O\u2019Shaquie Foster (24-3, 12 KOs) says it wasn\u2019t about \u201crevenge\u201d in his dominant 12-round unanimous decision win over Stephen Fulton (24-2, 8 KOs) last Saturday night. It was more about showing that he was \u201cthe better fighter,\u201d and he sure did that.<\/p>\n
Fulton Shut Down<\/p>\n
Foster shut Fulton\u2019s offense down entirely, limiting him to just 56 punches landed in the entire 12-round fight at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas. The judges\u2019 scores were 117-111, 118-110, and 119-109.<\/p>\n
Fulton couldn\u2019t do much of anything, as he lacked the hand speed, power, and technical skills to get to Foster. He is clumsy and uncoordinated, falling off balance when throwing shots and missing badly.<\/p>\n
The best part of all for O\u2019Shaquie is that he captured the WBC interim lightweight title, which makes him a two-division champion. He has the WBC super featherweight title still in his possession.<\/p>\n
Punch stats<\/p>\n
O\u2019Shaquie Foster \u2013 191 connects of 466 thrown
\nStephen Fulton \u2013 56 of 280<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been eyeing 135 for a while, so this sets me up perfect as Shakur [Stevenson]\u2019s mandatory. I\u2019ll decide in 15 days if I stay up or drop back, but unification or a big lightweight fight is next. Tank [Gervonta Davis]? Shakur? Let\u2019s talk,\u201d said Foster after the fight.<\/p>\n
Shakur Mandatory Looms<\/p>\n
O\u2019Shaquie would be better off staying at 135 to force a fight against WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson or going after one of the other champions.<\/p>\n
If he returns to super featherweight to reclaim his WBC title, this is all he has to look forward to: Mark Magsayo and Raymond Ford. There\u2019s a lot more money available to Foster fighting Shakur than either of those guys.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was a long time coming. All the talk, the delays, the weight issues\u2014it all fueled me,\u201d said O\u2019Shaquie Foster after his masterclass victory over Stephen Fulton last Saturday night.<\/p>\n
\u201cTonight wasn\u2019t about revenge; it was about showing I\u2019m the better fighter. I outboxed him clean, no excuses. Justice was served,\u201d said Foster. \u201cHe came in overweight and inactive, but that\u2019s on him. I didn\u2019t let him get comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"O\u2019Shaquie Foster (24-3, 12 KOs) says it wasn\u2019t about \u201crevenge\u201d in his dominant 12-round unanimous decision win over…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305269,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-305268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}