Brandon Figueroa vs Tomoki Kameda Preview October 17th, 2026
WBA Featherweight Champion and former WBA/WBC Super Bantamweight Champion Brandon Figueroa defends his belt for the first time this weekend against former WBO Bantamweight Champion Tomoki Kameda. The fight takes place in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, October 17th and can be seen live on DAZN in most nations. Fans in America can also catch it on TNT sports and Tru TV. Figueroa won the WBA Belt in February with a dramatic 12th-round knockout of Nick Ball in Ball’s hometown of Liverpool, England. Kameda last saw action in May when he dropped a majority decision to Angelo Leo in a shot at the IBF Featherweight Crown.
Figueroa vs Kameda Betting Odds
Here are the betting odds from online sportsbook BetOnline.ag (full review here).
- Tomoki Kameda +313
- Brandon Figueroa -450
My Pick
The 29-year-old Figueroa captured the vacant interim WBA Super Bantamweight Title when he stopped Yonfrez Parejo after eight rounds in 2019. He then stopped Javier Chacon in four rounds and drew with an overweight Julio Ceja in a slugfest. Figueroa was the full WBA Champion when he stopped WBC Beltholder Luis Nery in seven rounds in 2021 to add that title. However the geniuses who run the WBA stripped him of their belt for agreeing to fight WBO boss Stephen Fulton in November, 2021. Figueroa lost his WBC Belt in that fight via a highly-controversial majority decision.
Figueroa and Fulton met again in February, 2025 for Figueroa’s WBC Featherweight Crown with Fulton winning a unanimous decision this time. Between his two losses to Fulton, Figueroa stopped Carlos Castro in six rounds; beat Mark Magsayo by unanimous decision for the interim WBC Belt and stopped Jessie Magdaleno in nine rounds. He then bounced back from the second setback to Fulton with a unanimous nod over Joet Gonzalez before stopping Nick Ball for the WBA Title.
After all of this action, we see Figueroa climb through the ropes with a mark of 27-2-1 with 20 Ko’s with Fulton being the only man to beat him. The native of Weslaco, Texas, has boxed 198 rounds since turning pro in 2015. He stands 5-feet-9-inches tall with a 72.5-inch reach and possesses heavy hands as 74.1 per cent of his wins have come by stoppage. However he has gone the distance in three of his last seven fights and in five of his past 10.
Figueroa has displayed a rock solid chin so far and needed it in wins over the likes of Chacon, Parejo, Nery, Moises Flores, Oscar Escandon, Victor Proa and Fatiou Fassinou. As an amateur, Figueroa lost to Shakur Stevenson and beat Chris Colbert. Brandon is the younger brother of former world champion Omar Figueroa and is an excellent all-action fighter. He stepped up in class for the first time against Oscar Escandon in 2018 and passed the test when he stopped him in the 10th round and followed up by stopping Moises Flores in the third round.
Kameda hails from of Osaka and is now 35 years old. He makes the ring walk with a mark of 42-5 with 23 Ko’s. He made his pro debut back in 2008 and has boxed 339 rounds since. He has good boxing skills and decent power on his punches as 54.8 per cent of his wins have come by stoppage. This includes three of his last four victories. However he went the distance in his seven previous fights. Kameda seems to have returned to his aggressive style of a few years ago though which saw him typically go after his opponent when he had him hurt.
His first two losses came against Jamie McDonnell when McDonnell was the WBA Bantamweight King. Kameda had him down in the third round of their first meeting in 2015, but dropped a close unanimous decision by scores of 114-113 across the board. McDonnell then beat him in their rematch by unanimous decision four months later. His third defeat came at the hands of Rey Vargas in 2019 in a shot at the full WBC Super Bantamweight Title. He also lost to Lerato Diamani by 12-round split decision in 2023 and of course was beaten by Angelo Leo last year.
Kameda measures just over 5-feet-7-inches tall with a 67-inch reach. He gives up 1.5-inches in height and 55-inches in reach to Figueroa. Kameda won the WBO Bantamweight Title in 2013 with a unanimous decision over Paulus Ambunda. He then defended it against Immanuel Naidjala by unanimous decision; Panya Uthok by seventh-round KO and Alejandro Hernandez by split decision. Kameda then vacated the title. Kameda captured the interim WBC super Bantamweight Belt in 2018 via a unanimous decision over Abigail Medina.
Since turning pro he’s also won the WBC Silver, NABF, WBC Youth World, WBC CABOFE, and WBC FECARBOX Bantamweight Titles and also has wins over Ivan Morales, Daniel Noriega, Yonfrez Parejo and William Encarnacion. Tomoki is the younger brother of fellow boxers Koki and Daiki Kameda. At one point in time, Tomoki, Koki and Daiki made boxing history by all holding world titles at the same time. Kameda moved to Mexico to train as a 15-year-old and can speak fluent Spanish. He said he will be retiring later this year and but is first intent in winning a world title in a third weight class against Figueroa.
Prediction…
This is a good matchup as Kameda has enough power to do some damage and possesses the style to outwork opponents if it goes the distance. However he’s six years older than Figueroa and gives up height and reach. Figueroa doesn’t usually use his size to advantage though as he prefers to fight on the inside and simply let his hands fly. We have two aggressive boxer here and like most of Figueroa’s fights, this has the potential to be a fight-of-the-year candidate. There’s no doubt that both boxers haven’t looked as good as usual in some of their recent outings. But that’s understandable due the wars they have both been through. Figueroa simply loves to go toe-to-toe but that can often result in smothering his own punches when he’d be better off creating a little distance. But to be honest, when you combine his violent attack with his rock-solid chin, Figueroa is possibly the most exciting boxer on the scene today. I’m expecting him to retain his belt as long as he throws punches in punches and Kameda should force him to fight that way.
Figueroa wins with pure volume punching.
Play: Figueroa. -450 @ BetOnline.ag
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