“You know what, everybody is talking about this fight,” he said. “And he looked impressive in his last fight, so I have a lot of pressure because I’m trying to change my life and trying to change the sport in my country. That’s a lot of pressure, but at the same time, everybody is saying that Figueiredo can beat me easy. Okay, we’ll see December 12th. I saw his last fight, but I wasn’t impressed by his performance.”
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This week, Moreno went to Instagram and posted a mural someone painted in his native Tijuana. It shows that he’s already made an impact, and that impact will grow substantially with a win this weekend. So, with a nation behind him, he has to feel like he can’t be stopped. But come next week, he’ll still be Brandon from Tijuana, and all he wants is to present his belt to those who have been there with him the whole time.
“My goal is that moment when I go to Tijuana with the belt with all my people in my gym, with my parents, with my family,” he said. “I imagined that moment so much.”
