WBO/WBC super bantamweight world champion Stephen Fulton Jr. and former champ Brandon Figueroa discussed their all-action unification clash in Las Vegas.
“It was the robbery of the year,” said Figueroa. “The fans who watched this live know who won. I always come to fight and I did that all night…I hurt him like five or six times. I put the pressure on for the whole 12 rounds, landed the cleaner shots and hurt him. I thought I only lost four rounds at the most.”
“It was an amazing experience,” said Fulton. “The judges made their decision and we can run it back. I was catching him in between every shot he was throwing. He was making it sloppy and rough. I was landing a lot of clean shots. He was throwing wild shots that the fans were enjoying, but he was hitting my arms a lot.”
It was a good close fight. But, IMO Figueroa won the fight.
Figueroa Won that fight!!! Rematch and we will see Figueroa win Again!!
Figueroa obviously won the fight. Judging must improve if Boxing is to continue as a sport.
why the mora said shit to fulton for holding the 99 percent and dont like hayman when in one favorite corner,
Jose, What?
Mora has always been a lousy referee but the sanctioning bodies keep giving him a free pass.
Figueroa pressured all night and threw over a thousand punches. He won and was robbed.
good close fight fulton is a skilled fighter fiugurora is just a crazy fighter who took some shots from fulton i see a rematch
The decision is subjective depending on what you favor, Fulton landed the cleaner head punches while Figueroa worked the body and threw more punches. The rounds were close and most were swing rounds which means they could’ve went either way. Judging can sometimes be affected by crowd reaction which in this fight wasn’t the case because it was a pro Figueroa crowd. As a fan I enjoyed it and let them run it back, I honestly think the fight would play out identical unless Fulton decides to box more.
Figueroa is a big 122 pound fighter with a great chin. We also know Figueroa may have to move to 126. Just out of curiosity, on fight night, I wonder how much of a weight advantage Figueroa had over Fulton, Jr.???
I do not see the fight night weights anymore.
If Figueroa can no longer make 122, how about a Fulton, Jr. vs. Akhmadaliev fight for all the marbles at 122??
Figueroa had this dude hurt and tired 5 times and still loses? Ge was totally robbed.
i disagree Fulton, Jr won he landed the cleaner shots and at times control the fight, pushed Figueroa back at times.
First you need to find out which one of them was the promoter’s favorite. Unfortunate, the politics of Boxing allow this things to happen all the time.
very close fight, Figueroa was busier but was missing a bit and Fulton was landing clean punches too. That 1 card was atrocious, draw or split decision for Figueroa would have been more accurate. Rematch next is a must
Figueroa won decisively. Lopez lost decisively to Kambrosa. Figueroa deserves a rematch; the whole US Latino community demands it.
Fulton is telling the truth. He fought a sharper fight.