WBC super featherweight champion Robson Conceicao weighed in at 129.7 lbs, and challenger O’Shaquie Foster came in at 129.9 lbs at Friday’s official weigh-in for their rematch this Saturday, November 2nd at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York.
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Foster Using Intimidation Tactics
During the face-off, Foster wore a fake smile to give the impression of confidence and intimidate Conceicao to gain the upper hand. That’s not likely to work. Conceicao is from Brazil, and he obviously has faced many fighters in the past who have attempted that primitive approach.
Saturday’s Conceicao vs. Foster II event will be shown live on ESPN+ at 5:50 p.m. ET/2:50 p.m. PT.
Foster, 31, is still pretty bitter about his loss to the 2016 Olympic gold medalist Conceicao (19-2-1, 9 KOs) on July 6th in Newark, New Jersey. The former WBC super featherweight champion Foster (22-3, 12 KOs) believes he should have won because he was making Conceicao miss with his punches, but there wasn’t enough offense from him.
Foster did a great job of playing keep away, but he didn’t understand that in modern boxing, you’ve got to throw punches to win.
Official Weigh-in Results for ESPN+
– Robson Conceição 129.7 vs. O’Shaquie Foster 129.9
– Raymond Muratalla 136.6 vs. Jesus Perez 136.2
– Bryce Mills 139.8 vs. Mike Ohan Jr. 140.7
– Abraham Nova 131.4 vs. Humberto Galindo 131.3
– Jahi Tucker 161.8 lbs vs. Quilisto Madera 161.8
– Ali Feliz 224.1 vs. Rashad Coulter 252.1
– Yan Santana 126.8 vs. Eduardo Baez 125.7
– Damian Knyba 259.1 vs. Richard Lartey 288
Foster says he will fight more aggressively in the rematch, come forward and dominate. He’s never fought that way during his 12-year career, and it’s late in the game for him to do a dramatic change of styles. It’s easy for anyone to talk about getting rid of bad habits and turning over a new leaf, but it’s almost impossible for them to actually do it. That’s why there are so many losers. They can’t change. Foster will need to show that he’s not just a talker.
“I hope he knows the name of the game is to hit-and-not-get-hit. That’s the name of the game,” said O’Shaquie Foster to Top Rank Boxing, justifying why he ran around the ring last July in his loss to Robson Conciao in Newark, New Jersey.
“I just got to go out and be me. I say that every time because I’ve got different styles. I’m going to bring a different style for this fight, and we’re going to turn it up,” said Foster.
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