Luis Nery vs. Brandon Figueroa: Fight Prediction, Card, Probability, How to Watch, Start Time, Showtime Boxing

From the aggressive style of each fighter to the hall’s spectacular reputation for producing instant classics, Saturday’s 122-pound unification fight between champion Luis Nery and WBA runner-up Brandon Figueroa has boxing fans truly expecting something special.

Dignity Health Sports Park will host three of this weekend’s Boxing Champions Premiere in Carson, California (Show time, 9 p.m. ET). Showtime has also increased its bet on Nery-Figueroa as the winner announced that the winner will go straight to the second union Stephen Fulton Jr. against the champion (19-0, 8 KOs) on September 11th.

“It’s going to be a full-blown war from the first war,” Nery said at a recent press conference on Thursday. “People will be talking about it for a long time.”

“I’m ready to put it all on Saturday night,” Figueroa added. “I think it’s a fight of the year. I know everything is there and I’ll go out there and make sure I give it my all.”

Nery (31-0, 24 KOs), a native of Tijuana (Mexico), had previously lost the 118-pound title without weighing on the scales. However, after his decision to win over Aaron Alameda, who did not win last September, he went into a bit of an explanation about how tough his reputation was, leaving the WBC title empty but raising doubts about whether his power carried him to 122 pounds. .

“I think people have been impressed with my performance since my last fight,” Nery said. “You’ll see that my power returns on Saturday. Brandon will be the first person to see how my power returns to super heavyweights.”

Nery, 26, worked with redshirt coach Eddy Reynoso, the architect behind the one-pound king Canelo Alvarez, when he focused more on fighting in Alameda and boxing that was far from his explosion. The two paths then parted ways, although Nery refused to return to the original coach, Ismael Ramirez, for a specific reason.

One thing that is clear is that the assertions of Nery Figueroa (21-0-1, 16 KOs) have been rejected, that at this weight level he is no longer the finisher himself.

“In the ring, I’m going to the finish line. Everything is in line. I just have to prove what I’m capable of doing within the ring,” Nery said. “I don’t care about anything else. Brandon’s style matches what I want to do in the ring. I know I can get what I want in this division and show all my skills in this fight. The style with me will go better for Aaron Alameda than in my last fight.”

If there are stems that really make you fight, this pairing is perfect on paper. Nery is a bully who wants to send suitcases to his opponent with a fist. The 24-year-old Figueroa, on the other hand, is a constant volume driller who usually loses the advantages of height and reaches the ways in which wrestling becomes entertaining.

The younger brother with Omar Figueroa Jr., seven years earlier, Figueroa drew level with Julio Ceja in 2019 before rebounding last September when he stopped eighth in the south last September when Damien Vazquez stopped in the 10th round on the same payment as Nery Alameda. defeated him.

Figueroa will have an advantage over Nery in the three-inch height, along with a range of nearly seven inches.

“Nery will learn a lot about me. My size will help me,” Figueroa said. “I think he’s not going to be so big, strong against a guy and he’ll know on Saturday night. I’ve trained tremendously for this fight. I have the best conditioning in the 122-pound division. My volume output speaks for itself and I think a lot of people underestimate me. Saturday night they will not.

“When the bell rings, it’s time to go and I’m going to fight. I’m coming one hundred percent and I’m going to take that belt home.”

It seems that the presence of Fulton who will take part in the fight doesn’t matter much to Nery.

“I’m only focused on Brandon Figueroa,” Nery said. “After that fight, I’ll be ready for Stephen Fulton, Jr.. Once I win him too, he can tell me how my strength feels at this weight.”

For Figueroa, on the other hand, it is much more personal. He and Fulton have had a word war on social media in recent years and Fulton has also produced t-shirts he wore inside the ring after fighting to call Figueroa out.

“It’s the fight I wanted Fulton to have,” Figueroa said. “I know he’s talking a lot. First, I have to go through Luis Nery. I can’t wait to wait for these big fights and these big names. I’ve tried to fight Fulton for a while and now if everything goes well it will be Saturday night. It will be next. would be and I can’t wait to give the show back. ”

Fight card, probability

• Luis Nery (c) -280 vs. Brandon Figueroa +200, WBC super bantamweight title
• Danny Roman -400 vs. Ricardo Espinosa +275, super bantamweights
• Xavier Martinez vs. Juan Carlos Burgos, super featherweight

Viewing information

• Day: May 15
• Location: Dignity Health Sports Park – Carson, California
• Start time: 21:00 ET
• How to view: Showtime, Showtime.com, or the Showtime app

Forecast

See Figueroa in this very surviving. He’s bigger, throws a constant storm of fists in volume and has the best cardio in the game. The Weslacon (Texas) native seems to have been built for such fights in other ways.

The biggest question is whether Nery can find his aggressive ways again after returning to his original coach and proving to be as big as a 122-pound threat when he destroyed the first competition in bantamweight.

Whatever the end result, this fight will be a high-pace war of attrition. Figueroa has yet to show any real problems at the top level, and that’s important considering Nery’s one-shot strength. But can Nery prove that if he doesn’t get a break, he can maintain the same level of attack in this final round if he has to compete at a fast pace?

Therefore, Figueroa remains one of the toughest exits at this weight level and will be able to squeeze Nery’s power a bit by sticking close to it, it’s a fight he can win.

Choose: Figueroa via UD12