Ramon Emilio Cedano4 (4), 10 Jan 20151Win1–0 Juan Rivas2 (4), 19 Dec 2014
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