# Francisco Fonseca (boxer)

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.

## Professional career

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.
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. Davis failed to make weight, therefore the fight continued without the belt on the line for Davis. Fonseca lost the fight via eighth-round knockout, the first loss of his professional career.
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.
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.
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.

## Professional boxing record

| 41 fights | 35 wins | 4 losses |
| By knockout | 29 | 2 |
| By decision | 6 | 2 |
| Draws | 2 | 2 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 41 | Win | 35–4–2 | Jesus Bravo | TKO | 4 (10), 1:50 | 01 Nov 2024 | Camara de Ganaderos, Liberia, Costa Rica | |
| 40 | Win | 34–4–2 | Jezzrel Corrales | TKO | 4 (10), 2:51 | 20 Jul 2024 | Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica | |
| 39 | Win | 33–4–2 | Jesus Bravo | TKO | 4 (8), 0:57 | 23 Dec 2023 | San José, Costa Rica | |
| 38 | Win | 32–4–2 | Norwin Gutierrez | KO | 1 (6), 0:50 | 25 Jul 2023 | Gym de Yoka, San José, Costa Rica | |
| 37 | Loss | 31–4–2 | Zhora Hamazaryan | UD | 10 | 06 May 2023 | KRK, Yekaterinburg, Russia | |
| 36 | Win | 31–3–2 | Billel Dib | TKO | 2 (12), 2:55 | 9 Dec 2022 | Whitlam Leisure Centre, Liverpool, Australia | Won vacant IBF International super featherweight title |
| 35 | Win | 30–3–2 | Andres Tapia | TKO | 2 (10), 2:13 | 1 May 2022 | Polideportivo Alexis Arguello, Managua, Nicaragua | Retained WBA Fedelatin super featherweight title |
| 34 | Win | 29–3–2 | Franco Gutierrez | KO | 2 (10), 1:39 | 29 Jan 2022 | Polideportivo Alexis Arguello, Managua, Nicaragua | Won vacant WBA Fedelatin super featherweight title |
| 33 | Win | 28–3–2 | Robin Zamora | KO | 8 (11), 1:00 | 30 Apr 2021 | Puerto Salvador Allende, Managua, Nicaragua | For vacant WBA Fedelatin super featherweight title |
| 32 | Win | 27–3–2 | Lesther Lara | KO | 2 (8), 2:00 | 18 Sep 2020 | Nuevo Gimnasio Nicarao, Managua, Nicaragua | |
| 31 | Win | 26–3–2 | Eusebio Osejo | KO | 1 (8), 2:28 | 8 Aug 2020 | Nuevo Gimnasio Nicarao, Managua, Nicaragua | |
| 30 | Loss | 25–3–2 | Ryan Garcia | KO | 1 (12), 1:20 | 14 Feb 2020 | Honda Center, Anaheim, California, US | For WBC Silver lightweight title |
| 29 | Draw | 25–2–2 | Alex Dilmaghani | MD | 12 | 16 Nov 2019 | York Hall, London, England | For vacant IBO super featherweight title |
| 28 | Win | 25–2–1 | David Bency | TKO | 7 (8), 2:50 | 13 Jul 2019 | Nuevo Gimnasio Nicarao, Managua, Nicaragua | |
| 27 | Win | 24–2–1 | Robin Zamora | RTD | 5 (8), 3:00 | 16 Mar 2019 | Centro Mil Colores, Managua, Nicaragua | |
| 26 | Win | 23–2–1 | Stanley Mendez | TKO | 1 (10), 2:08 | 2 Feb 2019 | BN Arena, Hatillo, Costa Rica | |
| 25 | Loss | 22–2–1 | Tevin Farmer | UD | 12 | 15 Dec 2018 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York US | For IBF super featherweight title |
| 24 | Win | 22–1–1 | Sandro Hernandez | TKO | 5 (10), 1:50 | 23 Aug 2018 | Fantastic Casino de Albrook Mall, Panama City, Panama | Retained WBO Latino super featherweight title |
| 23 | Win | 21–1–1 | Daniel Miranda | TKO | 5 (12), 2:18 | 14 Dec 2017 | Fantastic Casino de Albrook Mall, Panama City, Panama | Won vacant WBO Latino super featherweight title |
| 22 | Win | 20–1–1 | Joel Blanco | TKO | 3 (6), 1:45 | 24 Oct 2017 | Fantastic Casino de Albrook Mall, Panama City, Panama | |
| 21 | Loss | 19–1–1 | Gervonta Davis | KO | 8 (12), 0:39 | 26 Aug 2017 | T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, Nevada, US | For vacant IBF super featherweight title |
| 20 | Win | 19–0–1 | Eliecer Lanzas | KO | 3 | 31 Mar 2017 | Parque Central, San Jose, Costa Rica | |
| 19 | Win | 18–0–1 | Miguel Corea | KO | 3 | 14 Oct 2016 | Gimnasio Shidokan Fitness, San Jose, Costa Rica | |
| 18 | Win | 17–0–1 | Luis Gonzalez | KO | 4 | 19 Aug 2016 | Gimnasio Shidokan Fitness, San Jose, Costa Rica | |
| 17 | Win | 16–0–1 | Azael Gonzalez | RTD | 5 | 28 May 2016 | Gimnasio Shidokan Fitness, San Jose, Costa Rica | |
| 16 | Win | 15–0–1 | Eliecer Lanzas | TKO | 8 | 16 Apr 2016 | Gimnasio Guy Rouck Chavez, Matagalpa, Nicaragua | |
| 15 | Win | 14–0–1 | Marcio Soza | UD | 8 | 15 Jan 2016 | San Salvador, El Salvador | |
| 14 | Win | 13–0–1 | Moises Castro | KO | 4 | 19 Dec 2015 | San Jose, Costa Rica | |
| 13 | Win | 12–0–1 | Jorge Luis Munguia | KO | 6 | 28 Nov 2015 | Alajuela, Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Win | 11–0–1 | Edwin Tellez | KO | 2 | 17 Oct 2015 | Liberia, Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Win | 10–0–1 | Danny Erazo | UD | 6 | 1 Aug 2015 | Alajuela, Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Win | 9–0–1 | Carlos Rivas | UD | 6 | 13 Jun 2015 | Alajuela, Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Win | 8–0–1 | Lenin Tellez | KO | 2 | 18 Apr 2015 | Alajuela, Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Win | 7–0–1 | Carlos Rivas | UD | 6 | 14 Mar 2015 | Alajuela, Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Win | 6–0–1 | Carlos Aguilera | TKO | 6 | 28 Feb 2015 | Alajuela, Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Win | 5–0–1 | Carlos Aguilera | UD | 4 | 18 Oct 2014 | Alajuela, Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Win | 4–0–1 | Julio Delgado | TKO | 2 | 26 Jul 2014 | Alajuela, Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Win | 3–0–1 | Eduardo Urbina | TKO | 2 | 14 Jun 2014 | Alajuela, Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Win | 2–0–1 | Brayan Suazo | KO | 3 | 9 Mar 2014 | San Jose, Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Win | 1–0–1 | Reyner Araya | KO | 1 | 26 Jan 2014 | San Jose, Costa Rica | |
| 1 | Draw | 0–0–1 | Eduardo Urbina | MD | 4 | 21 Dec 2013 | San Jose, Costa Rica | |