<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="9994694" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="brandon-figueroa">Brandon Figueroa</keyword> produced another career-best performance Saturday.</li><li>The baby-faced assassin sent his opponent <keyword id="4931278" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="luis-nery">Luis Nery</keyword> to the hospital with horrible body shots.</li><li>Watch highlights from the Premier <keyword id="6362171" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Boxing">Boxing</keyword> Champions on Showtime bout right here.</li></ul>America's baby-faced assassin <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/brandon-figueroa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brandon Figueroa</a> 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 <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/boxing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Boxing</a> 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:<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/59WNtiywtlY" frameborder="0"></iframe>"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."Earlier on the card, <keyword id="11267860" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="danny-roman">Danny Roman</keyword> won a convincing decision against Ricardo Espinoza, and rising super featherweight fighter <keyword id="11246369" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="xavier-martinez">Xavier Martinez</keyword> out-hustled Juan Carlos Burgos over 10 threes.

America's baby-faced assassin Brandon Figueroa just scored the biggest knockout win of his career

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="4931278" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="luis-nery">Luis Nery</keyword> is determined to keep winning so he can add his name to Mexico's rich championship culture.</li><li>The 26-year-old fights Saturday against America's baby-faced assassin <keyword id="9994694" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="brandon-figueroa">Brandon Figueroa</keyword> on Showtime.</li><li>Victory tees up a second successive unification bout against <keyword id="11264142" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="stephen-fulton">Stephen Fulton</keyword> later this year.</li></ul>26-year-old boxer Luis Nery is targeting a big win Saturday so it tees up a stake in Mexico's proud fighting history.The southpaw has an unbeaten pro <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/boxing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">boxing</a> record of 31 wins with 26 by way of knockout, and hopes to swat America's baby-faced assassin Brandon Figueroa to the side in their two-belt championship bout on Showtime.Victory over Figueroa at the Dignity Health <keyword id="6356028" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="sports">Sports</keyword> Park in Carson would activate another high-stakes title fight against Stephen Fulton on September 11.From there, Nery told Insider he'd have eyes on winning a strap in a third weight division.Not only would he want to walk around as a Mexican <keyword id="6362171" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Boxing">boxing</keyword> legend, but he'd have cool stories to tell his daughters Alison and Anandi.But first thing's first, Nery has to fight Figueroa - and a win there is by no means guaranteed."Brandon is definitely a threat, and someone to look out for," Nery told us. "He has an aggressive style, and comes forward as a power puncher."Showtime Sports President Stephen <a href="https://www.insider.com/brandon-figueroa-preys-on-his-opponents-weakness-stephen-espinoza-2021-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Espinoza called Figueroa a one-man stress test earlier this week</a>, and a fighter fully capable of finding an opponent's weakness and then exposing it."Figueroa is a truth-teller," Espinoza told us. "He'll find your weakness. If your weakness is conditioning, he'll find that out. If it's defense, he'll find that out. When you're going through that all-out pressure assault from Brandon Figueroa, if there are flaws, there'll be apparent."Nery pointed to his preparation with his head trainer Ismael Ramirez has reason to be confident against Figueroa."The most valuable lesson he has told me is to be smart I get in the ring," Nery said. "In training, we worked a lot of interesting combinations to counter the aggressiveness that Figueroa is going to present, and you guys are going to see the fruits of this labor on Saturday night in the ring."<h2>What's at stake on Saturday?</h2>Both combat athletes have a title on the line with Nery putting forward his WBC super bantamweight belt, and Figueroa hoping to defend his WBA championship in the same division.The winner will claim both titles and will then be thrust into a September 11 fight against Fulton, a 26-year-old Philadelphian fighter who won the WBO belt after a big win over Angelo Leo earlier this year.This is legacy on the line for whoever wakes up on the morning of September 12 with all three of these titles.If it were Nery, he'd feel pride at not only further embedding his name into Mexico's championship boxing culture, but being able to share that success with his children."As far as my legacy goes, I would be so proud to have this distinguished place in Mexican boxing history and, more than anything, it will be a great story to tell my daughters one day where they'll be proud of dad and what he did in his career."

