{"id":265763,"date":"2025-07-15T02:21:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T02:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/265763\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T02:21:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T02:21:10","slug":"abraham-nova-steps-in-to-face-raymond-ford-on-august-16th-in-riyadh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/265763\/","title":{"rendered":"Abraham Nova Steps In To Face Raymond Ford On August 16th In Riyadh"},"content":{"rendered":"

Abraham \u2018Super\u2019 Nova will face super featherweight contender Raymond Ford as a substitute opponent on August 16th in Riyadh. The two will be fighting on the Moses Itauma vs. Dillian Whyte undercard. The event will be shown on DAZN.<\/p>\n

Abraham Nova: Replacement Opponent<\/strong><\/p>\n

The always tough veteran Nova (24-3-1, 17 KOs) replaces Anthony Cacace as the opponent for Ford after the Irish fighter suffered an injury and had to pull out.<\/p>\n

Mike Coppinger broke the news<\/a> on Abraham Nova stepping in as the replacement opponent for Raymond Ford to fight.<\/p>\n

Nova, 31, has lost two out of his last four fights to O\u2019Shaquie Foster and Andres Cortes. However, both defeats were controversial, as Nova outworked them and landed the better shots. Those losses showed how tough it is for B-side fighters to get the nod when fighting hyped guys. If Nova can recapture the form he showed against Foster and Cortes, he\u2019s got a chance of beating Ford.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Taking the Ford (17-1-1, 8 KOs) fight on one month\u2019s notice is a tough ask for Nova. It\u2019s supposed to be a 12-rounder. It\u2019s unclear if it\u2019ll be reduced to 10 now that Cacace is no longer fighting.<\/p>\n

Ford, 26, has won his last two fights since losing to Nick Ball by a 12-round split decision last year. There was nothing controversial about that fight. Ball out-punched Ford and dominated him with his power and constant forward pressure. That was the first time in Ford\u2019s career when he met a better puncher than himself.<\/p>\n

In Ford\u2019s fight before that, he was seconds away from losing to\u00a0Otabek Kholmatov when the referee suddenly halted the fight, giving him a questionable 12th-round knockout. It was a weird stoppage that saved Ford from a certain loss. He took a lot of punishment from the harder-punching Kholmatov in the fight, and was lucky to get the win.<\/p>\n

What may have given Ford issues was jumping back in the ring just three months later to take on Nick Ball in June 2024. That was an old-school type of quick ring return. Normally, fighters don\u2019t fight so soon after being in a war like the one Raymond was in against Kholmatov.<\/p>\n

Boxing News 24<\/a> \u00bb Abraham Nova Steps in to Face Raymond Ford on August 16th in Riyadh<\/p>\n

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