After the Vargas fight, Magsayo and team had made up their minds that his time at featherweight was over. He had been fighting in the division since turning pro a decade earlier as a 17-year-old and it was time to conquer a new class. At least, that was the plan before Magsayo got the opportunity to fight Figueroa for the interim WBC title. Magsayo accepted the fight, which, if he won, would clear his path to a rematch with Vargas. Just getting to the fight was hard enough, as Magsayo missed the weight on his first attempt, coming in three-quarters of a pound over the limit. Magsayo came back to the scale with just seconds to spare before the two-hour window to re-weigh elapsed, and narrowly made the limit, drawing huge applause from his supporters inside the hotel conference room where the weigh-in took place.
