Francisco "El Gato" Figueroa Edges Emanuel Augustus

[Rompeboca]

Figueroa is garbage. What a waste of time!

[HML88]

i just think its emmauel agustus. he will make any1 look bad. its his style. look at all those world champions and contenders that he gave hell. style makes fights. and hes 1ticky son of gun.

lesson be learn. to all the pros in the jrwelter and welter div. never pick emmauel as a 2 week replacement he will make you look bad

[samph2006]

Judges should be fined!!

What a sad decision!! No wonder this guy has 30 losses. Buddy Mcgirt should have decency to admit his fighter lost!!
Big up to the Drunken Master!!!!

[Derranged]

Augustus won, no other way about it. Makes me wonder if these judges have some hometown fans pointing a gun to their head. Another disgraceful decision. The fight was not a blow out for Augustus, but to give the fight to Figueroa is a complete joke. No wonder boxing is a loosing fans. Augustus NEEDED this win, and got it. Then these scum of judges take it from him. Now he is back to square one yet again. Boxing is about to loose another fan.

This is just terrible. I mean it is obvious I'm a Augustus fan. And I'll admit on the fights he has actually lost. But I get tired of seeing this crap. I'm really going to make a decision if I should keep watching this ****. One bad decision out of even 20 still makes it terrible and not worth watching, because even if they win they still do not get credit. Now Augustus will have to work is way back up AGAIN to get a shot at another prospect in his home town, and probably get another home town decision yet again.

I quit watching boxing for 3 years because of the bull**** decisions, I'm about to give it up again.

I didnt really score the fight, and Augustus probably did win but in all honesty, I dont think a win woulda meant much. He aint done **** with his career and has had over 60 fights. What makes you think that all of the sudden he was just make some miraculous title run? Not happening. Im not excusing a bad decision, I just dont believe it woulda made a difference.

[-Boxzilla-]

for me i'm not expecting agustus to be champ or anything. just right is right and wrong is wrong, its too bad he didnt get the win that he deserved imo.

[El GAto]

Hey guys this is Gato I see you guys are very much a fan of Drunken Master just as much as I am. I was watching the fight on hbo and let me tell you they were Pro-Emmanuel the whole time. They gave me no props when I won rounds or even hitting him with great shots. Well except at the end when they show the instant replays they were all for me. They mentioned I was running when I was boxing and throwing punches some landed some didn't but I was in action. Compubox had us throwing damn near the same amount of punches give or take. The fight was close but I knew I pulled it off. As far as me shock of the decision that is truly a "negative" I really didn't hear them say the score when they announce it for Emmanuel all I heard was Emmanuel and his hands goes up then I heard me then it was hard for me to make out what they said about the last judges score card cause it was noisy for me the way I knew the judges score card is because I've seen Emmanuel face and hands fall down as he heard the final call. I also took this fight within a 2 weeks notice like Emmanuel. I had 6 to 7 guys pull out of this fight. I give alot of damn credit to Emmanuel like you I want to see him succeed that's why I gave him an opportunity to do great things. If he would of beat me that would of been great because I'm proud of what he's brought to boxing but to not give me some sort of credit well that's ok. One thing for sure is that he has 3 1/2 more fights than me and fought tougher opp and I stood there and I had to give it my all. I would like to add no world champion or top 10 fighters in the world will stand a chance against rugged, entertaining Emmanuel. We Team Gato within 2 weeks accepted a risky fight and won

Thx again

[Nick Sampson]

Hey guys this is Gato I see you guys are very much a fan of Drunken Master just as much as I am. I was watching the fight on hbo and let me tell you they were Pro-Emmanuel the whole time. They gave me no props when I won rounds or even hitting him with great shots. Well except at the end when they show the instant replays they were all for me. They mentioned I was running when I was boxing and throwing punches some landed some didn't but I was in action. Compubox had us throwing damn near the same amount of punches give or take. The fight was close but I knew I pulled it off. As far as me shock of the decision that is truly a "negative" I really didn't hear them say the score when they announce it for Emmanuel all I heard was Emmanuel and his hands goes up then I heard me then it was hard for me to make out what they said about the last judges score card cause it was noisy for me the way I knew the judges score card is because I've seen Emmanuel face and hands fall down as he heard the final call. I also took this fight within a 2 weeks notice like Emmanuel. I had 6 to 7 guys pull out of this fight. I give alot of damn credit to Emmanuel like you I want to see him succeed that's why I gave him an opportunity to do great things. If he would of beat me that would of been great because I'm proud of what he's brought to boxing but to not give me some sort of credit well that's ok. One thing for sure is that he has 3 1/2 more fights than me and fought tougher opp and I stood there and I had to give it my all. I would like to add no world champion or top 10 fighters in the world will stand a chance against rugged, entertaining Emmanuel. We Team Gato within 2 weeks accepted a risky fight and won

