Brandon Figueroa Emergences Victorious In Grueling Match With Mark Magsayo

By: Sean Crose

The 23-1-1 Brandon Figueroa took on the 24-1 Mark Magsayo Saturday night time on the Toyota Enviornment in Ontario, California. The scheduled 12 spherical tremendous featherweight bout was for a WBC interim title. The primary spherical was fascinating, with Figueroa switching stances with the intention to throw Magsayo off his recreation and Magsayo touchdown some respectable photographs. The second noticed Magsayo touchdown with extra frequency. Figeroa, nonetheless, was in a position to kick in to gear within the ultimate minute of the spherical.

Though Figueroa had his moments within the third, it was Magsayo who managed the tempo and landed the cleaner photographs with an efficient stick and transfer technique. The fourth was once more an lively spherical, however Magsayo merely threw the shaper punches. The person usually confirmed pinpoint accuracy. The fifth was shut. Figueroa was bettering his recreation, however Magsayo sill appeared robust. By the sixth it was clear Figueroa hoped to grind out a win whereas Magsayo hoped to win with the flashier punches. It was an thrilling, to to toe affair, to make certain.

Within the seventh, Figueroa actually began placing it on Magsayo. One had to wonder if or Magsayo had run out of gasoline. Within the eighth, Magsayo misplaced a degree for holding – which he had been doing a number of, frankly. Magsayo responded by machine gunning correct, quick punches at Figueroa. The ninth was a conflict of attrition, with the robust, relentless Figueroa maybe getting the most effective of it. Figueroa had a fantastic tenth for himself as Magsayo went to the mat quite a few occasions with out being knocked down out of what might need been exhaustion.

The eleventh noticed the referee take off one other level for Magsayo for holding. Magsayo then tried to easily keep away from the aggressive Figueroa. The reality was that Magsayo had stored shifting in on Figueroa along with his head down repeatedly. The twelfth and ultimate spherical noticed Magsayo attempt to by some means grind out a superior three minutes. He had blazing braveness, Magsayo, as did Figueroa. Magsayo had fought brilliantly, however finally appeared to expire of the gasoline wanted to drag out a win.

The judges dominated in favor of Figueroa by an outrageously vast unanimous choice.