Figueroa – Fulton 2 Rematch this Saturday

WBC heavy weight champion, Brandon Figueroa (25-1-1, 19 kos), defends against the ex-champion Super Bantamweight of two Stephen Fulton two belts (22-1, 18 kos) in its 12-round comeback This Saturday, February 1st, at the T -ara Mobile in Las Vegas.

Figueroa vs. Fulton 2 is in the departure of David Benavidez vs David Morrell and will show live to PBC where Main video PPV. The event is sold for $ 79.95.

Weight class change

The resale will be four pounds heavier than the first struggle in 122, and Figuero seems stronger since it moved to 126 in 2022 after its close loss to Fulton. In three fights that Figueroa has had in pen, he dominated these fighters:

– Jessie Magdaleno – and 9
-Mark Magayo-Ud 12: Scores 117-109, 117-109 and 118-108
– Carlos Castro: TKO 6

Fulton is a pure boxer and will try all the tricks in the book to defeat Figueroa. We will probably see many features, movements and fists. Has a Mayweather-Esque A style about him and uses many technical things to compensate for his lack of power.

Stephen has zero power, and his only way of defeating Figueroa is by decision. Given the good appearance of Brandon from his move to the feather weight, it is a difficult thing that Fulton wins on Saturday, apart from being lucky with the score again.

Four years ago, on November 27, 2021, Fulton, 30, edited Figueroa, who surpassed him for a 12 -round majority decision in Las Vegas in Super Bantamweight. The struggle could have gone in any way, but the judges liked Fulton’s boxing skills better than the most aggressive and harder blows in Figueroa.

A changed fulton?

Much has changed since then. Naoya Inoue has been visibly aged, Fulton, in eight unilateral rounds, on July 25, 2023 and was barely searched with a decision to divide ten rounds on Carlos Castrol in his last struggle on September 14, 2024.

Castro left Fulton in the fifth round and repeatedly injured him. Used to hold and move to escape from being eliminated. The judges were generous with Fulton to give him the victory, as Castro seemed to be worth the victory.

Two years earlier, Castro had been eliminated in the sixth round by Brandon Figueroa on July 9, 2022. Styles make fights, but it means something when Fulton fights this rival level against Castro after a controversial decision after being hit Inoue, a year earlier.

The loss of Fulton in Inoue may have definitively decreased its resistance to the punch, leaving it vulnerable to being injured. This is a terrible news for him against a power boy like Figueroa, who gets stronger than Castro and will not get tired as he did in the second half of the fight on Saturday.

This means that Fulton has to stay on the bike all night, keeping as often as possible to try to neutralize Figueroa’s offense. It could be an ugly struggle because Fulton does not have the offensive skills to keep in the pocket against Figueroa without being eliminated.

I see in Figueroa as a strong, young and aggressive mass for what is left of Fulton in his career. I do not see a tie because Fulton will use your Mayweather-Esque tricks to survive, but will not win with this negative and security style. This struggle could put the sleeping fans because Fulton will leave the opening bell, trying not to leave out.