Brandon Figueroa produced another career-best performance Saturday.- The baby-faced assassin sent his opponent
Luis Nery to the hospital with horrible body shots. - Watch highlights from the Premier
Boxing Champions on Showtime bout right here.
America's baby-faced assassin Brandon Figueroa scored the biggest knockout win of his career Saturday as he iced Mexican fighter Luis Nery in the seventh round of a wild fight in Carson, California.
The Premier Boxing Champions on Showtime headliner always had the potential to be a barnburner as it pitted a volume-punching truth-teller in Figueroa, a fighter fully capable of exposing weaknesses, against a heavy-hitting Nery, who is a former two-weight champion boxer.
A high-octane pace was set from the off, and only got faster as Nery and Figueroa combined to throw 145 shots in the opening round alone, before throwing 191 in the second, and 225 in the third, according to Compubox data sent to Insider.
Figueroa punched his way to a seventh-round knockout when unrelenting shots to the body dropped Nery for the count.
Nery was not without his moments in the bout, put more emphasis on fighting behind a jab, and was the more accurate boxer on the night.
But Figueroa, 24, keeps on producing these career-best performances, and this was another one for his highlight-reel as the accuracy and effectiveness of his final blows sent his opponent to the hospital.
Watch highlights of the fight right here:
"The plan was to break him," Figueroa said according to a statement sent to Insider.
"My corner told me to pressure him and that he wouldn't last. That's exactly what happened. I knew he was getting tired, he was trying to box me. I saw him breathing heavily. My team just said it was time to go get him."
Victory advanced The Heartbreaker's pro boxing record to 22 wins (17 knockouts) against one draw, and tees up a world title unification bout against Stephen Fulton on Showtime later this year September 11.
"We've been waiting for this fight against Fulton and it's finally going to happen," said Figueroa.
"I knew I had to get through Luis Nery first. Everything has its time. I envisioned that I was going to beat Nery and now I see myself beating Fulton.
"I know he's coming with everything he's got and that we're going to give the fans a hell of a show."
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