Through the middle rounds, the action remained close. Ball had strong moments when he caught Figueroa stepping forward, while Figueroa continued to apply pressure and throw in volume. By the later rounds, the fight appeared up for grabs, with Ball still competitive but absorbing more sustained work.
Late Finish Turns Tight Fight on Its Head
The finish came early in the twelfth round. Figueroa landed a left hand to the chin that dropped Ball for a count. Ball rose, but Figueroa followed immediately with a sustained attack that sent Ball back through the ropes, prompting referee Steve Gray to wave the bout off at 0:32 of the round. The stoppage handed Ball the first loss of his professional career and crowned Figueroa the new WBA featherweight champion.
In the co-feature, WBC Silver bantamweight champion Andrew Cain recovered from adversity to stop Alejandro Gonzalez in the ninth round of a final eliminator. Cain was dropped twice in the eighth round by body shots but responded strongly in the ninth, scoring two knockdowns of his own before the referee intervened.
WBA International super flyweight champion Jack Turner stopped Juan Carlos Martinez Urbina after three rounds of a scheduled ten-round bout. Martinez Urbina was dropped late in the first round and absorbed steady pressure before remaining on his stool at the end of the third.
Former European super bantamweight champion Brad Strand forced a third-round corner stoppage against Ruben Lezama Gonzalez. Strand drew blood from Gonzalez’s nose in the second round and finished matters with sustained body attacks early in the third.
Middleweight Stephen Clarke stopped Lewis Howells in the eighth and final round. Clarke applied consistent pressure in the later rounds as Howells attempted to see out the fight.
Lucas Biswana scored a first-round stoppage of Liam Macmillan in a welterweight bout, dropping him three times with body shots before referee Mark Lyson halted the contest.
William Birchall stopped Caine Singh in the opening round of their super featherweight contest after controlling the action from the opening bell.
Jack Swallow earned a six-round decision over Paddy Lacey, scoring an upset after consistently landing to the body throughout. Swallow finished the stronger of the two and took the decision on a 58–57 scorecard.
Luke Turner stopped Jensen Irving in the fourth and final round of their middleweight bout after keeping Irving under pressure for most of the contest.
Super featherweight Sam Norris won a four-round decision over Jack England, using his height and work rate to control the action.
Featherweight Hassan Ishaq stopped Leo Baez in the third round, scoring a knockdown in the second before finishing the bout with a right hand in the third.
The ring announcer was Thomas Treiber.
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