“My coach said, ‘Finish it kid, they’re not going to give you nothing here,’” Figueroa said of the advice heading into Round 12. “So I just had to give it my all. My preparation was really hard and I knew I had more in the tank, and yeah, I just showcased that. [My coach Manny Robles] said, ‘You’ve got more kid. I’ve seen you spar 14 rounds, 12 rounds, throwing 1,000 punches,’ and he’s like, ‘You’ve got more to give kid,’ and I said, ‘Okay coach, I’m gonna follow your advice and we finished really strong.’”
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