Boxing Tonight: Nick Ball vs Brandon Figueroa Start Time, Undercard & How to Watch

Liverpool's own Nick Ball (23-0-1, 13 KOs) will return to action tonight as he takes on former two-division world champion Brandon Figueroa (26-2-1, 19 KOs).

'The Wrecking' Ball will put his WBA World Featherweight title on the line at the Echo Arena in Liverpool as he returns to his home city. The Liverpudlian is aiming to make his fourth title defense, as well as going for a fifth-straight win.

Ball's 19-fight winning streak was brought to a frustrating halt due to a controversial split draw with WBC featherweight champion Rey Vargas in 2024. Despite the masses thinking Ball had won his first world title after 12 completed rounds, Vergas retained his title.

The fighter would get his crowning moment in the next fight, defeating Raymond Ford via split decision and claiming the WBA title in June 2024. In terms of title defenses, stoppage wins over Ronny Rios and TJ Doheny came before a points victory over Sam Goodman, which made it three retentions from three.

Now, Ball will take on one of the biggest challenges of his career when he faces the former two-division champion Figueroa. The hometown fighter will have to overcome a seven-inch height disadvantage, as the event is being labeled 'A Tall Order'.

'The Heartbreaker' returned to the win column in his last fight, defeating Joet Gonzalez via unanimous decision in July 2025. The victory helped him bounce back after a loss to Stephen Fulton five months earlier, in a bout where Figueroa lost his WBC World Featherweight crown.

It was the second time Fulton defeated the fighter from Texas. In 2021, Figueroa was handed his first professional loss by Fulton, who took his WBC World Super Bantamweight title.

Figueroa, 29, will now have the chance to once again become a world champion against Ball, 28. However, bookmakers currently see the American as a sizeable underdog as he ventures into enemy territory.