26-year-old Luis Nery is targeting a big win Saturday so it tees up a stake in Mexico's proud fighting history

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="6362171" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Boxing">Boxing</keyword> returns to <keyword id="268411" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Showtime">Showtime</keyword> <keyword id="6356028" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="sports">Sports</keyword> on Saturday, and the broadcaster has a slate of events for summer.</li><li>President <keyword id="2761838" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Stephen-Espinoza">Stephen Espinoza</keyword> talked Insider through viewership tribulations of the pandemic, and more.</li><li>He also highlighted their event this weekend - which has <keyword id="9994694" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="brandon-figueroa">Brandon Figueroa</keyword> and <keyword id="4931278" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="luis-nery">Luis Nery</keyword> headlining.</li></ul>Young American boxer Brandon Figueroa is a stress test who preys on his opponent's weaknesses, the president of Showtime Sports, Stephen Espinoza, told Insider this week.The premium US broadcaster kickstarts its summer slate of <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/boxing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">boxing</a> events Saturday at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California, with a six-bout fight card organized in conjunction with Premier Boxing Champions (PBC).A super bantamweight world title unification bout between Luis Nery and Figueroa tops an event supported with fights involving <a href="https://www.insider.com/xavier-martinez-embodies-floyd-mayweathers-dogpound-culture-and-style-2021-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Xavier Martinez against Juan Carlos Burgos</a>, and Daniel Roman against Ricardo Espinoza Franco."I'm a huge Nery fan," Espinoza told us, adding that the unbeaten Mexican's last bout, against Aaron Alameda in 2020, was "not the most exciting performance than that we typically see from him."Espinoza said it is sometimes hard to truly understand why a fighter's performance level may wane - whether that's getting used to a new trainer, or the weight."But if he's not at his peak, then a guy like Brandon Figueroa will make him pay for it," Espinoza said."This is the really intriguing fight given Luis Nery's style and skills against Figueroa who is full-out, aggressive, and with great conditioning."Figueroa is a truth-teller. He'll find a weakness," Espinoza said. "If your weakness is conditioning, he'll find that out. If it's defense, he'll find that out."When you're going through that all-out pressure assault from Brandon Figueroa, if there are flaws, there'll be apparent. Figueroa is a one-man stress test. We'll find out exactly where Luis Nery where he is in his career."<div type="image" title="Luis Nery boxing" height="1428" width="1903" msid="82645945" hostid="261"></div>Supporting the card is the Mayweather Promotions fighter Martinez, who returns to the ring having survived two knockdowns in the eighth round of his last fight, before gutting out an eventual, comfortable, decision win.Espinoza said if the purpose of early fights for a rising 23-year-old contender like Martinez is to provide an education, then his fight against Claudio Marrero late, last year, "was Havard," Espinoza said."He experienced it all in that fight - adversity, almost being stopped, against a really skilled veteran and a crafty opponent."It's the type of experience that can go one of two ways. There are fighters who have packed it up, stayed on the stool, and never been the same since. And there's fighters like Xavier who really got to prove their mettle."Martinez fights Juan Carlos Burgos in his 17th match, and should the super featherweight maintain his unbeaten start to his pro career, then he'll only enhance his reputation as one to watch in the 130-pound division.<h2>Making top fights will cure many of boxing's ills, according to Espinoza</h2><div type="image" title="Stephen Espinoza, Floyd Mayweather, and Leonard Ellerbe" height="661" width="882" msid="82645947" hostid="261"></div>In the decade that Espinoza has led Showtime Sports, having joined the broadcaster after providing counsel to Oscar de la Hoya's promotional vehicle Golden Boy Promotions, he has enjoyed many successes.The 51-year-old struck a landmark six-fight, multi-year deal with <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/floyd-mayweather" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Floyd Mayweather</a> in 2012, oversaw the three highest-grossing events in TV history at that time with Mayweather's fights against <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/saul-alvarez" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Saul Alvarez</a>, Manny Pacquiao, and <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/conor-mcgregor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Conor McGregor</a>, and continues to push boxing as a focus at Showtime today.Boxing, like many other sports, suffered during the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. Viewership figures retreated, and though Showtime did not restart its own schedule until August 1, Espinoza conceded that the metrics he saw internally were "a mixed bag."The broadcaster collaborated with PBC, just like it has for its upcoming schedule, and had stand-out events like the twin Charlo bill in September - which Insider dubbed at the time as <a href="https://www.insider.com/when-is-charlo-doubleheader-how-to-watch-showtime-boxing-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the greatest boxing event of the pandemic</a> up until that point - and the October bout between <a href="https://www.insider.com/watch-gervonta-davis-score-starbuilding-ko-over-leo-santa-cruz-2020-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gervonta Davis and Leo Santa Cruz which resulted in a thunderous uppercut KO</a> for "Tank."Espinoza said: "We were all very happy to get together and figure out a way to come back and, ultimately, a way to come back relatively safely with pretty heavy-duty protocols."Those protocols, Espinoza claimed, ensured that positive COVID-19 tests yielded single-figure outcomes over an eight-month duration."We don't speak of this very openly but that's how we measure success - being able to carry on the sport, and having a minimum of positives among the athletes, production personnel, our own staff, and everybody involved," he said."That comes at a cost, and the cost is paid by all those people through testing, quarantining, and not leaving your room - even to get food in many cases. It takes a toll."I'd like to highlight the people you don't see - production personnel, staff who typically show up Tuesday, and spend every waking moment, and sleeping moment, in their hotel room when they're not working. It's a lot to ask of a crew, staff, but I think we're all glad we could get back to some sense of normalcy and had a level of quality that we were happy with."He continued: "There were others in the sport that rushed back relatively quickly, had the stage to themselves, and really did the sport a disservice with the kinds of fights that were being put on. And we didn't want to do that. We didn't want to come back just for the sake of coming back. We wanted to come back with a strong, real schedule."Espinoza said the media and sports industry as a whole, not just boxing, is still figuring out modern-day viewing habits, and studying the changing behaviors regarding how people view TV, when people view TV, and the number of households using TV and streaming.He added that they're also looking into "people's interest [because] there have been huge viewership drops in a variety of sports."For Espinoza, and those at Showtime, the best way to maintain their current customer base, while attracting new eyeballs, is to make the best fights possible on their network.Here are the headlining matches for Showtime's upcoming fight nights:<ul><li>May 15: Brandon Figueroa vs. Luis Nery - WBO/WBC super bantamweight unification</li><li>May 29: Nonito Donaire vs. Nordine Oubaali - WBC bantamweight title</li><li>June 6: Floyd Mayweather vs. Logan Paul - boxing exhibition</li><li>June 19: Jermall Charlo vs. Juan Macias Montiel - WBC middleweight title</li><li>June 26: Mario Barrios vs. Gervonta Davis - WBA super lightweight title</li><li>June 3: Yuriorkis Gamboa vs. Chris Colbert - WBA interim super featherweight title</li><li>July 17: Jermell Charlo vs. Brian Carlos Castano - WBO super welterweight title</li><li>August 14: Guillermo Rigondeaux vs. John Riel Casimero - WBA/WBO bantamweight unification</li><li>August 28: Jose Uzcategui vs. David Benavidez - super middleweight</li></ul>Espinoza said he's looked into why viewership dropped across sports, but added: "What we wanted to do with this schedule is to put our best foot forward, and get back into the rhythm of doing excellent fights which speak for themselves."Whether they're in a bubble or in front of fans, our theory is that the best way to regain the momentum and the spotlight for the sport is to do really good fights - it's that simple."That's the solution that will cure maybe not all of boxing's ills, but a great many of them by just doing the match-ups that should happen, and enforcing a level of quality that can be maintained consistently across the schedule."

