O’Shaquie Foster: Shakur Stevenson Knows The Walls Are Closing In

The WBC super featherweight champion believes fans will keep pushing for a fight after their post-fight confrontation

O’Shaquie Foster believes pressure is building on Shakur Stevenson following their post-fight exchange after Foster’s victory over Ray Ford. The WBC super featherweight champion says fan demand for the matchup is growing and expects calls for the fight to become louder in the coming months.

“Oh, man. I was just ready. I was ready for whatever. I knew he was going to be salty, mad,” said Foster to Ring Magazine about Shakur.

“I beat his son, son. And he did all that trying to help him. Him and his people, they did all that trying to help him to beat me. And, you know, I just showed them where my greatness at.

“And I think all them emotions, he got it with the woo. I think it’s cuz he’s scared now. I think he know that the walls is closing in and that the fans and the world is going to be asking for that fight now. And now he gonna have to show the world. They gonna find out the real him.”

Foster later said he would have no issue facing Stevenson at either 135 or 140 pounds and dismissed the idea that special weight restrictions would be needed for the fight.

“Yeah. No, I mean we could do it 140, 135. It don’t matter. And, like I said, I don’t need no rehydration clause or none of that. We real men and we make weight and we fight at wherever we come in at,” said O’Shaquie.

Foster is coming off one of the biggest victories of his career after defeating Ford, while Stevenson remains one of boxing’s highest-profile champions. Although no fight has been announced, discussion around a potential matchup intensified after their post-fight confrontation, and Foster’s latest comments are likely to add further fuel to the speculation.