WBC Super Featherweight World Championship<\/p>\n
November 2, 2024 \/ Verona, New York \/ Turning Stone Resort & Casino<\/p>\n
TOP RANK PRESENTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ROBSON \u201cO Brabo\u201d CONCEI\u00c7\u00c3O<\/span><\/b> (Brazil)<\/span><\/p>\n WBC Super Featherweight World Champion<\/span><\/p>\n Age: 36 \/ Date of birth: October 25, 1988<\/span><\/p>\n Residence, birthplace: Salvador, Bahia, Brazil<\/span><\/p>\n Record: 19-2-1, 1 NC, 9 KOs \/ Total rounds: 148 \/ World championship fights: 1-2-1, 0 KOs<\/span><\/p>\n Height: 5\u201910\u201d \u2013 178cm \/ Reach: 70\u201d \u2013 178cm \/ Stance: Right-handed<\/span><\/p>\n Manager: Luiz Fernando Menezes \/ Trainer: Luiz Carlos D\u00f3rea<\/span><\/p>\n O\u2019SHAQUIE \u201cIce Water\u201d FOSTER<\/strong> (USA)<\/p>\n Ranked WBC No. 1 at Super Featherweight<\/p>\n Former WBC Super Featherweight World Champion<\/p>\n Age: 31 \/ Date of birth: September 17, 1993<\/p>\n Residence: Houston, Texas \/ Birthplace: Orange, Texas<\/p>\n Record: 22-3, 12 KOs \/ Total rounds: 158 \/ World championship fights: 3-1, 1 KO<\/p>\n Height: 5\u20196\u201d \u2013 168cm \/ Reach: 71.5\u201d \u2013 181 cm \/ Stance: Right-handed<\/p>\n Manager: Keith Mills \/ Trainer: Bobby Benton<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n WBC SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Gabriel Elorde (Phil) 1963 \u2013 1967 <\/p>\n WBC SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT TOP 10 CHAMPIONS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Julio Cesar Chavez (Mexico)<\/span><\/p>\n 2. Floyd Mayweather Jr. (US)<\/span><\/p>\n 3. Alexis Arguello (Nicaragua)<\/span><\/p>\n 4. Hector Camacho (P. Rico)<\/span><\/p>\n 5. Azumah Nelson (Ghana)<\/span><\/p>\n 6. Gabriel Elorde (Phil)<\/span><\/p>\n 7. Erik Morales (Mexico)<\/span><\/p>\n 8. Marco Antonio Barrera (Mexico)<\/span><\/p>\n 9. Ricardo Arredondo (Mexico)<\/span><\/p>\n 10. James Leija (US)<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT DIVISION IN WBC HISTORY<\/strong><\/p>\n 37 world champions have been recognized by the WBC, three of whom regained the title: Yoshiaki Numata (Japan), Rafael Limon (Mexico), Azumah Nelson (Ghana)<\/p>\n 144 super featherweight world championship fights have been held in WBC history.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n MEMORABLE WBC SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n July 6, 2024\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Robson Conceicao W12 O\u2019Shaquie Foster \u2013 Newark, New Jersey<\/p>\n Feb. 16, 2024\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0O\u2019Shaquie Foster W12 Abraham Nova \u2013 New York, New York<\/p>\n Oct. 28, 2023\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0O\u2019Shaquie Foster TKO12 Eduardo Hernandez \u2013 Cancun, Quintana Roo<\/p>\n Feb. 11, 2023\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0O\u2019Shaquie Foster W12 Rey Vargas \u2013 San Antonio, Texas<\/p>\n Apr. 30, 2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Shakur Stevenson W12 Oscar Valdez \u2013 Las Vegas, Nevada<\/p>\n Sept. 10, 2021\u00a0\u00a0Oscar Valdez W12 Robson Conceicao \u2013 Tucson, Arizona<\/p>\n Feb. 20, 2021\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Oscar Valdez KO10 Miguel Berchelt \u2013 Las Vegas, Nevada<\/p>\n Nov. 2, 2019\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Miguel Berchelt KO4 Jason Sosa \u2013 Carson, California<\/p>\n Nov. 3, 2018\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Miguel Berchelt TKO9 Miguel \u201cMickey\u201d Roman \u2013 El Paso, Texas<\/p>\n Jan. 29, 2017\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Miguel Berchelt KO11 Francisco Vargas \u2013 Indio, California<\/p>\n June 4, 2016\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Francisco Vargas D12 Orlando Salido \u2013 Carson, California<\/p>\n Nov. 21, 2015\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Francisco Vargas TKO9 Takashi Miura \u2013 Las Vegas, Nevada<\/p>\n Mar. 15, 2008\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Manny Pacquiao W12 Juan Manuel Marquez \u2013 Las Vegas, Nevada<\/p>\n Mar. 17, 2007\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Juan Manuel Marquez W12 Marco Antonio Barrera \u2013 Las Vegas, Nevada<\/p>\n Nov. 27, 2004\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Marcos Antonio Barrera W12 Erik Morales \u2013 Las Vegas, Nevada<\/p>\n Oct. 3, 1998\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Floyd Mayweather Jr. TKO8 Genaro Hernandez \u2013 Las Vegas, Nevada<\/p>\n Mar. 22, 1997\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Genaro Hernandez