
WBC orders Robson Conceicao-O’Shaquie Foster rematch
The WBC has ordered a rematch between junior lightweight titleholder Robson Conceicao and the dethroned O’Shaquie Foster after their controversially scored July 6 bout.
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The WBC has ordered a rematch between junior lightweight titleholder Robson Conceicao and the dethroned O’Shaquie Foster after their controversially scored July 6 bout.

The WBC have officially ordered a rematch between Robson Conceicao and O’Shaquie Foster for the junior lightweight title after the controversial decision earlier this month

Coach Bobby Benton is still grappling with the aftermath of a controversial split decision that stripped his fighter O’Shaquie Foster of his junior lightweight WBC title.

On Monday’s episode of ProBox TV’s “Deep Waters,” analyst Timothy Bradley Jr. described his frustration over the controversial scoring and decision in junior lightweight O’Shaquie Foster’s title loss to Robson Conceicao on Saturday in Newark, New Jersey.

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Keith Mills is still trying to process the details of O'Shaquie Foster's fight Saturday in Newark, New Jersey, and the controversial outcome that saw his fighter lose his junior lightweight title to Robson Conceicao via a split decision.

Amid the widespread outrage over Brazil’s Robson Conceicao receiving a WBC super-featherweight title split-decision victory over O’Shaquie Foster Saturday night in New Jersey, fight promoter Bob Arum said the heated reactions were stirred up unnecessarily by ESPN’s over-reliance on CompuBox punch stats.

A despondent O’Shaquie Foster was left heartbroken by the judges after his WBC super featherweight title was taken away from him at Newark’s Prudential Center.

Robson Conceicao was busier but landed in single digits in 10 of 12 rounds against O'Shaquie Foster, who landed 34 percent of his power punches (against Conceicao's 11 percent total connect rate). One judge scored the fight 116-112 for Foster, while two judges scored the fight 116-112 and 115-113 for Conceicao.

A decision rendered Saturday at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, was as bad as they come, with Robson Conceicao winning a 130-pound title despite being outlanded and seemingly outclassed by O'Shaquie Foster.