Joshua Franco
Career, Record, Stats
Joshua Franco (El Profesor) is a 28-year-old retired American professional boxer. He is a former super-flyweight world champion. In a career spanning 7 years, 10 months, and 18 days, Franco amassed a record of 18-2-3, which includes 8 wins via KO.
Joshua Franco's Boxing Career
Joshua Franco was born in San Antonio, Texas, U.S. on October 27, 1995. He made his professional debut at the age of 19 years on August 6, 2015 against Temoatzin Landeros. Franco defeated Landeros via 4-round split decision, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Franco became a world champion at the age of 24 after 19 professional fights. He challenged Andrew Moloney for the WBA (Regular) super-flyweight title and defeated the champion via 12-round unanimous decision, winning his first world title.
Franco's last fight was a unanimous decision loss to Kazuto Ioka at age 27, on June 24, 2023.
Some of Joshua Franco's best fights have been against Kazuto Ioka and Andrew Moloney. For a complete list of Franco's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Joshua Franco".
Franco has just 2 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Joshua Franco Losses".
Joshua Franco's Boxing Record
| # | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
24 | Jun 24, 2023 | 27 | 
Kazuto Ioka 34 29-2-1  | loss | UD 12 |
23 | Dec 31, 2022 | 27 |
Kazuto Ioka 33 29-2 | draw | MD 12 |
22 | Aug 14, 2021 | 25 | 
Andrew Moloney 30 21-1 | win | UD 12 |
21 | Nov 14, 2020 | 25 |
Andrew Moloney 29 21-1 | nc | NA
|
20 | Jun 23, 2020 | 24 |
Andrew Moloney 29 21-0 | win | UD 12 |
19 | Jan 11, 2020 | 24 |  Jose Alejandro Burgos | win | TKO 9 |
18 | Aug 10, 2019 | 23 | Oscar Negrete | draw | SD 10 |
17 | Apr 25, 2019 | 23 | Oscar Negrete | win | SD 10 |
16 | Oct 04, 2018 | 22 | Oscar Negrete | draw | SD 10 |
15 | Jun 01, 2018 | 22 | Isao Gonzalo Carranza | win | KO 5 |
14 | Mar 24, 2018 | 22 | Lucas Fernandez | loss | TKO 9 |
13 | Dec 14, 2017 | 22 | Carlos Maldonado | win | UD 8 |
12 | Jul 14, 2017 | 21 | Pedro Antonio Rodriguez | win | UD 6 |
11 | Jun 17, 2017 | 21 | Oscar Mojica | win | UD 8 |
10 | May 18, 2017 | 21 | Marco Antonio Sanchez | win | KO 1 |
9 | Feb 03, 2017 | 21 | Victor Pasillas | win | KO 3 |
8 | Nov 18, 2016 | 21 | Felipe Rivas | win | UD 6 |
7 | Sep 17, 2016 | 20 | Bryan Bazan | win | RTD 4 |
6 | Jun 11, 2016 | 20 | Sam Rodriguez | win | UD 6 |
5 | Apr 01, 2016 | 20 | Jorge Perez | win | KO 2 |
4 | Jan 29, 2016 | 20 | Juan Carlos Benavides | win | UD 6 |
3 | Dec 04, 2015 | 20 | Leonardo Reyes | win | KO 1 |
2 | Oct 02, 2015 | 19 | Saul Hernández | win | TKO 3 |
1 | Aug 06, 2015 | 19 | Temoatzin Landeros | win | SD 4 |