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O’Shaquie Foster vs. Raymond Ford feud to be settled in WBC title clash set for May 30
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One of boxing's fiercest rivalries will now be settled inside the ring.
Late Thursday morning, it was revealed that O’Shaquie Foster puts his WBC super featherweight title at stake against former 126-pound champion Raymond Ford on Saturday, May 30, from the Fertitta Center in Houston, live and exclusively on DAZN.
The animosity between Foster and Ford heated up when they were ringside at the Emmanuel Navarrete-Sugar Nunez fight in Phoenix at the end of February. Foster and Ford were in each other's faces, sizing each other up with the latter telling the champion, 'You can't beat me'.
Foster (24-3, 12 KOs) returns to his hometown for the first title defense at 130 pounds. He regained the belt for the second time, besting Robson Conceicao by split decision in November 2024. The 32-year-old had been scheduled to defend his title in December against Stephen Fulton. But Fulton blew weight and the bout took place at 135 pounds. That didn't matter as Foster routed Fulton by decision.
Now, Fulton gets to settle the feud with Ford and cement his place as the man to beat at super featherweight.
“I’m happy and excited to fight at home for the first time as a World champion - it’s a dream come true,” Foster said in a statement. “We will be 1,000 per cent prepared, and we will dominate from round one.”
Ford (18-1-1 8 KOs) looks to gain championship gold in a new weight class. He's won three consecutive fights since losing to Nick Ball by a narrow split decision in June 2024, which many felt should have gone Ford's way.
A new weight and the chance to let Foster know who the better of the two is on May 30.
"I'm just happy he finally signed the contract,” Ford said. “When it came down to it, I was the biggest fight out there for him, and now it's time to fight, and I can't wait for it. He's a good name for my resume, and I'm taking that belt on May 30 and becoming a two-weight world champion.”
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