Video: Omar Figueroa: “My future opponents better watch out because now I know I can go 12 hard rounds”

Now I know I can fight through adversity and that I’m mentally strong in order to survive 12 rounds like that. My future opponents better watch out because now I know I can go 12 hard rounds

WBC Interim Lightweight World Championship Omar “Panterita” Figueroa was in attandance at the MGM, this past thursday, September 12th, 2013 for a Golden Boy Live boxing show. We spoke to him about his last fight with Nihito Arakawa and future plans.

In an absolutely brutal war that stole the show, Omar “Panterita” Figueroa won a wildly exciting 12-round unanimous decision (118-108 twice, 119-107) over the game Nihito Arakawa to capture the vacant WBC Interim Lightweight World Championship.

In what will surely be a Fight of the Year candidate, Figueroa (22-0-1, 17 KO’s) and Arakawa (24-3-1, 16 KO’s) threw 2,112 total punches over 36 minutes of non-stop action. While Arakawa threw 1,170 punches, he landed just 280 to Figueroa’s 480. Figueroa, who was cut on the nose from an accidental head-butt in the third, landed power shots, knocked down Arakawa twice and at times seemed to have his opponent out on his feet.