O’Shaquie Foster (23-3, 12 KOs) edged WBC tremendous featherweight champion Robson Conceicao (19-3-1, 9 KOs), profitable a 12-round cut up resolution of their carefully fought rematch on Saturday night time on the Turning Stone Resort On line casino in Verona, New York.
It was a battle during which each guys confirmed wonderful expertise however not a lot energy. Foster landed the pinpoint photographs early on, getting the higher of the slower Conceicao. Within the second half, Foster light badly and was outworked by the champion Conceicao.
The scores have been 115-113, 115-113 for Foster, and 115-113 for Conceicao. A draw would have been truthful as a result of Foster didn’t do sufficient to win and neither did Conceicao.
Foster’s Followers Quiet After Victory
The smiling Foster was getting bullied by Conceicao in rounds seven by way of twelve, however he couldn’t land something exhausting sufficient to stop the Brazilian from having his means.
Regardless of pro-Foster followers complaining of a theft within the earlier battle, tonight they have been unusually quiet and never celebratory over his win. That was actually telling. They knew this wasn’t a transparent win for Foster, and he had not appeared good.
Even in the event you have been one in every of Foster’s followers, you couldn’t be pleased with what you noticed from him tonight. Conceicao outworked, outpunched, and outskilled him.
