O’Shaquie Foster: record, next fight and profile →
O’Shaquie Foster hoped for a title unification bout and to test the free agent market ahead of his next fight. The newly crowned WBC junior lightweight titlist is instead restricted to a mandatory title defense is now at the mercy of the highest bidder.
Monterrey, Mexico - Eduardo Hernandez (34-1 31 KOs) has called for WBC king O’Shaquie Foster to meet him next as he blasted Hector Garcia (20-8-4 13 KOs) away inside three rounds with another devastating display of power.
Joe Cordina is set for a third straight home game. The unbeaten, two-time IBF junior lightweight titlist is on the hunt for a challenger but is armed with a fight date and location. Promoter Eddie Hearn confirmed that Cordina will headline a September 30 DAZN show in Cardiff, Wales, where he has appeared in each of his past two outings.
Joe Cordina’s moment in the sun was incredibly transient. Following a jaw-dropping second-round stoppage win over Kenichi Ogawa in 2022, Cordina proudly draped the IBF super featherweight title over his shoulders.
The underdog didn’t even let it get close. Using deft upper body movement, quick feet, and offensive timing, O’Shaquie Foster ended the undefeated run of veteran Rey Vargas, preventing Vargas from winning a belt in his third weight class and sending Vargas back to featherweight.
By Corey Erdman - When you come from Orange, Texas, you learn how to bounce back from even the worst disasters. The town that O’Shaquie Foster calls home has suffered its fair share of misfortune. During both World War I and II, thanks to its deep water port into the Gulf of Mexico, Orange became a hub for ship construction, nearly doubling its
With the words “ice water” and “shock the world” etched on his trunks, O’Shaquie Foster produced the fight of his life, coolly and methodically out-boxing two-division world champion Rey Vargas to capture the vacant WBC super featherweight world championship in his first title shot live on Showtime Saturday, February 11 from the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
O’Shaquie Foster is as aware of what’s in his future as he was in the ring to win his first major title. Back-to-back mandatory title defenses await the 29-year-old Orange, Texas native following his twelve-round, unanimous decision victory over two-division titlist Rey Vargas. Judges Alejandro Rochin (119-109), Tim Cheatham (117-111) and David Sutherland (116-112) all scored for Foster, who claimed the vacant WBC junior lightweight title Saturday evening at Alamodome in San Antonio.
Foster, Vargas Fight Photos Gallery - San Antonio, Texas - In a battle for the vacant WBC super featherweight title, O'Shaquie Foster (20-2, 11 KOs) captured gold with a twelve round unanimous decision over previously unbeaten former two division beltholder Rey Vargas (36-1, 22 KOs). (photos by Amanda Westcott) The scores were 116-112, 117-111 and 119-109.
Rey Vargas landed in double digits in 5 of the 12 rounds. O’Shaquie Foster reached double digit lands in 9 of the 12 rounds. Foster threw 101 more punches than Vargas and landed 43 more punches (22 more jabs and 21 more power punches). In the championship rounds, Foster out-landed Vargas 32-10.