O’Shaquie Foster will get a second probability in opposition to Robson Conceicao to regain his WBC tremendous featherweight title this Saturday night time. The struggle shall be on ESPN+ on the Turning Stone Resort On line casino on November 2nd.
This struggle may very well be a replay of the earlier one between them as a result of each fighters are of their 30s and have established kinds. Foster used his historical Dinosaur-era potshot fashion, solely sometimes throwing a punch and relying on the judges to present him rounds.
The judges had been extra impressed with Conceicao’s fixed work. He by no means stopped throwing and attacking. He had a basic Aaron Pryor fashion of nonstop punches, and the judges beloved it. Therefore, he was given the choice.
Foster has used that fashion in lots of his fights in opposition to lesser opposition, however it wasn’t efficient when he fought Abraham Nova and Conceicao. Each go-getters outworked him and uncovered the weak point of the Mayweather-esque potshot fashion.
It may be defeated, similar to the Maginot line. They discovered the flaw within the potshot fashion that Foster adopted from Mayweather was that it might overwhelmed with punches.
Foster (22-3, 12 KOs) misplaced to Conceicao (19-2-1, 9 KOs) by a 12-round cut up resolution earlier this yr on July sixth. It was a wonderful efficiency by the 2016 Olympic gold medalist Conceicao, who outworked the minimalist potshot fighter Foster, snowing him underneath with photographs.
Conceicao Outhustled Him
Foster’s behavior of throwing solely potshots got here again to hang-out him on this struggle as a result of he was overwhelmed with clean-landing and tougher photographs by the Brazilian Conceicao.
“He was out-hustled, outworked in some rounds the place he was on the market like a surgeon, selecting his spots, not seeking to waste something in any respect,” stated Teddy Atlas to Probox TV, speaking about why O’Shaquie Foster misplaced to Robson Conceicao of their earlier struggle on July sixth.
Atlas is right. Conceicao outworked Foster, and the extra skilled fighter from Brazil defeated his minimalist combating fashion. Sadly, Nothing will change within the rematch as a result of Foster’s fashion of combating is entrenched. He’s set in his methods and might’t change with out it breaking him as a fighter, probably leading to getting knocked out by fighters with busier kinds.
“I’m not going to say it was a Brinks theft job as a result of, for me, it wasn’t,” stated Atlas about Conceicao’s win final July. “Foster was a surgeon. He doesn’t waste something, however that may come again and chunk you typically.”
Nova Solved Foster’s Model
Foster’s fashion was solved by Conceicao simply because it was in his earlier struggle in opposition to Abraham ‘Tremendous’ Nova on February 16 earlier this yr. That struggle was a real theft as a result of Nova deserved the win as a result of he badly outhustled Foster within the second half, overwhelming him with punches. The gang at ringside at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York booed the outcomes, feeling that Nova ought to have received.
“The opposite man [Conceicao] knew what he was doing. His work charge was extra. Conceicao additionally landed clear, efficient punches. It was reckless to not throw extra punches,” stated Atlas about Foster.
“You hit him with a jab, however you would have hit him with one thing else. There was a variety of useless spots with nothing occurring. There’s extra you would have carried out to be a greater fighter,” stated Atlas.
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