On the night of March 3, Verona (USA) hosted a night of boxing, which included a fight for the vacant WBA featherweight title between American Raymond Ford and Uzbekistan's Otabek Kholmatov.
This fight, which was stopped in the 12th round, ended in favor of Ford by technical knockout. Thus, he won the WBA championship belt.
Ford now has 15 wins (eight by knockout), one draw and no losses in his professional boxing career. Kholmatov has 12 wins (11 by knockout) and one defeat.