American boxer Brandon Figueroa is a stress test who preys on his opponent's weakness, Showtime's boss says

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="9994694" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="brandon-figueroa">Brandon Figueroa</keyword>, one of <keyword id="6362171" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Boxing">boxing</keyword>'s youngest world champions, said fighting behind-closed-doors should be easier for guys like him than the sport's superstars.</li><li>That's because he can remember the days when he would fight in front of empty seats, whereas Anthony Joshua, Saul Alvarez, and Manny Pacquiao feed off the buzz provided by masses of fans.</li><li>Figueroa fights for the first time in the coronavirus-era Saturday, taking on Damien Vazquez in a <keyword id="9692340" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="premier-boxing-champions">Premier Boxing Champions</keyword> event broadcast on <keyword id="268411" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Showtime">Showtime</keyword>, the biggest boxing event of the pandemic so far.</li><li>Though he's baby-faced, Figueroa warns that looks can be deceiving, and he'll happily beat the hell out of anyone standing in his way.</li></ul>Behind-closed-doors boxing is easier for prospects than the sport's superstar fighters.That's according to one of boxing's youngest world champions Brandon Figueroa, a 23-year-old fighter who defends the regular WBA super bantamweight title at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut on September 26.Figueroa's fight with Damien Vazquez is one of five world championship bouts at the Premier Boxing Champions event broadcast on Showtime pay-per-view.It is <a href="https://www.insider.com/when-is-charlo-doubleheader-how-to-watch-showtime-boxing-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the sport's greatest event of the pandemic era</a> so far as boxing continues to return after a three-month, coronavirus-enforced hiatus.The sport, today, is completely different. There is no live gate, for one. And it all takes place within highly-sanitized rings which are marshalled by mask-wearing, socially-distant crews.So far, none of boxing's biggest names — the likes of Anthony Joshua, Canelo Alvarez, and Manny Pacquiao — have fought during the coronavirus era, because there are no tickets to sell.And Figueroa said it will be a completely different experience for them when they do, as those kinds of fighters will be unable to feed off the energy that fans can bring.It is different for younger fighters like Figueroa, as he said he can remember the days when he would fight in front of empty arenas."I feel like it's better for us, the more up-and-coming guys where we've experienced fights in front of very few people in the crowd," Figueroa told Insider recently, ahead of his return to the ring Saturday."I know the superstar boxers might not be used to there being no crowd, the atmosphere and the energy will be completely different for them."But in my case, and a lot of prospects, it's not going to hit us as hard as the stars."Figueroa told Insider that he's excited to finally get back in the ring having waited since November last year for this gight.When he fights Saturday it will over 10 months since a hard-fought split draw against Julio Ceja at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, November 23, 2019."It was a tough fight," Figueroa said, looking back. "I thought the decision was okay. He came to fight, and did enough to get the draw — I have to give him credit for that, and won't be taking credit away from him. It was tough."This time, it'll be a different fight night," he said."The mindset … I'm getting better as a fighter. I've been working on a lot of things, so come Saturday people will see I'm getting better with every fight."I may not have been at my best last time out, but I can't feel sorry for myself, can't blame injuries or whatever else. I'm in a different state of mind right now and going forward, after that draw, I'm ready to prove myself all over again."In the fight against Vazquez, Figueroa says he will "throw a lot of punches, hit the body, the head, hit him with punches from all angles as we definitely see weaknesses in his game. It's going to be a really good fight."<h2>Figueroa is boxing's heartbreak kid</h2><div type="image" title="Brandon Figueroa" height="1333" width="2000" msid="78297707" hostid="261"></div>Figueroa is nicknamed "The Heartbreaker" for good reason — just one look at him and it's clear to see he's got the style and good looks of a popstar.But make no mistake, he'll happily beat the hell out of you if you're standing opposite him in a boxing ring."I'm one of the youngest champions, but I've been fighting since 16," Figueroa told Insider."Even as an amateur, 16 … I was boxing men who were 30 years old. It never mattered to me fighting older man. I've got confidence in my skill."I'm used to fighting guys heavier, older. But when we're in the ring, weight, age, those kind of advantages, that doesn't matter."Another fight in 2020, a match against a fellow champion in 2021, and perhaps even moving north from super bantamweight to featherweight are all on Figueroa's agenda in the near future."All those things are on my list," he said. "A unification in 2021, moving up to 126 … all these things are considerable goals."But right now, all eyes are on Vazquez. Get the win on September 26 then after that we'll talk to [manager] Al Haymon and see where we go. I'll fight anyone."I'm just excited just to get back in the ring."Read more:<a href="https://www.insider.com/jeison-rosario-from-homeless-teen-to-boxings-biggest-pandemic-show-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">From a homeless teenager on tough streets to boxing's biggest pandemic event: This is the incredible journey of Jeison Rosario</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/when-is-charlo-doubleheader-how-to-watch-showtime-boxing-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The greatest boxing event of the pandemic is here, and it involves 2 of the biggest personalities in the sport</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/video-jaron-ennis-floored-juan-carlos-abreu-3-times-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A 23-year-old American called Jaron Ennis just destroyed another opponent to secure his 16th consecutive win by stoppage</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/erickson-lubin-rebuilt-after-humiliating-ko-nears-world-title-shot-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Once KO'd in the first round, Erickson Lubin rebuilt his boxing career and is one win from a 2nd shot at a world title</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/saul-canelo-alvarez-situation-is-chaos-showtime-boss-says-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Canelo Alvarez could become boxing's greatest free agent, and Showtime's president says he'd 'like nothing more' than to sign him</a>

