Former WBC Champion and WBO Super Bantamweight Stephen ‘Cool Boy Steph’ Fulton JR (22-1, 8 ko) says he’s more ‘intelligent’ than WBC champion with a pen in the Brandon Figuero (25-1-1, 19 ko), and it will wear it and carry it to the victory in their rematch this Saturday night on February 1 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
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Four years after their first fight on November 27, 2021, Fulton, 30 and Figuero, will meet for the second time on David Benavidez against David Morrel. The event will be shown live on PBC Main video PPV.
Fulton struck Figuero, winning the decision in 12 rounds in the fight with the razors. However, things have changed since then. The rematch will be 130 and not 122, and Fulton is knocked out and injured. He doesn’t look like the same fighter as he was when he beat Figuero.
Naoya Inoue detronized Fulton on July 25, 2023. In the eighth round of the knockout in Tokyo, Japan. Inoue’s power made the fight completely unilateral. In the last fight of Fulton against Carlos Castro, he fell surprisingly in the fifth round and had to move and stay to survive.
Figueroa Mladost and power could give him an advantage in this struggle because it seemed that he had now hit stronger than in the first fight. If Fulton can no longer hit, this will be an early night. That could be, because the figieroa improved.
“Being a world champion in two divisions would mean a lot for my career and it meant a lot to me. I had a great preparation for this fight and everything was on my way to being ready on Saturday night. I’ll be ready.
“My opinion, my body and how I feel to get into this ring, this time it will be different, but the outcome will be the same. I will win and I will not leave doubt. I do not worry about anything other than winning the victory.
“We will both be better this time, but I feel like I’m a better man. I’m more intelligent in the ring and I feel like I have a better set of skills. When I use these things, everything is found to me.”
