O’Shaquie Foster (23-3, 12 KOs) accomplished his goal of defeating WBC super featherweight champion Robson Conceicao (19-3-1, 9 KOs) in their rematch on Saturday night, beating him by a 12-round split decision, and he now wants to fight the winner of the Emanuel Navarrete vs. Oscar Valdez II clash. Those two are fighting a rematch on December 7th.
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Tonight’s performance by Foster was another weak one, and it’s impossible to picture him beating Navarrete or Valdez. The 31-year-old Foster doesn’t have the power to compete against either of those fighters, and his Shakur style won’t work against them.
It would be more entertaining for fans if Top Rank kept Foster in his own lane, defending his WBC title, and then have the winner of the Robeisy Ramirez vs. Rafael Espinoza rematch move up to 130 to take on the Navarrete-Valdez II winner.
Foster didn’t look great with his win over WBC super featherweight champion Conceicao, but he got the job done at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York. One judge had it 115-113 for Conceicao, and the other two scored it 115-113 and 115-113.
Conceicao said he wants a third fight because he gave Foster a rematch. So, he feels it’s only fair that he give him one too. It doesn’t look like Foster is going to do that because he wants the bigger-paying fight against the winner of the Navarrete vs. Valdez 2 contest. He can make more money fighting one of them than Navarrete.
It would be up to Top Rank, obviously, if they want to do a trilogy between Conceicao and Valdez. However, given how boring tonight’s fight was and the previous one last July, there’s not much fan interest in a third fight. The only reason fans wanted to see the rematch is Foster’s loss.
If he had won the first fight by a close controversial decision over Conceicao, there wouldn’t have been a demand because he’s not as popular. That’s not to say that Foster is popular. He’s definitely not, but he’s got fans, and they were the ones that made a big noise about his loss.
Conceicao had already been robbed twice in his fights against Valdez and Navarrarete, and fans didn’t care. None of the sanctioning bodies stepped forward to order a rematch. They just let it happen.
“His heart is unbelievable. He’s got a big heart,” said Foster to the media about Conceicao after the fight. “I told y’all I was going to step it up and bring it to him. That was my goal.”
Foster didn’t step it up. That’s the whole problem. He said he was going to fight with more aggression, but it was the same approach by him as the previous one. That’s why the fight was so close.
I still ain’t satisfied with my performance, but I felt like I showed a lot of people my versatility,” said Valdez. “I want the winner of Emanuel Navarrete vs. Oscar Valdez.”
It would be in the best interest of fans if Top Rank didn’t match Foster against the winner of the Navarrete-Vsldez fight.
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