| Francisco Fonseca | |
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| Birth Name: | Francisco Hernan Fonseca Lira |
| Birth Date: | 24 March 1994 |
| Birth Place: | El Rama, Nicaragua |
| Height: | 5 ft 7+1/2 in |
| Reach: | 69+1/2 in |
| Style: | Orthodox |
| Total: | 37 |
| Wins: | 31 |
| Ko: | 25 |
| Losses: | 4 |
| Draws: | 2 |
Francisco Hernan Fonseca Lira (born 24 March 1994) is a Nicaraguan professional boxer. He has challenged twice for the IBF super featherweight title in 2017 and 2018.
Fonseca turned professional in December 2013 in San Jose, Costa Rica. On his debut as a professional, Fonseca faced Eduardo Urbina. The match ended in a draw.[1]
Fonseca fought on the undercard in a super featherweight bout with undefeated IBF champion Gervonta Davis on the 26 August 2017 mega fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor.[2] Davis failed to make weight, therefore the fight continued without the belt on the line for Davis.[3] Fonseca lost the fight via eighth-round knockout, the first loss of his professional career.[4]
On 15 December 2018, Fonseca made his second challenge for the IBF super featherweight title, now held by Tevin Farmer, on the undercard of Canelo Álvarez vs. Rocky Fielding. Fonseca was once against unsuccessful, losing by unanimous decision with all three judges scoring the bout 117–111 in favor of Farmer.[5]
On 16 November 2019, Fonseca travelled to London, England to face Alex Dilmaghani for the vacant IBO super featherweight title. After the 12 rounds, the bout ended in a majority draw, meaning that neither fighter won the IBO title.[6]
In his following fight, Fonseca faced undefeated prospect Ryan García at the Honda Center, California on 14 February 2020. Fonseca suffered the second knockout defeat of his career, after being knocked out by García in just 80 seconds of the first round.[7]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | Win | Billel Dib | TKO | 2 (12) | 9 Dec 2022 | ||||
| 35 | Win | 30–3–2 | Andres Tapia | TKO | 2 (10), | 1 May 2022 | |||
| 34 | Win | 29–3–2 | Franco Gutierrez | KO | 2 (10), | 29 Jan 2022 | |||
| 33 | Win | 28–3–2 | Robin Zamora | KO | 8 (11), | 30 Apr 2021 | |||
| 32 | Win | 27–3–2 | Lesther Lara | KO | 2 (8), | 18 Sep 2020 | |||
| 31 | Win | 26–3–2 | Eusebio Osejo | KO | 1 (8), | 8 Aug 2020 | |||
| 30 | Loss | 25–3–2 | Ryan Garcia | KO | 1 (12), | 14 Feb 2020 | |||
| 29 | Draw | 25–2–2 | Alex Dilmaghani | MD | 12 | 16 Nov 2019 | |||
| 28 | Win | 25–2–1 | David Bency | TKO | 7 (8), | 13 Jul 2019 | |||
| 27 | Win | 24–2–1 | Robin Zamora | RTD | 5 (8), | 16 Mar 2019 | |||
| 26 | Win | 23–2–1 | Stanley Mendez | TKO | 1 (10), | 2 Feb 2019 | |||
| 25 | Loss | 22–2–1 | Tevin Farmer | UD | 12 | 15 Dec 2018 | |||
| 24 | Win | 22–1–1 | Sandro Hernandez | TKO | 5 (10), | 23 Aug 2018 | |||
| 23 | Win | 21–1–1 | Daniel Miranda | TKO | 5 (12), | 14 Dec 2017 | |||
| 22 | Win | 20–1–1 | Joel Blanco | TKO | 3 (6), | 24 Oct 2017 | |||
| 21 | Loss | 19–1–1 | Gervonta Davis | KO | 8 (12), | 26 Aug 2017 | |||
| 20 | Win | 19–0–1 | Eliecer Lanzas | KO | 3 | 31 Mar 2017 | |||
| 19 | Win | 18–0–1 | Miguel Corea | KO | 3 | 14 Oct 2016 | |||
| 18 | Win | 17–0–1 | Luis Gonzalez | KO | 4 | 19 Aug 2016 | |||
| 17 | Win | 16–0–1 | Azael Gonzalez | 5 | 28 May 2016 | ||||
| 16 | Win | 15–0–1 | Eliecer Lanzas | TKO | 8 | 16 Apr 2016 | |||
| 15 | Win | 14–0–1 | Marcio Soza | UD | 8 | 15 Jan 2016 | |||
| 14 | Win | 13–0–1 | Moises Castro | KO | 4 | 19 Dec 2015 | |||
| 13 | Win | 12–0–1 | Jorge Luis Munguia | KO | 6 | 28 Nov 2015 | |||
| 12 | Win | 11–0–1 | Edwin Tellez | KO | 2 | 17 Oct 2015 | |||
| 11 | Win | 10–0–1 | Danny Erazo | UD | 6 | 1 Aug 2015 | |||
| 10 | Win | 9–0–1 | Carlos Rivas | UD | 6 | 13 Jun 2015 | |||
| 9 | Win | 8–0–1 | Lenin Tellez | KO | 2 | 18 Apr 2015 | |||
| 8 | Win | 7–0–1 | Carlos Rivas | UD | 6 | 14 Mar 2015 | |||
| 7 | Win | 6–0–1 | Carlos Aguilera | TKO | 6 | 28 Feb 2015 | |||
| 6 | Win | 5–0–1 | Carlos Aguilera | 4 | 18 Oct 2014 | ||||
| 5 | Win | 4–0–1 | Julio Delgado | TKO | 2 | 26 Jul 2014 | |||
| 4 | Win | 3–0–1 | Eduardo Urbina | 2 | 14 Jun 2014 | ||||
| 3 | Win | 2–0–1 | Brayan Suazo | KO | 3 | 9 Mar 2014 | |||
| 2 | Win | 1–0–1 | Reyner Araya | 1 | 26 Jan 2014 | ||||
| 1 | Draw | 0–0–1 | Eduardo Urbina | 4 | 21 Dec 2013 |