{"id":310058,"date":"2025-12-11T03:32:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T03:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/310058\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T03:32:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T03:32:16","slug":"shakur-tells-foster-take-the-belt-as-vacating-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/310058\/","title":{"rendered":"Shakur Tells Foster \u2018Take The Belt\u2019 As Vacating Looms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shakur Stevenson told his new mandatory O\u2019Shaquie Foster that he \u201ccould have the [WBC lightweight] belt.\u201d He said that he\u2019s about to make more money against Teofimo Lopez than Foster \u201cwill ever make.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shakur Tells Foster: \u201cTake the Belt\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Foster\u2019s reaction to Shakur\u2019s post was predictable, saying, \u201cDude terrified of me.\u201d What else could he say in reacting to Stevenson revealing that he\u2019ll give him the belt rather than fight him?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=boxingnews24.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Add Boxing News 24 as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"310\" height=\"40\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/google_preferred_source_badge_light.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It didn\u2019t take long for Shakur (24-0, 11 KOs) to begin talking about vacating his WBC 135-lb title. Last Saturday, O\u2019Shaquie Foster captured the WBC interim lightweight title, beating Stephen Fulton by a wide 12-round unanimous decision in San Antonio, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Immediately upon winning the WBC interim belt, Foster (24-3, 12 KOs) called out Shakur, letting him know that he wanted to fight him. In reaction to Foster\u2019s callout, Stevenson told him that he wouldn\u2019t fight him until he faced super featherweight Ray Ford. Using him as an obstacle made Shakur appear weak and afraid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat mandatory s*** don\u2019t mean nothing. You could have that belt,\u201d said Shakur Stevenson on social media about potentially giving up his WBC lightweight title rather than defend it against O\u2019Shaquie Foster.<\/p>\n<p>Why Shakur Prefers Teofimo<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know how much money I\u2019m making in this fight? More than you\u2019ll ever make in your life. Now, say, \u2018Please,\u2019 little boy,\u201d said Shakur, bragging about the money he\u2019ll be making in his next fight against Teofimo Lopez and wanting Foster to know that he\u2019ll never make that kind of dough.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBuddy [Shakur] crashing out, ready to drop the belt. Dude terrified of me,\u201d said Foster on<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OshaquieFoster\/status\/1998093115736113378\" rel=\"nofollow\"> X<\/a> about Shakur.<\/p>\n<p>With the money that Stevenson is getting for his fight against Teofimo Lopez on January 31, he wouldn\u2019t want to return to the lightweight division to face Foster. He won\u2019t be paid nearly as well, and he could lose. There\u2019s a very good chance Stevenson would get beaten.<\/p>\n<p>Ken Woods has been a senior writer at Boxing News 24 since 2013, covering the sport from every angle. With years of ringside reporting, he delivers fight news, results, and analysis that cut through the noise. Ken\u2019s work consistently spotlights champions, contenders, and prospects, giving fans a sharp, knowledgeable view of the global boxing scene.<\/p>\n<p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxingnews24.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boxing News 24<\/a> \u00bb Shakur Stevenson Tells Foster \u201cTake the Belt\u201d \u2014 Vacating Incoming?<\/p>\n<p>Last Updated on 12\/09\/2025 \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shakur Stevenson told his new mandatory O\u2019Shaquie Foster that he \u201ccould have the [WBC lightweight] belt.\u201d He said&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310059,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-310058","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\/310058","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=310058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}