Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-07-20, too much holding and too many interruptions between Yordenis Ugas and Omar Figueroa: it gets two stars.The former Olympian Yordenis Ugas entered this fight with a boxing record of 23-4-0 (11 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.6 welterweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Terence Crawford) but he comes off the loss against Shawn Porter (via split decision, Shawn Porter vs Yordenis Ugas). Before this bout, in 2018, he had beat Ray Robinson (Yordenis Ugas vs Ray Robinson), Jonathan Batista and Cesar Miguel Barrionuevo (Yordenis Ugas vs Cesar Miguel Barrionuevo).
His opponent, the undefeated former Wbc Lw champion Omar Figueroa Jr, has an official record of 28-0-1 (19 knockouts) and he entered as the No.18 in the same weight class. The only man who stopped him in a draw was Arturo Quintero in 2010, since then he has won 18 consecutive bouts defeating Robert Guerrero (4-stars fight, Omar Figueroa vs Robert Guerrero) and John Molina Jr in his last two (Omar Figueroa vs John Molina Jr). Ugas vs Figueroa, WBC welterweight title eliminator, is on the undercard of Manny Pacquiao vs Keith Thurman. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Date: 2019-07-20
Where: MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Division: welterweight (147 lbs, 66.7 kg)
Ugas’ next fight: Yordenis Ugas vs Mike Dallas Jr
Figueroa’s next fight: Omar Figueroa Jr vs Abel Ramos
Ugas vs Figueroa full fight video:
(Free embeddable video hosted on Youtube and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oN9v9DYgS8
Official video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEgCE1vokZg
Official highlights
3 Things:
1) Russell Mora has always been & likely will always be a terrible ref.
2) OFJ is being grossly misguided & handled. Whoever set up this mismatch just robbed a young talented fighter of yrs off his life & career. He had no business in there w/ a guy that big & skilled & accomplished.
3) People are calling the Spence Porter fight a foregone conclusion but are discrediting Porter’s experience & pedigree. He beat Danny Jacobs in the amateurs at 165LB. Fights like he had vs guys like Ugas will most certainly prepare him to beat the likes of Errol Spence Jr. People forget how inexperienced that guy is. He’s on;y fought 1 true welter. & that guy was coming off surgery & an injury. And Spence was losing the fight at the time of stoppage. He’s going to be tested vs Porter in a very real way.