Figueroa Loses Title at Weigh-in but Kameda Can Win It
Brandon Figueroa weighed 127.4 pounds, 1.4 over the limit, and Tomoki Kameda remains eligible to win the vacant title.
- On Friday, Brandon Figueroa lost his World Boxing Association featherweight title at the scales in Las Vegas, weighing 127.4 pounds and missing the 126-pound limit by 1.4 pounds ahead of Saturday's bout against Tomoki Kameda.
- Standing 5-foot-9, Figueroa is one of the largest fighters competing at 126 pounds, while the 35-year-old Kameda enters as a 47-fight veteran challenger.
- Figueroa did not weigh a second time after missing on his first attempt, leaving only Kameda eligible to claim the vacant title with a victory on Saturday.
- Kameda, who successfully weighed 125.8 pounds, called the weight miss "It's disrespectful," while Figueroa surrenders the championship leverage intended to lure Naoya Inoue to 126 pounds.
- Figueroa enters the bout with a 27-2 record and 20 knockouts, facing the 42-5 challenger Kameda, who has never been stopped in his professional career.
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Figueroa loses WBA featherweight title after failing to make weight; Kameda firmly set on win
Brandon Figueroa lost his World Boxing Association featherweight title on the scales when the American failed to make weight for Saturday’s bout against Japan’s Tomoki Kameda, organisers said.
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Figueroa loses title at weigh-in but Kameda can win it
The fight will be contested as scheduled in Las Vegas with Kameda able to take the crown with a victory and the title remaining vacant if Figueora wins. Figueroa, a former super bantamweight world champion, enters the fight 27-2 with one drawn and 20 knockouts while Kameda is 42-5 with 23 knockouts. Figueroa, 29, missed the 126-pound (57.1kg) weight limit by 1.4 pounds and surrenders the title he took from Britain's Nick Ball last February witho…
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