Former WBC super featherweight champion O’Shaquie Foster outlanded Robson Conceição 109-76 and vehemently disagreed with the split decision verdict that cost him his title on Saturday night in Newark, New Jersey.
“I don’t know, man. I thought it was easy,” Foster said. “I thought it was an easy fight. I didn’t get touched except with a headbutt. I don’t know, man. I’ll be back. But I want the rematch. They stole this from me. They stole this fight from me. I just wanted to show the world I could bang it out, and if I want to, I don’t have to get touched. I guess it wasn’t good enough for the judges.”
Terrible decision. Foster won 11-1 and that was being nice.
– I re-watched and scored this fight that I saw live just to make sure I saw what I thought I saw on Saturday night.
– I only gave one round to Robson, and that was the 4th.
– Otherwise, Foster dominated……
– Saw Foster sticking the jab in Robson’s face all night long, landing right hands, and blocking everything that was thrown at him.
– Robson’s aggression was ineffective.
– Easy fight to score, if you took the time to score it………….
Gary G, watching a fight again probably would not produce anything different because our own inherent bias would take over. It’s not real time. Anyways, just a thought. Time for road work at least four miles today. Good day.
– Agree w/you regarding the inherent bias.
– Point I wanted to make was that I actually scored the fight instead of just “thinking” that someone won.
– Also, I believe that the crowd started booing because they saw the same thing, round after round, for 12 straight rounds.
– Take care.
– Gary G.
I hear ya. Sometimes fights like this just bug because of the controversy, but the good thing is both guys made it out of the fight and to my knowledge are still healthy. Good thing they don’t fight till the death. Their will be a rematch, I am willing to bet foster learned his lesson and takes the fight to conceicao and wins.
My view on foster is that he does just enough to win a round, and I think the judges preferred the guy actually going for it in this one.
Yeah the problem with that is that the other guy did not nearly do enough to win a round… not even close for most rounds… maybe you give him the close rounds but he still loses…
Robson won. Plain and simple.
Robson better stay away from Valdez and Navarrete because he will lose badly to them. Enjoy your “gift” Robson and provide a rematch to Foster.
As for Foster, I wonder if he will wake up mañana and say to himself: Should I have displayed a little more offense??
I remain shocked.
Robson already beat the shit out of Valdez in case you didn’t know….he lost the worst decision of the year however look at the beating Valdez took while Robson looked untouched. Valdez knows he lost that fight
Robson also handled Navarrette well in their fight that ended in a draw. Many, including myself, thought Conceicao won.
Trust me when I say that it’s not many lol … your opinion is yours but I would say 95% thought Foster won… just being serious
I wasn’t talking about the Foster fight. I was talking about the Navarrette Conceicao fight.
Styles often make fights. Don’t forget Robson and navarrete drew last time.
E-Man, you need to lay off those E-Cigarettes. Robson won last night. Foster lost. Now go home and get your shine box.
He lost very clearly if you look at it objectively. Effective aggression won that fight. Some of you must have been duped by the top rank announcers. Compu box is garbage. He should wake up and ask himself where was my right hand all night. It sure wasn’t in the face of conceicao. Not saying conceicao looked like a world beater tonight either. My bro in law turned the channel to ESPN’s Spanish telecast and they had the fight close with one round left. I have no qualms with this decision, but am dreading seeing a rematch.
Killa King….I will say this…while I believe Foster won… Foster left the door open for decisions like this….Foster’s inactivity was clear…you could see that Foster could have easily counter effectively and chose not to….you could also see that Robson just by being aggressive and constantly jabbing to the body may have won the early rounds…Foster was holding back.not letting his hands go..not a good look….
– Agree w/Sean.
– Foster could have and should have worked more to make the rounds wider and secure that decision.
Yeah, Sean going have to disagree, but you knew that. When you don’t punch you don’t win. Foster put on a clinic on how to shoulder roll at one point I was like dang, he got some defense! When you add the fact that he rarely has threw his right hand almost as if he had hurt it, nah. When the scores were read, I knew conceicao was going to win. Foster should be mad at himself and his trainers for not telling him to push the action. I do agree it was his fight to lose because he clearly has more skills. Conceicao is a professional fighter, but his skills are better suited for amateur scoring. My opinion he will not be champion very long, but it was good to see he reached his goal because he is deserving of the recognition. Its feels good talking about boxing!
Conceicao threw more punches but landed only 11%, Foster landed 73 more punches at 31%, Mayweather did that for years letting the guy do all the work making him miss then counter, so is Mayweather 50-0 or was it bad judging on Foster’s part.
