WBC junior lightweight champ O’Shaquie Foster (21-2, 12 KO’s) will be making his second defense on Friday night when he faces Abraham Nova inside Madison Square Garden.
The Orange native, an 8-1 favorite, stopped Eduardo Hernandez in the 12th and final round of his first title defense in October 2023.
Nova, who is ranked No.12 by the WBC, will be fighting for a major title for the first time. The 30-year-old Puerto Rican boxer, who lives in Albany, New York, is 23-1 with 16 KO’s.
Also on the ESPN card Friday, Andres Cortes vs. Bryan Chevalier, junior lightweights; Bruce Carrington vs. Bernard Torres, featherweights.
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