{"id":612055,"date":"2026-05-30T13:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T13:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/612055\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T13:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T13:06:09","slug":"tim-bradley-predicts-oshaquie-foster-vs-ray-ford-grudge-fight-hes-a-straight-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/612055\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Bradley predicts O&#8217;Shaquie Foster vs Ray Ford grudge fight: &#8220;He&#8217;s a straight dog&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tim Bradley has weighed in on how WBC super-featherweight world champion O\u2019Shaquie Foster will fare against challenger Ray Ford this weekend in Houston, Texas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.matchroomboxing.com\/events\/foster-vs-ford\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Foster will make the second defence of his strap<\/a> since winning it back in a rematch with Robson Conceicao, looking to get by former featherweight champion Ford.<\/p>\n<p>The reigning champion is perhaps one of the most underrated operators in the sport, with notable wins over Rey Vargas, Abraham Nova and Stephen Fulton. Ford has earned his shot with three wins at the weight since moving up.<\/p>\n<p>The fight has also developed into a personal rivalry, with their relationship deteriorating through social media exchanges, press conferences and several heated face-offs during fight week.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udd25 INTENSE FINAL FACE-OFF \ud83d\udd25<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OshaquieFoster?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@OshaquieFoster<\/a> vs <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/raysavage856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@raysavage856<\/a> for the WBC World Super Featherweight Title \ud83c\udf7f<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/FosterFord?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#FosterFord<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DAZNBoxing?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@DAZNBoxing<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/trboxing?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@trboxing<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3X77q4xC0D\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/3X77q4xC0D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matchroom Boxing (@MatchroomBoxing) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MatchroomBoxing\/status\/2060430401298911628?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">May 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many see it as a 50\/50 affair, but, speaking on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xT8hiIuUy_g\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">his YouTube channel<\/a>, Hall of Famer Bradley backed Foster to retain his title.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI favour Foster in this fight because he\u2019s a better thinker. Even when it\u2019s hot, this guy stays calm. He stays calm and he figures out a way. He\u2019s a straight dog, like I always told y\u2019all. He shows up on time. It\u2019s time to eat, and he\u2019s gonna take that food from Ford.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Should he retain his belt, Foster may look to move up to lightweight full-time and has made no secret of his desire to face Ford\u2019s close ally Shakur Stevenson in the future \u2013 though no plans can be made until he gets past arguably the toughest test of his reign.<\/p>\n<p>With a world title, bragging rights and genuine animosity on the line, Foster and Ford have every reason to produce something special, and the main event has all the ingredients to be the standout scrap in <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/this-weekends-boxing-bivol-azim-foster\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a stacked weekend of boxing.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tim Bradley has weighed in on how WBC super-featherweight world champion O\u2019Shaquie Foster will fare against challenger Ray&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":612056,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-612055","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\/612055","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=612055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}