I would love to bet you on the rematch if you think like that
Well, we could, but I guess it would have to be a virtual handshake. In the rematch, foster wins.
Boxing is done I think
That decision is one I would have expected from a Texas boxing commission. I thought NJ still had pro’s. Shakur is looking vulnerable , might finally get those big fights.
Foster can’t just clam up, counterpunch, and think the judges are going to do him a favor. See what Happens when you cruise? This fight was far from a robbery.
Agree completely. I’ve never heard announcers so enamored of a fighters shoulder roll to block punches. So what, so hes got decent defense, how about some effective aggression? The only people robbed here were the fans.
– Had another outstanding night at the fights.
– Found a local bar in Newark and had some Yuenglings and wings before the card.
– Prudential Center was a nice facility.
– Place was packed.
– Crowd was bored at times but well-behaved.
– We applauded the end of the Foster/Conceição match but were surprised at the outcome.
– Crowd booed Shakur in the 2nd round.
– At least Stevenson thru some punches in this fight compared to his last outing against De Los Santos.
– On the 12:30am train and home by 3am.
– Will watch the recorded fights to see what I missed.
Good stuff Gary..you are becoming this site’s unofficial ringside reporter… hopefully you go to more fights or just venues with fight fans….in the South..we need to attract more fights….
i am surprised top rank/ espn didnt “take” shakurs belt too since he is leaving . maybe they still think he can stay with top rank. it was bad night for boxing and foster on espn .
Nate Diaz wins a 10 round decision over Masvidal.
Curmel Moton wins by 2nd round TKO. Duh!
Fightnews did not put that info out there as of yet
so I feel compelled to do it. I told y’all Cabrera had
no artillery to keep Zepeda away. No, I didn’t watch it, but I could sense it. I knew Sean Garcia was in way over his head. Had a feeling in my gut Vargas
would win. Zepeda-Shakur next?
fans leaving early before decision announced what was that all about ? did shakur lose fans tonight
– I left in the 10th round to take the 12:30pm train home.
– It was easy to see that Shakur was cruising to a 12 round unanimous decision.
– He had a big following and the crowd was motivated to see him.
– Not so much as the fight progressed and he was booed several times as we did not want to see another boring fight like the co main event.
– I read Shakur’s lips as he was walking back to his corner; “I’m going to knock him out”.
– You kind of know what to expect with Stevenson; hit and not get hit. Not the most entertaining style, but you have to appreciate his talent………
And we wonder why the sport of boxing is the sad state of affairs that it is.
This happens all the f$%ckin’ time and nobody is doing anything about it!!!!!!
Judges like this in boxing is what turns people off to the fight game. A guy boxes another fellow’s ears off every round and everyone knows and sees it but these morons who don’t need discipline they need to be fired and the decision reversed
That was one of the biggest robot have seen in many years…those judges need removed or retrained… the fix was in for sure!
Boxings done! … guess week watch something else… sick!
This is not 1930… things 2024!… let’s fix this people!
Guessthe judges don’t take kindly to safety first boxers, should be a lesson for Shakur.
The only robbery here was the entertainment value Foster stole from the fans who paid money and took their time to watch him perform. What’s really bad is that he had the tools to make Conceicao pay when he made him miss but chose not to use them. Was he scared? He certainly “fought” that way. And that’s why he lost. Defense alone doesn’t win fights. It takes defense combined with offense. This was no robbery. Conceicao made the fight and wasn’t made to pay. He clearly won 7 rounds and certainly 8 is not out of the question.
If you choose to fight in flashes that are just enough to steal a round so that you don’t have to take any chances, you take the chance of losing. This was in no way a robbery, Conceiecao was way busier and landed many punches, body and through the gloves and off the gloves, the commentating really throws you off.
No he did not. The Brazilian threw a ton of pity pay punches at foster and landed none of them. I watched that fight with the sound off and was marveling at how outclassed the Brazilian was getting. But I guess to armchair fans like you because foster didn’t knock him out he didn’t win.
Move over Pernell. Your draw? with Chavez, just got passed as the worst decision
in pro boxing.
I had 116-112 Foster–but not a robbery–Foster all defense, with pity pat punches, cause close rounds versus an aggressive fighter —Foster needs work
The Brazilian won
Glad to meet a man with a live brain.
