Brandon Figueroa Ready For Nery Saturday

Brandon Figueroa is in action this Saturday against WBC Super Bantamweight Champ Luis Nery in a contest with major ramifications taking place on Showtime from the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.

Figueroa (21-0-1, 16 KOs) was last in the ring against Julio Ceja back in 2019 and fought to a tough spit draw in a contest Ceja came in overweight for. At stake in Saturday’s fight is a unification bout later on in the fall against the current WBO champion at 122 pounds, Stephen Fulton.

Check out this week’s Big Fight Weekend Podcast with special guest Brian Custer from Showtime as we talk with him about this main event as well as it being Showtime’s 1st fight card with fans away from “The Fightsphere.”

Figueroa speaking with the media on Thursday, stated that he was ready for Nery and feels his volume will be the key.

“Nery is going to learn a lot about me on Saturday night. My size will definitely help me,” Figueroa said at the final presser Thursday. “I feel like he hasn’t fought a guy this big, this strong, and he’s going to find out on Saturday night. I’ve trained tremendously for this fight. I have the best conditioning in the 122-pound division. My volume output speaks for itself, and I feel like a lot of people underestimate me. After Saturday night, they won’t. Once the bell rings, it’s go-time, and I come to fight. I come one hundred percent, and I’m coming to take that belt home.”

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“This game is all about proving yourself in and out of the ring. I feel like my hard work speaks for itself. My fights speak for themselves. I’m just glad I get to share the ring with Luis Nery. I know he comes to win as well, but I don’t think he wants it as bad as I do. If it goes my way, Stephen Fulton is next, and that’s a fight that I’ve been wanting for a long time. It’s time to unify. If that’s not what you come to boxing for, then what are you in boxing for?” Figueroa stated.

Figueroa is the underdog heading into this contest but I think that his style will be able to hang with Nery who did look pedestrian in his last bout against Aaron Alameda last time out. I feel more of the same will happen but Nery at the presser reminded me not to look into it.

“I think people got carried away about my performance from my last fight. You’re going to see that my power translates on Saturday. Brandon is going to be the first person to see how my power really translates to super bantamweight,” Nery stated.

We’ll see who will come out on top in what on paper is the closest matchup of the weekend for the WBC Super Bantamweight belt.