Nick Ball plays down Brandon Figueroa’s height advantage on eve of

Nick Ball plays down Brandon Figueroa’s height advantage on eve of

Nick Ball has insisted he’s “most comfortable” against taller opponents, as he prepares to fight Brandon Figueroa on Saturday.

Ball will headline in entrance of a house crowd in Liverpool, defending the WBA featherweight title at M&S Bank Arena. And, not for the first time, the diminutive brawler can be the shorter boxer as he takes on his American challenger.

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The pair tipped the scales on Friday, with Ball (23-0-1) weighing in at 125.1lb after Figueroa (26-2-1) got here in at 124.1lb.

After their profitable weigh-ins, 28-year-old Ball said: “One more sleep and then it’s go time. We’ll discover out tomorrow, however it’s gonna be…

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