Xu Can
Chinese boxer
Xu Can (simplified Chinese: 徐灿; traditional Chinese: 徐燦; pinyin: Xú Càn; born March 9, 1994) is a Chinese professional boxer who held the World Boxing Association (WBA) (Regular version) featherweight title from 2019 to 2021.
Professional career
Early career
Xu turned professional in 2013. His first 14 fights ended in decision, of which he was victorious in 12 of them. In his 15th fight on October 3, 2017, he recorded his first stoppage win against former WBA (Regular) super bantamweight champion Nehomar Cermeño, prevailing via seventh-round corner retirement. The win saw Xu capture the vacant WBA International featherweight title.
WBA (Regular) featherweight champion
Xu vs. Rojas
Xu was rewarded for his twelve fight winning streak with the opportunity to challenge the reigning WBA (Regular) featherweight champion Jesús Rojas. The bout was scheduled for the undercard of the Jaime Munguia and Takeshi Inoue WBO super-welterweight title fight, which took place at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, on January 26, 2019, and was broadcast by DAZN and Canal Space. Xu won the fight, which BoxingScene dubbed an early candidate for "Fight of the Year", by unanimous decision. He was awarded scorecards of 116–112, 117–111 and 118–110.
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