Brandon Figueroa remains unbeaten

Press Release

27/09/2020

Brandon Figueroa remains unbeaten

Brandon Figueroa TKO10 Damien Vazquez... In Connecticut, Brandon Figueroa retained the WBA regular title at super bantamweight with a tenth-round stoppage of Damien Vazquez (15-2-1). [The WBA super champion in the weight class is Murodjon Akhmadaliev]. Now 21-0-1, Figueroa said, “I felt good tonight. He was a lot tougher than I expected. I was punishing him to the body and head. I had to switch to lefty because of how he was coming in with his head. I didn’t want to risk a head butt so I boxed him differently. He was taking a lot of punishment and just trying to jab and survive in the last few rounds. I have to give him credit for being tough. He came to fight and proved he deserves to be in the ring with me. I knew with the pressure I put on, he wasn’t going to last twelve rounds. My dad told me to put more pressure in the middle of the fight and that’s what I did. He was holding up and taking my punches. But I knew just a little bit more damage and I could end it. I was just focused on boxing him and trying to find an opening, I wasn’t worried about what his corner was doing. At the end of the day, it’s just me and him in the ring. I was just trying to attack him and follow my game plan. I expected a little bit more out of myself. I did hurt my hand in the middle rounds, so I wasn’t throwing it too much. I just had to keep working. I knew that he had trouble with lefties, so I was able to find my range from that stance, hit him a lot more and eventually hurt him." 
 
Figueroa concluded, “This shows that I can fight under pressure, I’m strong and I give exciting fights. That’s what fans want to see. I always leave everything in the ring and that’s what I did tonight. I’m ready for anyone, I know I belong with the best fighters in the division. I just want to give fans great fights.”