LAS VEGAS – One of the best fights of 2025 will get an immediate sequel.
Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz and Angel Fierro are set to run it back, with their rematch confirmed for the Mario Barrios-Manny Pacquiao undercard. Their junior welterweight bout is part of a four-fight PBC on Prime Video pay-per-view event set for July 19 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Also confirmed for the show is former two-division titlist Brandon Figueroa, 25-2-1 (19 KOs), and veteran bubble contender Joet Gonzalez, 27-4 (15 KOs), who will open the four-fight telecast.
Cruz-Fierro is one of two rematches on the card. As previously reported by BoxingScene, Sebastian Fundora, 22-1-1 (14 KOs), will defend his WBC junior middleweight title against former WBO beltholder Tim Tszyu, 25-2 (18 KOs). Fundora defeated Tszyu via split decision to win the WBO and vacant WBC title last March 31 at nearby T-Mobile Arena.
The anticipated rematch between Cruz and Fierro comes just more than five months after their February 1 ten-round slugfest at T-Mobile Arena. Mexico City’s Cruz prevailed via unanimous decision in a bout that came in supporting capacity to the David Benavidez-David Morrell secondary light heavyweight title fight.
Cruz, 27-3-1 (18 KOs), rebounded from a loss to Jose ‘Rayo’ Valenzuela, which ended his brief WBA junior welterweight title reign.
Fierro, 23-2-2 (18KO) – a Tijuana native now based in Lakeside, California – suffered his second defeat within a three-fight span, though his fiery effort raised his stock regardless.
Texas’ Figueroa also appeared on that same February 1 card but it ended in disappointment. He conceded his WBC featherweight title to Stephen Fulton in a lopsided, unanimous decision defeat, a far less competitive effort than their razor-thin first fight in 2021. The setback ended Figueroa’s three-fight win streak.
Gonzalez – a Glendora, California native – is 4-4 over his last eight starts but is riding a significant win over Arnold Khegai headed into this contest.
The three-time title challenger outpointed Khegai over ten rounds on March 8 in Long Beach, California. The victory came eighteen months after Gonzalez lost a decision to then-IBF featherweight titlist Luis Alberto Lopez in a September 2023 title fight in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Gonzalez has also suffered title fight losses to Shakur Stevenson and Emmanuel Navarrete, both at featherweight where he has regularly campaigned for the past eight-plus years.
All eight PPV participants are due to appear before the media in a kickoff press conference this coming Tuesday at The Novo at L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles.
Jake Donovan is an award-winning journalist who served as a senior writer for BoxingScene from 2007-2024, and news editor for the final nine years of his first tour. He was also the lead writer for The Ring before his decision to return home. Follow Jake on and .