By Mark Vester

Cesar Figueroa has promised to shock WBO super bantamweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez when the two fighters take the scales for their final weight check on Friday. They collide on October 4 in Puerto Rico. There was a lot of concern when Figueroa took the scales on September 3rd and weighed 147.8-pounds. Reporters says that Figueroa looks like a new man after already shedding off nearly 20-pounds. Figueroa says that he will weigh between 127-128 when taking the scales for a weight check. 

"We have already lost the weight. I promised him (that I was going to lose the weight). I am a professional. Everyone was focused on the weight, but they will realize justhow much I've lost," Figueroa told Primera Hora. "I lost 20-pounds already. I am confident in what I have to do and I am going to surprise him on Friday." 

"We are going to be very alive in this fight. I have to attack him and make his plan fail. I have experience with boxers who could hit and I've done well with them. Most of all, I have to use my intelligence in the ring." 

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