{"id":813678,"date":"2026-10-25T18:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T18:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/813678\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T18:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T18:24:09","slug":"shakur-stevenson-sums-up-oshaquie-fosters-performance-in-win-over-emanuel-navarrete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/813678\/","title":{"rendered":"Shakur Stevenson sums up O’Shaquie Foster’s performance in win over Emanuel Navarrete"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shakur Stevenson has assessed O\u2019Shaquie Foster\u2019s elite-level performance against Emanuel Navarrete<\/a> while, perhaps more importantly, expressing his interest in their potential showdown.<\/p>\n

Prior to their contest this weekend, many favoured the unorthodox style of Navarrete or, at the very least, felt as though he would be mightily competitive against Foster.<\/p>\n

As it happened, though, Foster was far superior from the very beginning<\/a> and orchestrated a boxing masterclass to unanimously outpoint his man in San Antonio, Texas.<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old even scored two knockdowns in the final round, before merging Navarrete\u2019s IBF and WBO world titles with his WBC strap at 130lbs.<\/p>\n

As a result, Foster is now a leading candidate for Fighter of the Year and must surely be considered a top 10 pound-for-pound operator.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere at super-featherweight, meanwhile, Anthony Cacace will defend his WBA title against Nick Ball on December 19, with the winner set to demand an undisputed clash against Foster.<\/p>\n

It therefore makes sense for Foster to remain at 130lbs, at least for the time being, while an all-American bout with Stevenson could materialise down the line.<\/p>\n

Taking to social media, the WBO super-lightweight champion recognised the importance of an undisputed fight but, equally, said he would be ready to face \u2018Ice Water\u2019 whenever.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Foster\u2019s a] helluva fighter. He will never give me my credit but I\u2019ll be real tonight \u2013 he showed his level. That\u2019s a challenge that would get me out of bed. Let\u2019s do it whenever he\u2019s ready. I\u2019ll be here after his undisputed run!\u201d<\/p>\n

Helluva fighter he will never give me my credit but I\u2019ll be real tonight he showed his level. That\u2019s a challenge that would get me out of bed. Let\u2019s do it whenever he’s ready \ud83d\udcaf<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll be here after his undisputed run!<\/p>\n

\u2014 Shakur Stevenson (@ShakurStevenson) October 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Having just parted ways with Dana White\u2019s Zuffa Boxing<\/a>, Stevenson could leverage his position as a promotional free agent and eventually face Foster at 135lbs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shakur Stevenson has assessed O\u2019Shaquie Foster\u2019s elite-level performance against Emanuel Navarrete while, perhaps more importantly, expressing his interest…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":813679,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-813678","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\/813678","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=813678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/813679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=813678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=813678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=813678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}