
Brandon Figueroa falls ill, Tomoki Kameda fight canceled
Brandon Figueroa has withdrawn from his scheduled fight with Tomoki Kameda tonight due to falling ill following yesterday’s weigh-in.
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Brandon Figueroa has withdrawn from his scheduled fight with Tomoki Kameda tonight due to falling ill following yesterday’s weigh-in.

Brandon Figueroa missed weight and lost his WBA featherweight belt on the scale at Friday’s official morning weigh-in from The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas.

Brandon Figueroa makes his first 126lbs title defense Saturday night on DAZN from The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, against former champion Tomoki Kameda in the co-main event to Sebastian Fundora’s latest WBC junior-middleweight title defense.

WBA featherweight champion Brandon “The Heartbreaker” Figueroa says he continues reinventing himself under the guidance of trainer Manny Robles and will be looking to prove he’s the top 126-pound fighter in the world against former world champion Tomoki Kameda on Saturday, October 17.

Sebastian Fundora will defend his WBC junior middleweight title against mandatory challenger, Ermal Hadribeaj, on a PBC show on October 10 that will also feature Brandon Figueroa risking his WBA featherweight strap against Tomoki Kameda.

Brandon Figueroa believes a successful first defense of his WBA featherweight title against Tomoki Kameda could open the door to a showdown with Naoya Inoue

WBA featherweight champion Brandon Figueroa joins BoxingScene to reflect on his memorable victory over Nick Ball in Liverpool, discuss his upcoming title defense against Tomoki Kameda, and reveals his ambitions to fight the biggest names in the division. Figueroa also talks about Bruce Carrington, Stephen Fulton, Naoya Inoue, Rafael Espinoza, his relationship with Manny Robles, and why legacy means more than title defenses.

WBA featherweight champion Brandon Figueroa joins BoxingScene to reflect on his memorable victory over Nick Ball in Liverpool, discuss his upcoming title defense against Tomoki Kameda, and reveal his ambitions to fight the biggest names in the division. Figueroa also talks about Bruce Carrington, Stephen Fulton, Naoya Inoue, Rafael Espinoza, his relationship with Manny Robles, and why legacy means more than title defenses.

The WBO – which released its update on March 2 – has Kenji Fujita in the first position at featherweight, putting him closer in line to a shot at titleholder Rafael Espinoza.
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“The situation that has been recorded is that they [Figueroa’s team] arrived later than the pre-arranged time,” Robert Smith, of the Board, told BoxingScene.