Behind-closed-doors boxing is easier for prospects than superstar fighters, according to one of the sport's youngest world champions

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="13113783" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="leo-santa-cruz" source="Orion">Leo Santa Cruz</keyword> shook off headbutts to bust up Keenan Carbajal in a 130-pound showdown Saturday.</li><li>Earlier in the Premier <keyword id="11922196" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="boxing" source="Orion">Boxing</keyword> Champions show, rising star <keyword id="13113782" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jesus-ramos" source="Orion">Jesus Ramos</keyword> impressed once again.</li></ul>LAS VEGAS — Combat warhorse <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/leo-santa-cruz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Leo Santa Cruz</a> shook off a cut below the eye from an apparent headbutt to defeat Keenan Carbajal at a Premier Boxing Championship show Saturday, inside the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas.A partisan crowd mercilessly booed Carbajal when he made his way to the ring, creating the type of energy that could only make Santa Cruz smile as he kept stepping further into the fire as the fight wore on.Santa Cruz, a legend in this sport with 18 world title fight appearances, has done it all in a storied <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/boxing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">boxing</a> career in which he has won legitimate championships in four weight classes.But this weekend, he seemingly had to do even more as he had to defend himself against Carbajal's right fist, his left fist, and that trigger-happy forehead, as Santa Cruz got butted one more time before the third round had even finished.The fouls just kept coming through the fight, and Santa Cruz's cuts only worsened, but he did not let that deter him from boxing with aggression.Both fighters finished the bout well, throwing shots like they were spamming special moves on video game controllers, begging the question why we couldn't have had that kind of action from the off.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—FOX <keyword id="11893855" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="sports" source="Orion">Sports</keyword>: PBC (@PBConFOX) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1490182537918001153">February 6, 2022</a></blockquote>But this game — the fight game — is one Santa Cruz continues to operate efficiently in, as he deservedly earned his complete set of 100-90 scores when the three judges returned their cards.<h2>Ramos shows again he is one of boxing's best young stars</h2><div type="image" title="Jesus Ramos catches Vladimir Hernandez clean." height="1333" width="2000" msid="89379325" hostid="261"></div><a href="https://www.insider.com/category/jesus-ramos" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jesus Ramos</a>, one of boxing's most talented young fighters aged 20, showed improvements to his game this weekend at the Michelob Ultra Arena, as he boxed with defensive maturity against Vladimir Hernandez.Everyone knows Ramos can punch. His highlight reel is a testament to that, as it includes clips that would not look out of place in the knockout of the year compilations.But against Hernandez, Ramos showed patience, poise, and precision punching as he landed cute right hooks on his opponent's cheeks.Ramos did not have it all his own way Saturday as the teak-tough Hernandez fought his way back into the bout, and may well have been ahead on the cards when the fighters were throwing slugs in the sixth.But then Ramos changed into a higher gear, and threw shot after shot with the baddest of intentions, giving the referee no choice but to intervene and wave the fight off. It was all over.With victory, Ramos advanced his pro boxing record to 18 wins (15 knockouts), and remains unbeaten.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Al Dawson (@AlanDawsonSport) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1490184900808372229">February 6, 2022</a></blockquote><h2>Nery bounces back with a good win, after suffering his first loss</h2><div type="image" title="Luis Nery won his fight Saturday." height="1333" width="2000" msid="89379326" hostid="261"></div>The former two-weight boxing champion <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/luis-nery" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Luis Nery</a> rebounded from <a href="https://www.insider.com/video-brandon-figueroa-scores-7th-round-ko-over-luis-nery-2021-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a seventh-round knockout loss to Brandon Figueroa</a> to put Carlos Cuatro on his butt in the opening three minutes of his super bantamweight bout Saturday.A straight left planted on Castro's kisser scored a knockdown in Nery's favor early. The Phoenix fighter was grounded for a while, taking many seconds to ensure he stayed up for good when he got to his feet.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Premier Boxing Champions (@premierboxing) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1490154791502172161">February 6, 2022</a></blockquote>There were times in the fight where Nery shined, as he shellacked Castro against the ropes with flurries of shots, however, there were also times when he relinquished the momentum he had fought to build, and thus allowed his opponent chances to score points of his own.That ultimately may have been what caused him a nervous moment when ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr. confirmed the judges had scored the fight as a split decision — much to the bemusement of the Vegas crowd.Regardless, Nery took the win with scores of 96-93 and 95-94 against 95-94 for Castro.

