Joshua Franco (18-2-3, 8) was born in San Antonio, Texas, U.S. on October 27, 1995. At the age of 19 years on August 6, 2015, he made his professional boxing debut against Temoatzin Landeros, winning the fight via 4-round split decision.
On his 20th career fight at 24 years old, Franco became a super-flyweight world champion on June 23, 2020 after defeating Andrew Moloney via 12-round unanimous decision to win the WBA (Regular) title.
Franco's last fight was a 12-round unanimous decision loss to Kazuto Ioka at age 27 on June 24, 2023. He retired from the sport of boxing following this loss.
Some of Joshua Franco's best fights have been against Andrew Moloney, Kazuto Ioka and Oscar Negrete.
Franco has 2 losses on his boxing record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
24  | Jun 24, 2023 27 years, 7 months 18-2-3 (8) | 34 years, 3 months 29-2-1 (15) | 12 | UD | LOSS | |
23 | Dec 31, 2022 27 years, 2 months 18-1-3 (8) | 33 years, 9 months 29-2 (15) | SFL | 12 | MD | DRAW Defended WBA For WBO |
22  | Aug 14, 2021 25 years, 9 months 18-1-2 (8) | 30 years, 7 months 21-1 (14) | SFL | 12 | UD | WIN Defended WBA (Regular) |
21 | Nov 14, 2020 25 years 17-1-2 (8) | 29 years, 10 months 21-1 (14) | SFL | 3 | NC | NC Defended WBA (Regular) |
20 | Jun 23, 2020 24 years, 7 months 17-1-2 (8) | 29 years, 5 months 21-0 (14) | SFL | 12 | UD | WIN Won WBA (Regular) |
19 | Jan 11, 2020 24 years, 2 months 16-1-2 (8) | Jose Alejandro Burgos | 9 | TKO | WIN | |
18  | Aug 10, 2019 23 years, 9 months 15-1-2 (7) | 32 years 18-2-1 (7) | BT | 10 | SD | DRAW |
17 | Apr 25, 2019 23 years, 5 months 15-1-1 (7) | 31 years, 9 months 18-1-1 (7) | BT | 10 | SD | WIN |
16 | Oct 4, 2018 22 years, 11 months 14-1-1 (7) | 31 years, 2 months 18-1 (7) | BT | 10 | SD | DRAW |
15 | Jun 1, 2018 22 years, 7 months 14-1 (7) | Isao Gonzalo Carranza | 5 | KO | WIN | |
14 | Mar 24, 2018 22 years, 4 months 13-1 (6) | Lucas Fernandez | 9 | TKO | LOSS | |
13 | Dec 14, 2017 22 years, 1 months 13-0 (6) | Carlos Maldonado | 8 | UD | WIN | |
12 | Jul 14, 2017 21 years, 8 months 12-0 (6) | Pedro Antonio Rodriguez | 6 | UD | WIN | |
11 | Jun 17, 2017 21 years, 7 months 11-0 (6) | Oscar Mojica | 8 | UD | WIN | |
10 | May 18, 2017 21 years, 6 months 10-0 (6) | Marco Antonio Sanchez | 1 | KO | WIN | |
9 | Feb 3, 2017 21 years, 3 months 9-0 (5) | Victor Pasillas | 3 | KO | WIN | |
8 | Nov 18, 2016 21 years 8-0 (4) | Felipe Rivas | 6 | UD | WIN | |
7 | Sep 17, 2016 20 years, 10 months 7-0 (4) | Bryan Bazan | 4 | RTD | WIN | |
6 | Jun 11, 2016 20 years, 7 months 6-0 (3) | Sam Rodriguez | 6 | UD | WIN | |
5 | Apr 1, 2016 20 years, 5 months 5-0 (3) | Jorge Perez | 2 | KO | WIN | |
4 | Jan 29, 2016 20 years, 3 months 4-0 (2) | Juan Carlos Benavides | 6 | UD | WIN | |
3 | Dec 4, 2015 20 years, 1 months 3-0 (2) | Leonardo Reyes | 1 | KO | WIN | |
2 | Oct 2, 2015 19 years, 11 months 2-0 (1) | Saul Hernández | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
1 | Aug 6, 2015 19 years, 9 months 1-0 (0) | Temoatzin Landeros | 4 | SD | WIN |
