Erickson Lubin (born October 1, 1995) is an American

professional boxer Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional fights are supervised by a regulatory auth ...

who challenged for the WBC

super welterweight Light middleweight, also known as junior middleweight or super welterweight,PeBoxRec/ref> is a weight class in boxing but also may include other combat sports. Boxing The light middleweight division (also known as junior middleweight in the IBF o ...

title in 2017. As of January 2022, he is ranked as the world's fourth best active super welterweight by ''

The Ring The Ring may refer to: Arts and entertainment *The Ring (franchise), ''The Ring'' (franchise), a Japanese horror media franchise Literature * ''The Ring'', a 1967 novel by Richard Chopping * ''The Ring'', a 1988 book by Daniel Keys Moran * ''The R ...

'' magazine seventh by

BoxRec BoxRec or boxrec.com is a website dedicated to holding updated records of professional and amateur boxers, both male and female. It also maintains a MediaWiki-based encyclopedia of boxing. The objective of the site is to document every profess ...

, and third by the

Transnational Boxing Rankings Board The Transnational Boxing Rankings Board (TBRB) is an all-volunteer initiative formed in October 2012 with the intention of providing professional boxing with top-ten rankings, identifying the singular world champion of every division and to ins ...

Early life and amateur career

Lubin was born to Haitian parents Erick Lubin and Marjorie in

Orlando Orlando commonly refers to: * Orlando, Florida, a city in the United States Orlando may also refer to: People * Orlando (given name), a masculine name, includes a list of people with the name * Orlando (surname), includes a list of people wit ...

Florida Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ...

where he grew up as idolizing

Oscar De La Hoya Oscar De La Hoya ( , ; born February 4, 1973) is an American Promoter (entertainment), boxing promoter and former professional boxing, professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2008. His accolades include winning 11 list of boxing sextuple ch ...

and other boxers. Lubin won the 2013

Golden Gloves The Golden Gloves of America is an organization that promotes annual competitions of amateur boxing in the United States, in which winners are awarded a belt and a ring, and the title of national champion. The organization currently owns 30 fr ...

as a

welterweight Welterweight is a weight class in combat sports. Originally the term ''welterweight'' was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like muay Thai, taekwondo, and mixed martial arts also use it for their own weight division system to classify th ...

. He was expected to qualify for the 2016 Olympics but turned professional instead. Lubin had a record of 143–7.

Professional career

Lubin made his professional debut in November 2013.

Lubin vs. Cota

After 17 wins, 12 of them by way of knockout, Lubin faced Jorge Cota in a WBC

title eliminator. The fight was scheduled for 4 March 2017 as a co-feature to

Keith Thurman Keith Fitzgerald Thurman (born November 23, 1988) is an American professional boxer. He is a former unified welterweight world champion, having held the World Boxing Association, WBA title from 2016 to 2019 (promoted to WBA (Super), Super champio ...

- Danny García. Cota went down on the fourth round, he would rise but the referee deemed him unable to continue. With the win, Lubin became

Jermell Charlo Jermell DeAvante Charlo (; born May 19, 1990) is an American professional boxer. He held the undisputed championship at light middleweight from 2022 to 2023 and ''The Ring'' light middleweight title from 2020 to 2024. His identical twin broth ...

mandatory challenger In professional boxing and some other combat sports, a mandatory challenger is an opponent whom a champion must either fight (in a mandatory defence) or be forced to vacate their title as champion. The opposite of a mandatory defence is a ''volunt ...

Lubin vs. Charlo

On August 24, RingTV announced that the fight between Charlo and Lubin would take place on October 14 at the

Barclays Center Barclays Center ( ) is a multi-purpose list of indoor arenas, indoor arena in the New York City Boroughs of New York City, borough of Brooklyn. The arena is home to the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association and the New York Liber ...

Brooklyn Brooklyn is a Boroughs of New York City, borough of New York City located at the westernmost end of Long Island in the New York (state), State of New York. Formerly an independent city, the borough is coextensive with Kings County, one of twelv ...

, New York. The fight card would also feature

Erislandy Lara Erislandy Lara Santoya (born 11 April 1983) is a Cuban-American professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the World Boxing Association (WBA) middleweight title since 2023 ( Regular version from ...

defending his WBA title against Terrell Gausha and Jarrett Hurd defending his IBF title against

Austin Trout Austin Dwayne Trout (born September 18, 1985) is an American professional boxer and bare-knuckle boxer. In boxing he held the World Boxing Association (WBA) light middleweight title ( Regular version) from 2011 to 2013. He extended his champions ...

, with the event being billed as a super welterweight triple-header. Charlo made swift work of Lubin, knocking him out toward the end of the first round, as Lubin dipped directly into a right uppercut in an attempt to dodge a left jab. Lubin rebounded from his loss to Charlo with a series of wins.

Lubin vs. Gallimore

On October 26, 2019, Lubin fought Nathaniel Gallimore and defeated him via unanimous decision, winning 99–91 on all three scorecards.

Lubin vs. Gausha

On September 19, 2020, he captured the vacant

WBC Silver The World Boxing Council (WBC) is an international professional boxing organization. It is among the four major organizations which sanction professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Association (WBA), International Boxing Federation ...

super welterweight title with a 12-round unanimous decision victory against former world title challenger Terrell Gausha, who was ranked #6 by the WBA at super welterweight, winning with scores of 115–113, 116–112, and 118–110.

Lubin vs. Rosario

On June 26, 2021, Lubin prevailed in a WBC final eliminator against former unified world champion Jeison Rosario with a sixth-round knockout victory. Rosario was ranked #3 by the WBC, #6 by the WBA, #10 by the IBF and #4 by The Ring at super welterweight.

Lubin vs. Fundora

On April 9, 2022, Lubin faced

Sebastian Fundora Sebastian Alexander Fundora (born 28 December 1997) is an American professional boxer who has held the World Boxing Council (WBC) light middleweight title since March 2024 and the World Boxing Organization (WBO) light middleweight title from 2024 ...

for the vacant WBC interim super welterweight title. Although Lubin got knocked down in round 2 and returned the favor in round 7, he would lose the bout by 9th round corner retirement as his face was heavily damaged. This was a contender for 2022 Fight of the Year.

Lubin vs. Ramos

On September 30, 2023 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Lubin has been scheduled to face undefeated 22 year old prospect Jesus Ramos Jr in the 12-round super welterweight co-feature to

Canelo Alvarez __NOTOC__ Canelo may refer to: Geography * Canelo, Arizona, a ghost town ** Canelo Ranger Station ** Canelo School * Canelo Hills in Arizona ** Canelo Hills Cienega Reserve, a protected area People * Canelo Álvarez (born 1990; birth name Santos ...

vs.

Professional boxing record

References

External links

*
Erickson Lubin - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings
a
Box.Live
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lubin, Erickson 1995 births Living people Martial artists from Orlando, Florida Boxers from Florida American male boxers African-American boxers American sportspeople of Haitian descent Welterweight boxers Light-middleweight boxers National Golden Gloves champions 21st-century African-American sportsmen 21st-century American sportsmen