Fan favorite fighter Leo Santa Cruz shakes off headbutts to beat Keenan Carbajal in Las Vegas

<ul class="summary-list"><li>It's rare to see <keyword id="72494" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Floyd-Mayweather">Floyd Mayweather</keyword> as annoyed as he was when <keyword id="6130340" type="DEFINITION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Jake-Paul">Jake Paul</keyword> tried to steal his hat.</li><li>Mayweather and Jake's brother <keyword id="2199400" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Logan-Paul">Logan Paul</keyword> take part in a <keyword id="6362171" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Boxing">boxing</keyword> exhibition next month.</li><li>One of Mayweather's fighters, <keyword id="11246369" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="xavier-martinez">Xavier Martinez</keyword>, said Floyd could beat the brothers in the same night.</li></ul><a href="https://www.insider.com/category/floyd-mayweather" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Floyd Mayweather</a> could "beat up" both Paul brothers on the same night if he wanted to.That's according to Xavier Martinez, a young and talented fighter signed to the <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/boxing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">boxing</a> legend's promotional vehicle Mayweather Promotions, who spoke to Insider this week.The 44-year-old former ex-fighter will return to the ring June 6 for an exhibition involving the controversial YouTube creator <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/logan-paul" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Logan Paul,</a> which takes place at Hard Rock Stadium, the home of the Miami Dolphins.Mayweather and Logan were at the venue last week for a press event designed to generate interest in the show, and after sharing the stage and cracking jokes at each other's expense, Mayweather talked to reporters backstage.That's when Logan's brother <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/jake-paul" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jake Paul</a>, who has been busy trolling the combat <keyword id="6356028" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="sports">sports</keyword> industry of late, got into Mayweather's face, took the hat from his head, and tried to run away with it.Mayweather chased after Jake and, with his bodyguards in tow, surrounded the 24-year-old prankster, <a href="https://www.insider.com/floyd-mayweather-entourage-jake-paul-brawl-2021-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">threw fists at him, and left him with a ripped shirt and a black eye</a>.Jake's handlers even shoved him into a locked bathroom to protect him, while Mayweather stormed up and down the hallways shouting: <a href="https://www.insider.com/mayweather-screamed-ill-kill-him-when-jake-paul-trolled-him-2021-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"I'll kill that motherf---er."</a><h2>It's rare to see Mayweather that annoyed, Martinez said</h2><div type="image" title="Xavier Martinez boxing" height="1000" width="2000" msid="82576376" hostid="261"></div>"I can't say I've seen Floyd that riled up, honestly," Martinez told Insider ahead of his Saturday fight against Juan Carlos Burgos."I've heard him talk s---, obviously. But never like that. I can see why he got mad though - it's because of the way Jake did it. He was trying to build something. You don't do it in that manner, it's disrespectful at that point."Now that that happened, if Floyd beat up both Logans on the same night, I would not be surprised!" - Martinez added, misnaming the Paul brothers.Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe, who has been Floyd Mayweather's business partner for decades, cooled talk of him fighting both brothers on the same night, saying it wouldn't make sense."Realistically, he could, but no … from a business standpoint, no," <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2021/05/10/floyd-mayweather-boxing-fight-paul-brothers-june-leonard-ellerbe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ellerbe told TMZ</a>.Ellerbe said Mayweather and Logan will put on an entertaining show, but as for a potential Mayweather and Jake bout, he said: "Who knows what the future might hold?"Martinez, meanwhile, competes on the six-bout Premier Boxing Champions event at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson on May 15.He puts his undefeated record on the line in his 17th match - a super featherweight bout against the 40-fight veteran Juan Carlos Burgos.Brandon Figueroa and Luis Nery headline the card that will be broadcast on Showtime.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="521046" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Carlos-Castro">Carlos Castro</keyword> stole the show Thursday, giving <keyword id="9551105" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="cesar-juarez">Cesar Juarez</keyword> a beating so brutal his opponent's corner stopped the fight.</li><li>Castro and Juarez fought at a Top Rank-promoted event inside a quarantined area of the MGM Grand casino in Las Vegas.</li><li>Castro mercilessly out-punched and out-landed Juarez in each and every round, winning after four.</li><li>Watch the highlights here.