Former super bantamweight champion Brandon “The Heartbreaker” Figueroa (23-1-1, 18 KOs), moving up to featherweight, scored a sixth round TKO over Carlos Castro (27-2, 12 KOs) in a WBC eliminator in the Magsayo-Vargas co-feature on Saturday night at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. Figueroa dropped Castro in round three, then punished him for the rest of the round. Castro fought his way back into the fight, but in round six Figueroa spun him around on the ropes and unleashed a barrage of shots that prompted a referee’s stoppage. Time was 2:11.
Unbeaten WBA #14 lightweight Frank “The Ghost” Martin (16-0, 12 KOs) scored a tenth round KO over late sub Jackson Marinez (19-3, 7 KOs). Marinez was slick enough to win some rounds, but Martin upped the pressure late to drop Marinez in round nine and finish him with another knockdown in round ten. Time was :30.
Unbeaten welterweight Rashidi Ellis (24-0, 14 KOs) made quick work of late sub Jose Marrufo (13-11-2, 1 KO). Marrufo was down twice in round one and the ref waved it off after more punishment.
Bantamweight Ramon Cardenas (21-1, 10 KOs) hammered out a ten round unanimous decision over Michell Banquez (20-2, 14 KOs). Scores were 97-93, 97-93, 96-94.
Shame on the referee stop it to soon it was a good fight we’re Castro was barely winning
You mean Figueroa was barely winning? Close fight and entertaining.
Bad stoppage!
As far as Figueroa goes, If he wants any kind of longevity in the sport, his team will have to address his defense. He’s way too easy to hit. I wasn’t really impressed with his performance altogether.
His brother Omar had the same kind of herky jerky style, but more effective. He swarmed you with offense on the inside, punched from all angles, and surprisingly had pretty decent defense. He made his awkwardness work for him.
They will definitely have to work on some things, especially if he’s ever going to fight the likes of Navarette, Santa Cruz or Russell jr
Good observations on the Figueroa brothers. 10 or so years ago at lightweight Omar was a skilled infighter who could slip punches and effectively leverage his own big shots but his defense was always suspect and he took too many punches. Brandons career appears to be on the exact same trajectory.
bad stoppage cant see figuroa fighting vargas or navarette did castro run out of gas maybe he did
these guys are too small to be fighting.