On June 1, 2024, the 25-year-old WBA (Regular) featherweight world champion, Raymond Ford (15-0-1, 8 KOs), faced a 27-year-old British boxer Nick Ball (19-0-1, 11 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Ford came in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 30 days. Ball was on a 0-fight win streak with a 55% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 24 days.
Nick Ball defeated Raymond Ford via split decision and wins the WBA (Regular) title — in his first world-title fight. Ball improves his record to 20-0-1, while Ford adds a loss to his record at 15-1-1.