</li></ul>An American boxer upstaged everyone at a <keyword id="6362171" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Boxing">boxing</keyword> show because of a dominant performance so brutal it forced his opponent's corner to stop it.Carlos Castro, an unbeaten 26-year-old fighter from Phoenix, fought Cesar Juarez on Thursday at a Top Rank-promoted show in the MGM Grand Conference Center, colloquially known as "The Bubble" as it is quarantined from the rest of the Las Vegas casino.Castro ruthlessly attacked Juarez with a variety of punches, including heavy hook shots, merciless digs to the body, and uppercuts on the inside.The action was so one-sided Juarez's corner withdrew their athlete from the competition.Watch it all unfold here:<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Top Rank Boxing (@trboxing) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1281446861308432384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 10, 2020</a></blockquote>Compubox data sent to Insider showed that, while the action was fast-paced throughout the bout, Castro out-threw and out-landed Juarez in all of the four rounds the fight lasted.Juarez only landed five of his 57 jabs in the whole fight, largely because he was loading up on power to try and thwart Castro's onslaught.But it was only really Castro's power which dictated the fight, landing 50.3% of his 177 power punches.<div type="image" title="Compubox stats for Castro and Juarez" height="161" width="825" msid="76891534" hostid="261"></div>"I admire Cesar Juarez as a Mexican warrior and for everything he's given the sport," Castro said after the fight. "I told him it was an honor to share the ring with him."<a href="https://www.boxingscene.com/carlos-castro-beats-down-stops-cesar-juarez-four-results--150082" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Boxing Scene's senior reporter Jake Donovan</a> noted in his fight report that the nature of Castro's win showed that "he's ready for the next level."Current super bantamweight champions include Murodjon Akhmadaliev, Brandon Figueroa, Rey Vargas, and Emmanuel Navarrete.Castro, who advanced his record to 26 wins (11 knockouts), appears to be willing to fight any of them."I want any title opportunity or an interim title shot," he said. "Whatever comes my way, I am ready. I am highly-ranked and prepared for the next step."Read more:<a href="https://www.insider.com/jorge-masvidal-is-one-win-from-a-conor-mcgregor-fight-2020-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jorge Masvidal went from streetfighting to 'Fight Island' and is just one win away from immortality and a massive Conor McGregor payday</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/mike-perry-ufc-fighter-seen-punching-an-older-man-2020-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">An American fighter can be seen on video punching an older man to the floor, before shouting racial slurs to those around him</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/max-holloway-says-he-hasnt-sparred-for-ufc-title-fight-2020-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">One of the UFC's best fighters says he didn't spar for his 'Fight Island' title fight and did training sessions over Zoom, alone</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/jorge-masvidal-wore-a-donald-trump-mask-to-fight-island-2020-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jorge Masvidal arrived at 'Fight Island' wearing a Donald Trump mask and a bright, Miami pink Versace robe</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/dana-white-hasnt-spoken-to-conor-mcgregor-for-weeks-2020-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UFC boss Dana White says he hasn't spoken to Conor McGregor for weeks, suggesting the Irishman's shock retirement is real</a>

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<div class="KonaFilter image-container float_right"><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5516d420eab8eaaf76f90878-720-720/27explosion_missing-superjumbo.jpg?maxX=600" border="0" alt="Nicholas Figueroa" width="600"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/28/nyregion/family-searches-for-missing-son-after-blast-in-the-east-village.html">Facebook via The New York Times</a>A Facebook photo of Nicholas Figueroa.</img></div></div>Two young men are still missing nearly two days after an explosion and massive fire <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/reports-building-explodes-in-manhattans-east-village-2015-3">caused chaos in New York City's East Village</a>. Authorities and family members are still searching for Ismael Locón Yac, a 27-year-old Guatemalan immigrant, and Nicholas Figueroa, a 23-year-old who was having a lunch date where Yac worked as a busboy.Yac had been in the US for seven years and rented a room in Queens, where he had a poster of the Empire State building and a framed New Yorker drawing of a cat looking at the cityscape, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/28/nyregion/family-members-of-two-missing-men-keep-vigils-while-scouring-new-york-hospitals.html">The New York Times reported</a>."I have a strong pain in my heart because I haven't seen him in a day," his cousin, Pablo Yac, told The Times on Friday night. "I have a pain in my heart - for him and for the other families who don't know where their loved ones are." On Thursday afternoon when the explosion happened, Figueroa took a coworker to lunch at Sushi Park. A bank statement showed that he paid his $13.04 bill before the blast, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/28/nyregion/family-searches-for-missing-son-after-blast-in-the-east-village.html">according to The Times</a>."It's just frustrating that we don't have concrete details as to where my brother is," his brother, Brandon Figueroa, 21, told The Times. "I'm emotional, and we don't know what's in the future." <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/what-earth-would-look-like-if-ice-melted-world-map-animation-2015-2">Animated map of what Earth would look like if all the ice melted</a></h3> <div> <div> <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/v3/6e12e8b3387a44daacfb73afba25a76e"></script> <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="5xam5iczrSx4Ibx8MvarDsu3zOG88omE" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div> <script> if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; } RunFunctions.push(function() { var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', '5xam5iczrSx4Ibx8MvarDsu3zOG88omE',{ autoplay: 'false' }); }); </script> <noscript><div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div></noscript></div> </div> <script>(function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }()); </script> </div>

