Ex-champ Ford back in action on Saturday

Press Release

10/04/2025

Ex-champ Ford back in action on Saturday

Raymond Ford continues his pursuit to becoming a two-time, two-weight World champion as he faces Thomas Mattice fin a super featherweight contest on Saturday in Atlantic City, New Jersey. DAZN will televise the fight, which serves as the chief support for the Boots Ennis vs. Eimantis Stanionis welterweight unification contest. Ford (16-1-1 8 KOs) fights at 130 pounds for the second time after moving up from featherweight. In November, Ford routed Orlando Gonzalez over ten rounds in Philadelphia. Ford won the WBA featherweight title with a stunning last-gasp KO win over Otabek Kholmatov in March in Verona, NY. He was edged out in his first defense by a razor-thin split decision reversal against Nick Ball in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in June.
 
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