Seems to be like Stephen Fulton and Brandon Figueroa will run again their thrilling combat from a number of years in the past.
Fulton and Figueroa will meet once more on December 14, a supply near Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) instructed The Ring late Thursday night time.
BrunchBoxing.com’s Matthew Brown was the primary to report the combat.
The 12-round bout will happen on the Toyota Heart in Houston, Texas. The WBC featherweight title combat will precede the Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis-Lamont Roach WBA light-weight title combat fundamental occasion.
Each fights will stream stay as a part of the ultimate PBC on Prime Pay-Per-View occasion of 2024.
Fulton and Figueroa squared off in an exciting, motion combat in November 2021, producing thrilling exchanges in an ebb-and-flow combat. Fulton, then the WBO world junior featherweight titleholder, would win an in depth majority choice, including the WBC world title to his resume.
The 30-year-old Fulton (22-1, 8 knockouts), who resides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, would make a protection of the unified title over six months later, defeating Danny Roman by choice over 12 one-sided rounds.
Over 13 months later, on July 25 of final yr, Fulton squared off in opposition to IBF and WBA unified titleholder Naoya Inoue in a conflict for the undisputed championship. Fulton was sport, however was dropped twice and stopped in spherical eight.
In his final combat on September 14, his first for the reason that loss to Inoue and his first reputable combat at 126 kilos, Fulton overcame a knockdown in spherical 5 to win an in depth cut up choice over fringe contender Carlos Castro.
Figueroa (25-1-1, 19 KOs), who resides in Weslaco, Texas, knocked out former world junior featherweight titleholder Jessie Magdaleno in spherical 9 of his final combat on Could 4. The win over Magdaleno comes precisely 14 months after Figueroa gained a hard-fought unanimous choice over Mark Magsayo to win an interim world title belt.
The 27-year-old Figueroa, who’s rated No. 7 by The Ring at 126 kilos, has gained his final three fights for the reason that loss to Fulton. The opposite victory was a knockout win over Carlos Castro in July 2022.
Like Fulton, Figueroa fought most of his profession at 122 kilos, accumulating knockout wins over Victor Proa, Luis Suarez Cruz, Oscar Escandon, Moises Flores, Yonfrez Parejo, and Damien Vazquez. In Could 2021, Figueroa gained the WBC world junior featherweight title, knocking out Luis Nery in spherical 9.
Francisco A. Salazar has written for The Ring since October 2013 and has lined boxing in Southern California and overseas since 2000. Francisco additionally covers boxing for the Ventura County (California) Star newspaper. He may be reached at [email protected]
