Abraham Nova

Abraham Nova (born January 14, 1994) is a Puerto Rican-born American professional boxer who has held the WBA-NABA super featherweight title since 2018.

Early life[]

Abraham Nova was born on January 14, 1994 in Carolina, Puerto Rico,^[3] to Dominican parents. He moved to the U.S. with his parents and nine siblings when he was an infant, with all twelve family members living in a two-bedroom apartment in Albany, New York. He began boxing at the age of 12, going on to compile an amateur record of 167–11-60KO before turning professional.^[4]

Professional career[]

Nova made his professional debut on April 29, 2016, scoring a first-round technical knockout (TKO) victory over Weusi Johnson at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey.^[5]

After compiling a record of 12–0 (10 KOs) he faced Sulaiman Segawa for the vacant WBA-NABA super featherweight title on November 18, 2018 at the Royale Nightclub in Boston, Massachusetts. Nova defeated Sulaiman via unanimous decision (UD) to capture his first professional title, with one judge scoring the bout 97–93 and the other two scoring it 96–93.^[6] After two wins in non-title fights – a UD against Brian Pelaez in December 2018^[7] and a TKO against Mario Lozano in May 2019^[8] – he made the first defence of his WBA-NABA title against Luis Castillo on August 23, 2019 at the Encore Boston Harbor in Everett, Massachusetts. With less than 30 seconds remaining in the first round, Nova landed a left-jab right-hand combination to drop Castillo to the canvas. Castillo was unable to make it to his feet before the referee's count of ten, awarding Nova a first-round knockout (KO) victory.^[9]

Professional boxing record[]

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
19	Win	19–0	Avery Sparrow	UD	10	Jun 25, 2020	MGM Grand Conference Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
18	Win	18–0	Pedro Navarrete	TKO	4 (8), 0:35	Jan 18, 2020	Turning Stone Resort Casino, Verona, New York, U.S.
17	Win	17–0	Sandro Hernandez	KO	4 (8), 2:21	Oct 19, 2019	Dôme, Charleroi, Belgium
16	Win	16–0	Luis Castillo	KO	1 (10), 2:42	Aug 23, 2019	Encore Boston Harbor, Everett, Massachusetts, U.S.	Retained WBA-NABA super featherweight title
15	Win	15–0	Mario Ezequiel Sayal Lozano	TKO	2 (10), 2:26	May 10, 2019	MGM Springfield, Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
14	Win	14–0	Brian Pelaez	UD	8	Dec 15, 2018	RTL Spiroudome, Charleroi, Belgium
13	Win	13–0	Sulaiman Segawa	UD	10	Nov 18, 2018	Royale Nightclub, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.	Won vacant WBA-NABA super featherweight title
12	Win	12–0	Hassan Nourdine	KO	7 (8), 1:20	May 19, 2018	RTL Spiroudome, Charleroi, Belgium
11	Win	11–0	Fatiou Fassinou	UD	6	Apr 28, 2018	Plainridge Park Casino, Plainville, Massachusetts, U.S.
10	Win	10–0	Tyrome Jones	TKO	2 (6), 2:20	Feb 24, 2018	Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut, U.S.
9	Win	9–0	Milan Savic	TKO	2 (6), 1:52	Dec 16, 2017	RTL Spiroudome, Charleroi, Belgium
8	Win	8–0	Dato Nanava	TKO	2 (6)	Oct 21, 2017	Andenne Arena, Andenne, Belgium
7	Win	7–0	Andres Zapata	TKO	1 (8), 2:31	Jun 24, 2017	Hotel Jaragua, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
6	Win	6–0	Martin Nicolas Matamala	TKO	5 (6), 0:01	May 13, 2017	Centro de Convenciones, Punta del Este, Uruguay
5	Win	5–0	Sergio Lucas	KO	1 (6), 2:05	Mar 4, 2017	Arena Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico
4	Win	4–0	Joshua Santos	TKO	2 (6), 2:02	Dec 10, 2016	Sands Bethlehem Event Center, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.
3	Win	3–0	Willy Morillo	TKO	4 (6), 1:34	Sep 23, 2016	Salon de Eventos P.C. Sambil, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2	Win	2–0	Wilfredo Garriga	MD	6	Aug 21, 2016	Ford Amphitheater, New York City, New York, U.S.
1	Win	1–0	Weusi Johnson	TKO	1 (4), 2:56	Apr 29, 2016	Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.

References[]

External links[]

• Boxing record for Abraham Nova from BoxRec