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Pay-per-view <keyword id="6362171" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Boxing">boxing</keyword> returns in the US on Saturday, September 26.</li><li>The show is being billed as two separate cards for the price of one, with the identical twin Charlo brothers, Jermall and Jermell, headlining each event.</li><li>There are five world championship bouts in total on the night, making this the greatest boxing event of the pandemic.</li><li>And, in the Charlos, it features two of the most charismatic personalities <keyword id="6356028" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="sports">sports</keyword> can offer.</li></ul>Not since Tyson Fury said he was strengthening his fists by <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/who-won-deontay-wilder-tyson-fury-fight-result-knockout-2020-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dipping them in gasoline, or spoke about masturbating seven times a day before pledging to knockout Deontay Wilder</a> in February, has boxing had an event as spectacular as the one coming up on Saturday, September 26.This weekend, a Premier Boxing Champions card broadcasts on <keyword id="268411" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Showtime">Showtime</keyword>, featuring twin brothers Jermall and <keyword id="3373200" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Jermell-Charlo">Jermell Charlo</keyword> who compete in separate world championship bouts in the 160-pound and 154-pound divisions.It is billed as a double-header — two events for one price, with world titles on the line in five bouts.The structure is reminiscent of the critically-acclaimed 2007 double-header "Grindhouse."Blood-splattered, zombie-like people in the Robert Rodriguez-directed "Planet Terror" ran amok in the first of those two films. Then, in Quentin Tarantino's picture, a deranged stuntman embarked on a murderous rampage using his "Death Proof" muscle car as a weapon.Even though it was sold as a two for the price of one deal, the movies failed to generate many ticket sales.Regardless, the films were wildly successful when it came to home media, spawning equally ridiculous spin-offs called "Machete," "Machete Kills," and "Hobo with a Shotgun."Fast forward 13 years and boxing can perhaps relate to that cinematic production as ticket sales are no longer relevant in the pandemic era, forcing fights to take place behind-closed-doors, leaving fans with little option but to watch through home media — TV, desktop, or app.And the Charlo double-header is one to consider watching, as it promises as much bloody fun as Rodriguez and Tarantino delivered back in the day.<h2>This is boxing's greatest event of the coronavirus era so far</h2><div type="image" title="Charlo doubleheader, how to watch" height="464" width="825" msid="78255332" hostid="261"></div>The pandemic shut down the world's top sports leagues in mid-March, deeply affecting boxing.After a three-month hiatus, the Las Vegas-based fight firm Top Rank brought the sport back in June with a behind-closed-doors residency at the MGM Grand Conference Center, colloquially known as "The Bubble."British promoter Eddie Hearn then ushered his firm Matchroom Sport into the fold with "Fight Camp," a series of outdoor events held in his childhood home, a mansion near London, which also happens to be Matchroom's HQ.Both firms did remarkable things in extraordinary times to host live combat sports events safely, and even provided interesting storylines.As a result, the trade has <a href="https://www.insider.com/clay-collard-former-ufc-becomes-one-of-boxings-biggest-hits-2020-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a new cult hero in Clay Collard</a>, <a href="https://www.insider.com/video-elvis-rodriguez-kos-his-opponent-with-a-jab-2020-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elvis Rodriguez looks like a blue-chip prospect</a>, and Alexander <a href="https://www.insider.com/watch-povetkin-score-stunning-knockout-of-the-year-contender-2020-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Povetkin's stunning win over Dillian Whyte</a> is regarded as a contender for the knockout of the year.Women's boxing has also been elevated, receiving strong billing at "Fight Camp" and culminating with <a href="https://www.insider.com/watch-povetkin-score-stunning-knockout-of-the-year-contender-2020-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Katie Taylor's rematch victory over the tenacious Delfine Persoon</a>.The first 14 of Top Rank's bubble shows attracted between 300,000 to 400,000 viewers on ESPN, <a href="https://theathletic.com/1973036/2020/08/04/coppinger-top-rank-ushered-boxings-return-but-summer-ratings-raise-questions/?article_source=search&amp;search_query=Coppinger%3A%20Top%20Rank%20ushered%20boxing%E2%80%99s%20return%2C%20but%20summer%20ratings%20raise%20questionsions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to The Athletic</a>.Hearn's pay-per-view event featuring Povetkin and Whyte, the last of his four "Fight Camp" shows, generated rumored sales in the region of 225,000 to 275,000 on Sky Box Office, Matchroom's broadcast partner in the UK. That figure is unconfirmed.These figures are low — boxing is normally more popular than this.The Showtime Sports president Stephen Espinoza told Insider last week that he suspects sports fans got used to the lack of live action during lockdowns.As a result, his premium network, as well as the boxing industry in general, needs to work that much harder to regain its audience share, he said."I'm not really buying that, as soon as you put sports back, there'll be pent-up demand," Espinoza told us."If anything, we're going to have to work harder. And we've tried to do that with big, meaningful fights and quality throughout the cards, including on the Charlo pay-per-view."