andon Figueroa: Missed weight at 127.4 pounds (1.4 lbs over the 126-pound featherweight limit), resulting in him vacating his WBA featherweight title.
Figueroa title stripped


In a dramatic turn on Friday afternoon, Brandon Figueroa was stripped of his WBA Featherweight World Championship after failing to make the 126-pound division limit ahead of his scheduled title defense. Figueroa (27-2-1, 20 KOs), who captured the championship in England earlier this year and was campaigning aggressively to secure a high-profile showdown against Naoya Inoue at featherweight, was unable to shed the excess weight within the allotted commission window. Despite expressing confidence during Thursday’s final press conference following training camp hamstring issues, the belt was declared officially vacant. The bout proceeds with only his opponent eligible to claim the championship, throwing the division’s title landscape and Inoue's potential divisional debut matchups into sudden disarray.


Brandon Figueroa missed the 126-pound featherweight limit by 1.4 pounds, forfeiting his WBA featherweight title on the scales. 
Weigh-In Results & Match Details

  • Brandon Figueroa: Missed weight at 127.4 pounds (1.4 lbs over the 126-pound featherweight limit), resulting in him vacating his WBA featherweight title.
  • Tomoki Kameda: Made the weight limit cleanly.
  • Title Stakes: The fight in Las Vegas proceeds as scheduled. If Kameda wins, he captures the WBA featherweight title; if Figueroa wins, the title will remain vacant