William Foster III: record, next fight and profile →
On Saturday night July 23rd, a spectacular eight-round main event featuring Philadelphia contender Avery Sparrow and undefeated William Foster III will headline a night of boxing at The Fillmore Philadelphia.
Caribe Royale Resort, Orlando, Florida - William Foster III passed a difficult test, earning a hard-fought split decision against Edwin De Los Santos in an eight-round super featherweight bout. Two judges scored the fight 77-74 twice for Foster, with the third judge scoring it 77-74 in favor of De Los Santos.
William Foster III withstood Edwin De Los Santos’ strong start Friday night to remain undefeated. The West Haven, Connecticut, native aggressively fought the hard-hitting Dominican prospect over the final six rounds and won a battle of unbeaten junior lightweights that opened Showtime’s three-bout “ShoBox: The New Generation” telecast from Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida. Judges Erik Larsen and Alexander Levin scored their bout 77-74 for Foster (14-0, 9 KOs), who won an eight-round split decision.
Luis Nunez, Carlos Arrieta Weights Photos Gallery - Exciting rising prospect Luis Nunez (15-0, 11 KOs) and fellow undefeated power-puncher Carlos Arrieta (14-0, 8 KOs) both made weight Thursday, a day ahead of their 10-round super featherweight main event on ShoBox: The New Generation this Friday, January 7, live on SHOWTIME at 9 p.m. ET/PT from Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Fla.
Six unbeaten fighters remained hard at work through the holidays to do their job at the scale. All participants made weight for the first ShoBox card of 2022, which airs Friday evening on Showtime from Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida. Headlining the show, Dominican Republic’s Luis ‘The Twist’ Nunez faces Puerto Rico’s Carlos Arrieta in a scheduled ten round contest that was bumped up to the junior lightweight division during fight week.
Edwin De Los Santos wasn’t interested in a soft touch for his first fight in the United States. The message was received loud and clear by his team. Sampson Lewkowicz, De Los Santos’ promoter—and one of the best in the sport at discovering world-class talent—and manager Antonio Tineo Sr. came with a fellow unbeaten junior lightweight prospect in William Foster III (13-0, 9KOs), whom De Los Santos will face as part of Showtime’s ‘ShoBox’ tripleheader this Friday from Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida.
ShoBox: The New Generation will kick off the 2022 boxing calendar with a tripleheader featuring six undefeated fighters Friday, January 7 at 10 p.m. ET/PT from Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Fla.