Tony Ferguson stops Salt Papi in major Misfits Boxing 22 upset to end nightmare losing streak

Tony Ferguson finally snapped the streak.

The future UFC Hall of Famer and former interim lightweight champion earned his first combat sports win since 2019 on Saturday at Misfits Boxing 22, stopping Nathaniel “Salt Papi” Bustamante with a third-round TKO in a major betting upset at the AO Arena in Manchester, England.

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With the victory, Ferguson becomes the Misfits Boxing interim middleweight champion.

“One win changes everything,” Ferguson said.

Afterward, Ferguson and Dillon Danis — who captured the inaugural Misfits MMA title earlier in the night with a 15-second submission of Warren Spencer — planted the seeds for a future bout.

“We’ve got to do it for the belt now. We’ve got to do it for the MMA bout. You had the UFC belt, now you come for my belt. Congrats on the win.”

More on this story in a moment.