O’Shaquie Foster (22-3, 12 KOs) says he will throw more punches in his rematch with WBC super featherweight champion Robson Conceição (19-2-1, 9 KOs) on November 2 at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona. , New york. It will be difficult for Foster to resist his usual drop-back style that he has used throughout his professional career.
Foster, 31, lost his WBC title to the 2016 Olympic gold medalist earlier this year on July 6 in Newark, Jersey. In that fight, Foster didn’t throw enough punches, fighting defensively with his own Shakur-esque style and being blown away by Brazilian go-getter Conceicao.
Interestingly, Foster felt he had done enough to deserve the win, and still feels that way three months later. It is worrying because it was obvious to see the fight that he was outworked in the round of the fight by Conceicao and deserved to lose by an even wider margin.
The scores
116-112 – Concept
115-113 – Concept
116-112 – Foster
Foster had fought the same way in his previous fight against Abraham Nova on February 16 at Madison Square Garden in New York, also standing by him. The judges, however, gave Foster a split decision over 12 rounds, but many fans felt that Nova should have been given the decision win. I watched the fight live, and I had it for Nova 117-111.
Foster’s fighting style, which is a poor man’s copy of Shakur Stevenson, is too defensive, and he doesn’t engage enough to win rounds conclusively. He fights in short spurts and then backs off and tries to make his opponents miss the way Shakur did.
Having those two share the same card on July 6 at the Prudential Center was even poison because the fans had two of the exact same fighters in the co-feature and the main event. No wonder they started storming out of the venue during Shakur’s fight because they got bored.
Top Rank made a mistake by putting Shakur and Foster on the same card. They can’t afford to keep doing it because it’s witch beer for the fans.
“The fight was easy. I did not see where the judges made this decision. I only saw that I could be more active and leave my hands in certain situations more,” said Foster about his loss to Robson Conceição before this year on July 6 in Newark, New Jersey.
“There are a lot of things I can do in that ring. I feel like I could have just put more combinations,” O’Shaquie said. “I could do a little more. I try to let my hands go more. If you watch his fights, he fights the same way every time. He doesn’t change too much.”
Foster is too set in his ways for him to change. That Shakur pull-back style that Foster has is too ingrained in him without breaking him down as a fighter if he tries to fight with aggression, and I don’t think he can change that physically.
