O’Shaquie Foster will get an opportunity to recapture his WBC tremendous featherweight title tonight in opposition to champion Robson Conceicao of their rematch on the Turning Stone Resort On line casino in Verona, New York. Foster (22-3, 12 KOs) got here up brief of their first struggle, shedding a 12-round break up resolution on July thirteenth, and tonight, he will get a second probability.
Tonight’s undercard outcomes:
– Light-weight contender Raymond Muratalla (22-0, 17 KOs) destroyed Jesus Perez (25-6, 18 KOs) by a second-round knockout. #2 WBC Muratalla knocked Perez down twice in spherical two with thunderous proper fingers to the pinnacle. The struggle was waved off after a follow-up barrage of heavy pictures from Muratalla. The official time was 1:24. Perez had by no means been knocked out earlier than.
Within the first knockdown, Muratalla landed a left jab adopted by a proper hand that put Perez down on the seat of his pants. A short while later, Muratalla linked with one other proper hand that despatched Perez down on his bottom. He obtained up, wanting badly damage, and was completed off by a number of exhausting punches from Muratalla. Perez was staggering, and the referee wasn’t going to permit him to get dropped once more.
After the struggle, Muratalla known as out the 4 champions at light-weight by identify, saying he needed them to name him and provides him the title shot.
In a struggle between native East Coast boxers, gentle welterweight Bryce Mills (17-1, 6 KOs) labored over Mike Ohan (19-4, 9 KOs), getting a stoppage after spherical 5. Mills had been dominating and it needed to be stoppage between rounds.
– Tremendous featherweight Abraham ‘Tremendous’ Nova (23-3-1, 16 KOs) and Humberto Galindo (14-3-3, 11 KOs) battled to a disappointing 10-round break up draw. Nova didn’t do sufficient and allowed Galindo to win rounds simply based mostly on strain alone.
The scores
– 97-93 for Gaindo
– 96-94 for Nova
– 95-95
It was a winnable struggle for Nova, who appeared good within the ultimate two rounds, however he wasn’t throwing sufficient within the majority of the struggle. He let Galindo impress the judges by coming ahead.
– Middleweight Jahi Tucker (13-1-1, 6 KO) scored an eighth-round knockout of Quilisto Madera (14-6, 9 KOs). Tucker landed a pleasant proper hand that damage Madera, and the selected to halt it, albeit prematurely.
– Heavyweight prospect Ali Feliz (4-0, 3 KOs) obliterated Rashad Coulter (5-5), successful a second-round knockout. Feliz damage Coulter, 42, with a proper hand in spherical two after which obtained the stoppage with a follow-up barrage. The bout was stopped on the 1:34 mark.
Feliz was hitting Coulter at will with pictures from spherical one, nailing with left hooks and fingers with out worrying about something being thrown again at him. It was one-way visitors. In spherical two, Feliz landed a right-hand rabbit shot that shocked Coulter, sending him stumbling again to the ropes. Feliz then flurried on him to get the stoppage.
Feliz appeared respectable tonight however didn’t present a lot energy, and it’s tough to think about him getting past the bottom-tier stage with out Prime Rank maneuvering him right into a world title. It’s going to take numerous strategic assist from Prime Rank to show Feliz right into a champion as a result of they didn’t present the sort of energy or expertise to seize a belt among the many present top-run fighters within the division.
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On the principle card, light-weight Raymond Muratalla (21-0, 16 KOs) rapidly returns to the ring to face Jesus Perez (25-5, 18 KOs) in a 10-round struggle. Muratalla fought final July in opposition to Tevin Farmer, and he’s again, hoping to make a press release win with a knockout of Perez, who went the space in opposition to the highest welterweights Brian Norman Jr. and Alexis Rocha.
Conceicao (19-2-1, 9 KOs) needs to defeat Foster extra conclusively tonight to close him and his followers up, as they’ve been complaining nonstop since his win final July. He feels that Foster didn’t struggle like a champion, selecting to run across the ring all night time, and that’s why the judges gave him the choice. Foster says he’s going to return ahead and “be dominant” within the rematch.
Tonight’s occasion particulars: The Conceicao vs. Foster II broadcast will likely be stay on ESPN and ESPN+ at 10:00 p.m. ET.