Thx again

First of all before I reply to Frankie Figueroa's comment I would like to thank the fans for supporting Emanuel like they do, Team Augustus definitely appreciates you tremedously. We are certainly disappointed with the result of this fight as I too feel like Emanuel deserved this decision. That being said I do want to say something else. "Gato" Figueroa gave us an opportunity when he took this fight and I want to thank him for that. He took a fight that many other so-called great fighters wouldn't even consider taking, and he deserves a lot of credit for that. Francisco Figueroa is a fighter! "Gato" Figueroa fans, stand up and be proud that your fighter is 1 of very few fighters that are willing to fight their way to the top (we all know that Emanuel Augustus is willing to fight anybody in the world). "Gato" was a professional and very respectful a

[Nick Sampson]

Hey guys this is Gato I see you guys are very much a fan of Drunken Master just as much as I am. I was watching the fight on hbo and let me tell you they were Pro-Emmanuel the whole time. They gave me no props when I won rounds or even hitting him with great shots. Well except at the end when they show the instant replays they were all for me. They mentioned I was running when I was boxing and throwing punches some landed some didn't but I was in action. Compubox had us throwing damn near the same amount of punches give or take. The fight was close but I knew I pulled it off. As far as me shock of the decision that is truly a "negative" I really didn't hear them say the score when they announce it for Emmanuel all I heard was Emmanuel and his hands goes up then I heard me then it was hard for me to make out what they said about the last judges score card cause it was noisy for me the way I knew the judges score card is because I've seen Emmanuel face and hands fall down as he heard the final call. I also took this fight within a 2 weeks notice like Emmanuel. I had 6 to 7 guys pull out of this fight. I give alot of damn credit to Emmanuel like you I want to see him succeed that's why I gave him an opportunity to do great things. If he would of beat me that would of been great because I'm proud of what he's brought to boxing but to not give me some sort of credit well that's ok. One thing for sure is that he has 3 1/2 more fights than me and fought tougher opp and I stood there and I had to give it my all. I would like to add no world champion or top 10 fighters in the world will stand a chance against rugged, entertaining Emmanuel. We Team Gato within 2 weeks accepted a risky fight and won

Thx again

First of all before I reply to Frankie Figueroa's comment I would like to thank the fans for supporting Emanuel like they do, Team Augustus definitely appreciates you tremedously. We are certainly disappointed with the result of this fight as I too feel like Emanuel deserved this decision. That being said I do want to say something else. "Gato" Figueroa gave us an opportunity when he took this fight and I want to thank him for that. He took a fight that many other so-called great fighters wouldn't even consider taking, and he deserves a lot of credit for that. Francisco Figueroa is a fighter! "Gato" Figueroa fans, stand up and be proud that your fighter is 1 of very few fighters that are willing to fight their way to the top (we all know that Emanuel Augustus is willing to fight anybody in the world). "Gato" was a professional and very respectful all through press week and through the night of the fight as both sides were. I have a lot of respect for "Gato" Figueroa, and wish him a lot of luck in shaking up the rest of this division. As for Emanuel Augustus, we aren't going anywhere. Emanuel Augustus ready to shock the world. All the doubters be warned, this isn't over yet! Emanuel Augustus proved that he is a great fighter and it's just going to get better from there. A world title is coming for Emanuel Augustus, we will work our way to the top. Hail Augustus, the people's champion, and soon to be world champion! Peace

"Slick" Nick Sampson
Team Augustus
Sin City Sports & Entertainment LLC

[mellow_mood]

bull****!!!

emmanuel was robbed!!

[El GAto]

Mellow Mood watch the fight on mute and analize how I took Augustus out of his game plan he is known to have ppl stay in front of him and he destroys them, I on the other hand had him follow me around the ring as I displayed good/great boxing ability and you can clearly see I was getting the clearer shots on him boxing from the outside. I was countering him and hitting him with jabs check this out at the end of the fight the hbo video programming team show me doing the effective work. I know you may come back with something but honestly listen to what I'm saying and you'll see I took the druken master out of his game plan (He followed me, He didnt dance)