On November 27, 2021, the 24-year-old WBC super-bantamweight champion, Brandon Figueroa (22-0-1, 17 KOs), and the 27-year-old WBO super-bantamweight champion Stephen Fulton (19-0, 8 KOs) met in a title-unification fight.
Figueroa came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 12 days. Fulton Jr. was on a 19-fight win streak with a 42% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 10 months and 4 days.
Stephen Fulton Jr. defeated Brandon Figueroa via majority decision and unifies the WBC and WBO super-bantamweight titles. Fulton Jr. improves his record to 20-0, while Figueroa adds a loss to his record at 22-1-1.