In between losing two fights against Fulton, Figueroa conquered the likes of Carlos Castro, Mark Magsayo, and Jessie Magdaleno as a featherweight. Perhaps his best win, however, came at super-bantamweight, where he stopped the then-unbeaten Luis Nery in seven rounds to lift the WBC title. That win, he says, will provide plenty of inspiration ahead of Saturday’s fight against Ball, with the two situations not all that dissimilar.
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