Abraham Nova (El Super) boxer

Abraham Nova boxer
bouts
21
won
21
lost
0
draw
0
Status
active
Division
super feather
Debut
2016-04-29
Height
5′ 9″/175cm
Reach
-
Age
25
Born
1994-01-14
Death
-
Nationality
USA

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.Abraham Nova was born on January 14, 1994 in Carolina, Puerto Rico, 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.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.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. After two wins in non-title fights – a UD against Brian Pelaez in December 2018 and a TKO against Mario Lozano in May 2019 – 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.Nova was booked to face Pedro Navarrete in a non-title bout on January 18, 2020. He won the fight by a fourth-round technical knockout. Nova faced Avery Sparrow on June 25, 2020. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 99–91, 97–93 and 96–94. Nova was scheduled to face the journeyman Richard Pumicpic on the Joshua Franco vs Andrew Moloney III undercard on August 14, 2021. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with one judge scoring the fight 78–74 for him, while the remaining two judges scored the fight 79–73 in his favor. Nova faced Willam Encarnación on January 15, 2022, in the Joe Smith Jr. vs Steve Geffrard WBO co-headliner. He won the fight by an eight-round technical knockout.

Date Opponent Last Opponents' Results Place Result
2022-01-15 William Encarnacion WWWWLW Turning Stone Resort & Casino, Verona WIN
Technical knockout
2021-08-14 Richard Pumicpic WWLLLW Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tulsa WIN
Unanimous decision
2020-06-25 Avery Sparrow WWWWW The Bubble, MGM Grand, Las Vegas WIN
Unanimous decision
2020-01-18 Pedro Navarrete WLLWLL Turning Stone Resort & Casino, Verona WIN
Technical knockout
2019-10-19 Sandro Hernandez LWLLLL Spiroudome Arena, Charleroi WIN
KO
2019-08-23 Luis Ronaldo Castillo WWWLLW Encore Boston Harbor, Everett WIN
KO
2019-05-10 Mario Ezequiel Sayal Lozano WWWDWL MGM Springfield, Springfield WIN
Technical knockout
2018-12-15 Brian Pelaez WWWWWW Spiroudome Arena, Charleroi WIN
Unanimous decision
2018-11-18 Sulaiman Segawa WWWWLW Royale Nightclub, Boston WIN
Unanimous decision
2018-05-19 Hassan Nourdine LWWWWW Spiroudome Arena, Charleroi WIN
KO
2018-04-28 Fatiou Fassinou LLWLLL Plainridge Park Casino, Plainville WIN
Unanimous decision
2018-02-24 Tyrome Jones WWWLLD Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville WIN
Technical knockout
2017-12-16 Milan Savic LLLLWL Spiroudome Arena, Charleroi WIN
Technical knockout
2017-10-21 Dato Nanava WWWLLL Andenne Arena, Andenne WIN
Technical knockout
2017-06-24 Andres Zapata WWWWWW Hotel Jaragua, Santo Domingo WIN
Technical knockout
2017-05-13 Martin Nicolas Matamala WWWLWW Centro de Convenciones, Punta del Este WIN
Technical knockout
2017-03-04 Sergio Lucas WWWLLW Arena Jalisco, Guadalajara WIN
KO
2016-09-23 Willy Morillo LWLW Salon de Eventos P. C. Sambil, Santo Domingo WIN
Technical knockout
2016-08-21 Wilfredo Garriga LDWWLW Ford Amphitheater, Coney Island WIN
Majority decision
2016-04-29 Weusi Johnson W Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City WIN
Technical knockout