<div type="image" title="Showtime Sports president Stephen Espinoza" height="939" width="1250" msid="78255333" hostid="261"></div>On his big event on Showtime this weekend, the Charlo double-header, Espinoza said: "You'd have to go back to the Don King cards of the 1980s to see four title fights on one card. This is five world title fights. We're trying to deliver as many meaningful fights as humanly possible."What we do affects the sport and what the rest of the sport does affects us," Espinoza said. "There was a string of non-competitive or non-meaningful fights early in the pandemic, and a lot of fans gave those fights a pass because, again, boxing was trying to come back."We took a more measured approach. We weren't the first back because we wanted to come back with meaningful fights. We're in a busier sports landscape in the US and internationally, more sports going on than we've ever seen."You really have to focus on quality to cut through all the noise and to compete with bigger sports with bigger marketing budgets."If we look generally over the last 35 years I like to think that Showtime's hallmark has been quality, competitive fights, living up to its reputation as a premium network. We're making the extra effort to focus on that going forward."Here's the double-header in full:<ul><li><keyword id="3052607" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Jermall-Charlo">Jermall Charlo</keyword> vs. Sergiy Derevyanchenko — WBC middleweight world championship</li><li>Jermell Charlo vs. Jeison Rosario — WBC, WBA, IBF super welterweight world championships</li><li>Luis Nery vs. Aaron Alameda — vacant WBC super bantamweight world championship</li><li>John Riel Casimero vs. Duke Micah — WBO bantamweight world championship</li><li>Brandon Figueroa vs. Damien Vazquez — WBA super bantamweight world championship</li><li>Daniel Roman vs. Juan Carlos Payano — super bantamweight match</li><li>Bakhram Murtazaliev vs. Manny Woods — super welterweight match</li></ul><h2>The Charlos, two of boxing's biggest characters, top the bill</h2><div type="image" title="Jermell and Jermall Charlo, doubleheader" height="840" width="1250" msid="78255337" hostid="261"></div>The Charlos are identical twins with Jermall the older brother by one minute, as he'll happily tell you.Dripping in designer swag and thick, heavy chains, when the Charlos talk during fight week it can be a motor-mouthed energy so chaotic it confounds an interviewer who has no choice but to simply surrender the mic.They've attracted the attention of the New York rapper 50 Cent, the former Cincinnati Bengals star Chad Ochocinco, and have been publicized on NBA TV as the fighters, PBC, and Showtime incorporate hip hop music and more mainstream sports into the promotion of their matches September 26.But none of that would be as important if the Charlos couldn't also fight. And they both have an abundance of skill, heart, and power there, too.Jermall, 30, has displayed athleticism, strength, and punching prowess throughout his career.Against Austin Trout, in a defense of his IBF super welterweight championship, he showed he had a durable chin, too.Though the ring veteran cracked Charlo on the jaw with a straight left so hard it tilted his head back, he otherwise appeared unfazed, and ground out a solid win.In his final bout in that division, he showed off his range of extraordinarily powerful shots against Julian Williams by flooring him with a ramrod jab in the second round, knocking him down again with a counter-right uppercut in the fourth, then finishing him for good with a seemingly never-ending punching flurry in the same round.Though Jermall has had five fights, five wins, and two championship bouts at middleweight, it is against Derevyanchenko he finds his toughest 160-pound opponent to date.But he is not the only Charlo to be competing in boxing's deep end, as he is joined on the night by Jermell, also 30.With a triathlete's stamina, fast hands, and accurate shots, Jermell has been able to punch his way to the top of the super welterweight division, scoring wins over Vanes Martirosyan, John Jackson, Erickson Lubin, Austin Trout, and Tony Harrison.And on Saturday, he too has a tough test in a three belt, 154-pound world title unification against the 25-year-old Jeison Rosario.So tough are these tests, it would not surprise Espinoza to see Derevyanchenko and Rosario win in their respective bouts."Regardless of who wins it will be a career-defining victory for any of the four fighters, for Derevyanchenko, Rosario, or either Charlo," Espinoza told us."I'm sure the Charlos won't like me saying this, but it wouldn't be all that surprising to see both of them coming out on the losing end on September 26."These are 50-50 fights," he said. "I look at this card, objectively, I don't see how we don't have a series of really exciting, hard-fought, competitive fights."<h2>How to watch the Charlo double-header</h2>American audiences can purchase the Charlo doubleheader on the Showtime app, or online at <a href="http://www.showtime.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Showtime.com</a>, for $74.99.The first three-fight card on the pay-per-view begins at 4 p.m. PT/7 p.m. ET and concludes with Jermall Charlo vs. Sergiy Derevyanchenko.There is then a 30-minute intermission before the second, three-fight card which culminates with Jermell Charlo vs. Jeison Rosario.For those in other regions like the UK, <a href="https://www.fite.tv/watch/pbc-charlo-double-header/2p83q/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fite TV</a> is broadcasting the two events for one fee of $14.99. 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