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 quick of their first battle, shedding a 12-round cut up resolution on July thirteenth, and tonight, he will get a second likelihood.
Tonight’s undercard outcomes:
– 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 harm 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 harm Coulter, 42, with a proper hand in spherical two after which acquired 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 palms with out worrying about something being thrown again at him. It was one-way site 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 regarded first rate tonight however didn’t present a lot energy, and it’s tough to think about him getting past the bottom-tier stage with out High Rank maneuvering him right into a world title. It’s going to take lots of strategic assist from High Rank to show Feliz right into a champion as a result of they didn’t present the sort of energy or abilities 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 battle. 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) desires 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 battle like a champion, selecting to run across the ring all evening, 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 shall be stay on ESPN and ESPN+ at 10:00 p.m. ET.
