
Stephen Fulton won the World Boxing Council featherweight title, by defeating former world champion Brandon Figueroa by unanimous decision, this Saturday, in a supporting fight on the “David Benavidez vs Davis Morrell” card, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Fulton had already defeated Figueroa in November 2021, with the WBC super bantamweight title at stake. And he repeated the dose again, but at featherweight, to take home the WBC crown, with a unanimous decision victory 117-111, 116-112 and 116-112.
Fulton fought more intelligently, threw better short combinations and countered effectively.Figueroa could not take advantage of the opportunity to avenge the first defeat in his career.
With this victory, Fulton improved his record to 23-1, with 8 knockouts, while Figueroa fell to 25-2-1, with 18 knockouts..
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