Thank you, Tilín
I had already heard about this fight when I finally saw it on ESPN +. Foster won the first 3 rounds. Problem was that Robson was throwing so many more punches, and the judges sometimes think that they see a punch land when it does not. The ESPN announcers made a good point during the fight that Foster did not make Robson pay for those misses. Kriegel or what ever his name is having it 11-1 was way off. I will also have to check that punch stat numbers for each round. My feeling is you might land 3 more punches than your opponent, but if he is throwing more, that might make a difference in what the judges see.
Remember people each round is scored separately. You may land 30 punches in one round, but the rest of the rounds you land way less. At the end of the night, you may have landed more punches, but lost because you didn’t keep that same output round after round. Compu box is deceiving. That’s why we have unanimous decisions, split, and draws.
The Brazilian won
But if you think foster won because ESPN scorecards then that’s why you are confused
When I saw the tv scorecards I was saying …”””this guy is drunk”””
Then when concenciao won then I said…”””I was right”””
I know I am going to get a lot of flack over this, but I thought Conceição won the fight. Robson was much more active, while Foster pretended to be a poor man’s Floyd Mayweather Jr. People, do not listen to Tim Bradley. Just watch the fight, and you will see what I mean. 7 rounds to 5 favoring Robson Conceição. Maybe 8 rounds to 4. I am sorry, Foster. Dude, you did not win that fight last night.
You shouldn’t, but if you look at that objectively, you see why foster lost. If he had kept the same output like he did in the first three rounds, he would have won. Conceicao turned it up in the fourth, but again not saying he is a world beater, but he took the fight to him. It was almost too easy to make that call especially if you don’t listen to the top rank biased announcers.
Yea…Tim Bradley is the WORST !!
As soon as I saw the number of title fights this set of judges( 1,9 and 25) had judged, I knew that this kind of garbage decision was possible. Btw, the judge that had the decision in Fosters favor was the judge with 25 title fights. This has been happening way too much lately and it will continue to happen until you get judges that have fight experience instead of these “off the street” amateur judges.
Looking at the punch stat numbers per round, Foster outlanded his opponent in 10 of the 12. The problem though was that five of the other rounds, it was not by more than 3. Foster does have the right to feel that he won every round. And the 8 rounds that one of the judges gave Robson was off. But the amount of punches taht Robson threw is I feel the reason he won the fight. Judges can’t see all the punches that do land. Sometimes they may feel that a punch did land when it did not.
One of the problems with boxing fans is look at the computer numbers
Just watch the fight
Robson had the initiative and the attack to win the fight
Foster did land more punches, Conceicao landed only 11% of his punches, name of the game is land more get hit less, mayweather’s opponets never landed over 17% of their punches and threw a ton more shots, so he should’nt be 50-0 ?
Top Rank should be ashamed of themselves. Top Rank allowed the so-called professional fight judges steal the win from O Shaquie Foster. This is why fight fans are frustrated with professional boxing. Not with the fighters, but with the crooked professional boxing administration. Their crooks!!!
Sorry but you ran like a bitch the whole fight. I had it 114 -115 Conceição
– No, he didn’t run.
– Foster stood right in front of Robson and was never touched.
That is true. Foster did not run, at all.
effective aggression is not just throwing alot of punches. Foster had a consistent stiff jab and was not really touched by (effective punches). I agree that he could have been more offensive but hit and don’t get hit is real boxing.
I am happy to say I didn’t watch this card. Foster and Stevenson are two guys I have zero interest in watching. I am chiming in on this conversation to remind people that “effective aggression” doesn’t mean that you are landing the punches and doing damage. Effective aggression means you are moving your opponent backwards and holding your position in the ring. Very few fighters can give away aggression and still win fights.
Holt Horror, very well said.
regardless, I feel if a man loses the title by a split decision, he should be eligible for a rematch. If a fight ends in a draw, there also shoud be an immediate rematch.
Every body know that Foster was the winner of that fight. Hoping he can get a rematch soon. The main thing Foster and his people Handel this situation with nothing but class. This was a great move. I think you made a great statement with this move and I think in the long run I think you picked up a lot new fans. One last word stay true to your self and the craft and bring your title back home. Wishing the best for you, your family and all that dear to you.
Joe T acts like he is mesmerized by the A side fighters and is a paid cheerleader for them. Not objective broadcasting.
Judges should be given a 1 year suspension, fined and forced to take 1st grade math test. Dolts….
Maybe throw punches next time & not rely on Judges to bail you out of a close decision, ESPN commentators lacked objectivity & I thought they were watching another fight !!!