Omar Figueroa Jr’s record currently stands at 28 wins, 3 losses, and 1 draw. Of those 28 wins he has stopped 19 of his opponents, so his current knock-out ratio is 68%. Of his 3 losses, he’s been stopped 2 times. He’s boxed a total of 162 rounds, meaning his professional fights last 5.1 rounds on average.
The American former professional boxer competed from 2008 to 2022. He held the WBC lightweight title in 2014.
Figueroa had approximately 40 amateur bouts, mostly fought in Texas and Mexico, but quickly turned professional, admitting he “did not care for” the amateur ranks.
On January 6, 2012, Figueroa won an upset TKO over undefeated Puerto Rican-American prospect Michael Pérez in a bout televised on Showtime.
Figueroa would go on to win a total of six bouts in 2012, including his debut for Golden Boy Promotions, a second-round knockout of Mexico’s Ramon Ayala.
Building on this success in 2013, Figueroa won a unanimous decision over Japan’s Nihito Arakawa for the vacant WBC interim lightweight second-round title, in a fight declared by the Showtime commentator Mauro Ranallo to be a candidate for 2013 Fight of the Year.
In 2015, Figueroa defeated former world titlist, Ricky Burns, via unanimous decision at the State Farm Arena in Hidalgo, Texas.
On 16 February 2019, Figueroa Jr faced John Molina Jr. In a tough contest, Figueroa Jr managed to continuously beat Molina Jr to the punch and lost Molina Jr, to win the fight via unanimous decision, 99-91, 98-92, and 97-93.