O’Shaquie Foster will get a second likelihood towards Robson Conceicao to regain his WBC tremendous featherweight title this Saturday evening. The battle can be on ESPN+ on the Turning Stone Resort On line casino on November 2nd.
This battle could possibly be a replay of the earlier one between them as a result of each fighters are of their 30s and have established types. Foster used his historical Dinosaur-era potshot fashion, solely often throwing a punch and relying on the judges to offer him rounds.
The judges had been extra impressed with Conceicao’s fixed work. He by no means stopped throwing and attacking. He had a traditional Aaron Pryor fashion of nonstop punches, and the judges liked it. Therefore, he was given the choice.
Foster has used that fashion in a lot of his fights towards lesser opposition, however it wasn’t efficient when he fought Abraham Nova and Conceicao. Each go-getters outworked him and uncovered the weak spot of the Mayweather-esque potshot fashion.
It may be defeated, identical to the Maginot line. They discovered the flaw within the potshot fashion that Foster adopted from Mayweather was that it could actually overwhelmed with punches.
Foster (22-3, 12 KOs) misplaced to Conceicao (19-2-1, 9 KOs) by a 12-round break up determination earlier this 12 months on July sixth. It was a superb efficiency by the 2016 Olympic gold medalist Conceicao, who outworked the minimalist potshot fighter Foster, snowing him beneath with photographs.
Conceicao Outhustled Him
Foster’s behavior of throwing solely potshots got here again to hang-out him on this battle as a result of he was overwhelmed with clean-landing and more durable photographs by the Brazilian Conceicao.
“He was out-hustled, outworked in some rounds the place he was on the market like a surgeon, choosing his spots, not seeking to waste something in any respect,” mentioned Teddy Atlas to Probox TV, speaking about why O’Shaquie Foster misplaced to Robson Conceicao of their earlier battle on July sixth.
Atlas is appropriate. Conceicao outworked Foster, and the extra skilled fighter from Brazil defeated his minimalist combating fashion. Sadly, Nothing will change within the rematch as a result of Foster’s fashion of combating is entrenched. He’s set in his methods and might’t change with out it breaking him as a fighter, possible leading to getting knocked out by fighters with busier types.
“I’m not going to say it was a Brinks theft job as a result of, for me, it wasn’t,” mentioned Atlas about Conceicao’s win final July. “Foster was a surgeon. He doesn’t waste something, however that may come again and chunk you typically.”
Nova Solved Foster’s Type
Foster’s fashion was solved by Conceicao simply because it was in his earlier battle towards Abraham ‘Tremendous’ Nova on February 16 earlier this 12 months. That battle was a real theft as a result of Nova deserved the win as a result of he badly outhustled Foster within the second half, overwhelming him with punches. The gang at ringside at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York booed the outcomes, feeling that Nova ought to have gained.
“The opposite man [Conceicao] knew what he was doing. His work price was extra. Conceicao additionally landed clear, efficient punches. It was reckless to not throw extra punches,” mentioned Atlas about Foster.
“You hit him with a jab, however you may have hit him with one thing else. There was lots of lifeless spots with nothing happening. There’s extra you may have finished to be a greater fighter,” mentioned Atlas.
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