This Saturday night O’Shaquie Foster of Orange will defend his WBC junior lightweight title vs. Olympic gold medalist Robson Conceicao. The fight will take place in Newark, New Jersey.
The 30 year old Foster (22-2, 12 KOs) won the title last February when he defeated Rey Vargas and then successfully defended it in October with a 12th-round TKO victory over Rocky Hernandez. He made his second title defense in February with a split decision victory over Abraham Nova.
Conceicao (18-2-1, 9 KOs) is a 35 year old Brazilian who is 0-2-1 in title fights. His last fight was in April with a seventh-round TKO victory over Jose Ivan Guardado.
The fight will be on ESPN plus and the card will also feature Shakur Stevenson vs. Artem Harutyunyan for Stevenson’s WBC lightweight title, and a lightweight fight between Keyshawn Davis and Miguel Madueno.
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