Brandon Figueroa withdraws from Tomoki Kameda fight after illness

Brandon Figueroa withdrew from his scheduled October 17 fight against Tomoki Kameda in Las Vegas after falling ill, leaving the WBA featherweight title vacant. The cancellation came a day after Figueroa lost the belt for missing weight. The bout had been scheduled as the co-feature at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.

Premier Boxing Champions, Figueroa’s promoters and the event organisers, said he had fallen ill overnight and the fight was off, according to Reuters, whose report was published by Channel NewsAsia. Sources confirmed to The Ring’s Keith Idec that Figueroa felt too ill to box. The cause of his illness was not disclosed.

Why the WBA featherweight title remains vacant

The fight could still have produced a champion if it had gone ahead: Kameda was eligible to win the belt with a victory, while a Figueroa win would have left it vacant. With neither boxer entering the ring, the WBA featherweight title remains unclaimed. Kameda said he had agreed with the promoter and the WBA that he would receive priority for the next championship decider.

How the Las Vegas card changed

Armando Resendiz’s super middleweight bout against Koen Mazoudier moved into the co-feature spot, FIGHTMAG and The Ring reported. FIGHTMAG said Resendiz had replaced Jermall Charlo, who withdrew because of injury. Sebastian Fundora’s WBC super welterweight title defence against Ermal Hadribeaj remained the main event; Reuters reported that Fundora stopped Hadribeaj in the 12th round.

Figueroa had won the WBA featherweight title by stopping Nick Ball in the 12th round in Liverpool in February, according to The Ring. For Kameda, the cancelled contest would have been his second attempt to win a featherweight world title. He lost a majority decision to IBF champion Angelo Leo in May 2025, after previously holding the WBO bantamweight title from 2013 to 2015.