Brandon Figueroa figures he’ll face a broken-down version of Stephen Fulton in their rematch on Saturday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Figueroa and Fulton fought to a hotly contested majority decision in November 2021, a 122-pound title unification bout won by “Cool Boy Steph.”

Fulton (22-1, 8 KOs) went on to defend the titles against former unified champion Danny Roman in 2022, got knocked out by Naoya Inoue in 2023, and sneaked by with a split decision win against Carlos Castro in September despite suffering a surprise knockdown.

Since the Fulton fight, Figueroa (25-1-1, 19 KOs) stopped Castro inside six rounds in 2022, beat Mark Magsayo in 2023 via unanimous decision for the WBC featherweight crown he now carries, and most recently in May, knocked out Jessie Magdaleno in nine rounds.

"He's a tough fighter and I feel that times change and he doesn't have that hunger in him anymore when I first faced him,” Figueroa told The Ring. “Every fighter has a spirit and once you break that spirit, it's over. I can't wait to give the fans the fight that they’ve been anticipating. I'm going to leave it all in the ring.

“Fulton thinks I am just going to come forward. I'm going to let him think that. My game plan is to evolve and grow as a fighter and I’m going to use all of the tools that I have. He got dropped and struggled with [Castro that] I got out in six rounds. Castro didn't even hurt me with a good shot.”

“He was brave enough to go across the pond [to fight Inoue] and face one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world. I don't take nothing away from Stephen Fulton. He's a great fighter. He's a former unified world champion for a reason. But I’m going to come ready and well-prepared.”

Currently unranked by The Ring, Fulton, a +150 betting underdog according to DraftKings, realizes that he’s being written off ready off but he’s promising to reintroduce himself with a bang. Figueroa insists that he plans to knock out Fulton in the sequel to avoid and king of scoring controversy.

“I thought I was winning the first fight so I let go of the gas a little bit, and that was my mistake. I should have pressed it,” said Figueroa, who was the busier fighter landing 314 of 1060 punches compared to 269 of 726 for Fulton.

“Once you're in the mix, you can't change the game plan. Looking at the fight, I definitely learned from it and it lit a fire under me. It hasn't stopped burning ever since and I am hungry. I've been waiting for this fight for the longest time. I’m ready. I’m going to make a statement.”