Brandon Figueroa vs. Mark Magsayo: LIVE updates, results, full coverage
Nineteen-year-old middleweight prospect Elijah Garcia of Phoenix stopped Uruguayan contender Amilcar Vidal at 2:17 of the fourth round of a scheduled 10-rounder.
Garcia (14-0, 12 KOs) and Vidal (16-1, 12 KOs) were engaged in a spirited back-and-forth fight when the former hurt the latter with a right hook and then followed with a flurry of hard, accurate punches that put Vidal down.
Referee Jack Reiss quickly assessed Vidal’s condition and stopped the fight.
“This is what everybody dreams of right here,” Garcia said. “This ain’t like a surprise. This is what we’ve worked for since I turned pro. We’re going to keep going one step at a time.”
Garcia turned pro at 16 years old in 2020.
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Brandon Figueroa and Mark Magsayo will face off in a scheduled 12-round 126-pound fight tonight (Saturday) in Ontario, California (Showtime).
Figueroa (23-1-1, 18 KOs) is a former 122-pound beltholder who will be fighting at 126 for the second time. Magsayo (24-1, 16 KOs) lost his 126-pound title to Rey Vargas in his most-recent fight, in July.
Also on the card, former 154-pound titleholder Jarret Hurd (24-2, 16 KOs) will take on Jose Armando Resendiz (13-1, 9 KOs) in a scheduled 10-round 160-pound bout.
And 160-pound contender Amilcar Vidal (16-0, 12 KOs) will face Elijah García (13-0, 11 KOs) in a scheduled 10-rounder.
The featured bouts on the card begin at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT. The main event will take place later in show.
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Full coverage – a fight story, photo gallery and analysis – will follow on separate posts the day of the fight and the following day.
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