O\u2019Shaquie Foster and Stephen Fulton officially have another date for their junior lightweight title fight.<\/p>\n
The Ring has learned Foster and Fulton have received updated contracts to fight for Foster\u2019s WBC 130-pound championship October 25 at a venue to be announced in Las Vegas. The Foster-Fulton fight will be part of the Premier Boxing Champions pay-per-view undercard when Sebastian Fundora defends his WBC super welterweight title against former welterweight champ Keith Thurman.<\/p>\n
PBC hasn\u2019t announced the Fundora-Thurman bout, which was reported by The Ring two weeks ago. The main event and undercard could be unveiled sometime next week.<\/p>\n
Foster-Fulton was supposed to be part of the Gervonta Davis-Lamont Roach undercard August 16 in Las Vegas. The Davis-Roach rematch was postponed last month and then scrapped altogether because Davis will instead face Jake Paul in an exhibition Netflix will stream November 14 from State Farm Arena in Atlanta.<\/p>\n
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Philadelphia\u2019s Fulton (23-1, 8 KOs) will move up from the featherweight limit of 126 pounds when he attempts to become a three-weight champ against Foster (23-3, 12 KOs), of Orange, Texas. The WBC has allowed Fulton, a former WBC\/WBO 122-pound champ, to keep its featherweight title, but he\u2019ll have to decide after facing Foster whether he wants to continue competing in the junior lightweight division or drop back down to featherweight.<\/p>\n
Brooklyn\u2019s Bruce \u201cShu Shu\u201d Carrington (17-0, 9 KOs) won the WBC interim featherweight title when he unanimously out-pointed Namibia\u2019s Mateus Heita (14-1, 9 KOs) on July 26 in The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York.<\/p>\n
The WBC could elevate Carrington into Fulton\u2019s championship position if Fulton opts to remain in the junior lightweight division. Mexico\u2019s Rey Vargas is the WBC\u2019s featherweight champion in recess, which further complicates the sanctioning organization\u2019s situation in the 126-pound weight class.<\/p>\n
Fulton fought just twice at featherweight before he accepted this fight with Foster. He won the WBC 126-pound crown February 1, when he convincingly defeated rival Brandon Figueroa (26-2-1, 19 KOs) on points at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n
Carlos Castro (30-3, 14 KOs) dropped Fulton in the fifth round of his featherweight debut 11 months ago. Fulton recovered well enough to eek out a split-decision win last September 14 at T-Mobile Arena.<\/p>\n
Keith Idec is a senior writer and columnist for The Ring. He can be reached on X @idecboxing.<\/p>\n
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