W12 Azumah Nelson \u2013 Corpus Christi, Texas<\/p>\n Oct. 13, 1990\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Azumah Nelson W12 Juan LaPorte \u2013 Sydney, Australia<\/p>\n Sep. 13, 1984\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Julio Cesar Chavez TKO8 Mario Martinez \u2013 Los Angeles, California<\/p>\n Aug. 7, 1983\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Hector Camacho TKO5 Rafael Limon \u2013 San Juan, Puerto Rico<\/p>\n May 30, 1981\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Cornelius Boza-Edwards TKO13 Bobby Chacon \u2013 Las Vegas, Nevada<\/p>\n Jan. 28 1978\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Alexis Arguello TKO13 Alfredo Escalera \u2013 Bayamon, Puerto Rico<\/p>\n Dec. 14, 1967\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Hiroshi Kobayshi KO12 Yoshiaki Numata \u2013 Kokugjikan, Japan<\/p>\n Feb. 16, 1963\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Flash Elorde W15 Johnny Bizarro \u2013 Manila, Philippines<\/p>\n By James Blears<\/em><\/p>\n Play it again Sam, as time goes by, with Robson Conceicao who won the WBC super-featherweight Green and Gold Belt from O\u2019Shaquie Foster via a split decision, now fighting a chile-hot saucy re-match with him, at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York.<\/p>\n Last time controversy swirled, boiled up, steamed, percolated, and then simmered in the court- cauldron of opinion about this one\u2026and more to the point\u2026who won it! \u00a0No doubt about the result in the mindsets of the opposing corners and camps, but plenty of doubting Thomas pundits elsewhere. So, this time, no stone will be left unturned.<\/p>\n Promoter Bob Arum crystalized the upcoming November 2nd<\/sup> second helping anticipation, crustily saying: \u2018\u2019Conceicao and Foster are both eager to prove themselves. This rematch is about setting things straight. Both want to show who is the better man, with the winner positioning himself for a chance of a unification fight.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n Robson and O\u2019Shaquie have radically different views and opinions about what transpired first time around and the subsequent outcome. O\u2019Shaquie who on the night, took quite some time to perspire, was \u2018\u2019Ice Water\u2019\u2019 slick and assured, yet strictly economical with his punch output. Looking back, he insists: \u2018\u2019I didn\u2019t get touched. It was a shutout. I thought it was an easy fight. I want a rematch.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n Robson begs to differ. He plainly states: \u2018\u2019I do think that I won the fight. He didn\u2019t come to fight. He was running and running.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n The Judges\u2019 scores left the coffee table portrait incomplete, with jigsaw puzzle pieces missing, as their perceptions differed of how the disparate segments fitted together. The sum of the parts, didn\u2019t equal the whole. Two saw Robson winning by 116-112 and 115-113. While the other saw it as a 116-112 victory for O\u2019Shaquie. Seeing is believing\u2026 but so is interpretation of what you see with your very own eyes.<\/p>\n O\u2019Shaquie threw 435 punches landing 109. Robson threw 698 punches and landed 76. O\u2019Shaquie landed thirty- three more punches. He landed 34 percent of his power punches. Conceicao impacted 11 percent.<\/p>\n Vintage irritation viz and via the stats, emanating from veteran old timer Bob Arum, whose bile beads rose just a tad, when he was probed if not goaded on this rather sore point. Not without reason, he countered, unhesitatingly and un-contentedly contending: \u2018\u2019It\u2019s very, very important that the public knows that CompuBox is not always in the Arena. You can only get an approximation from Television. If a punch lands, what kind of effect does it have? On TV you are only seeing the fight from one angle.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018\u2019You have to be there to see it. The Judges are!\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n This time around we\u2019re going to see a very markedly different fight. In the first one, O\u2019Shaquie was firmly convinced he was coasting and breezing it, controlling the rather slow pedestrian paced action with ease. Trouble is, that by making it look effortless, it can give the wrong impression that you\u2019re simply not trying.<\/p>\n Robson who took three tries to win his Olympic Gold Medal and four attempts to become a world champion in the pro sphere, is the consummate tryer. He gets gold stars for sheer effort. Top of the class, or as Cagney in a bile fuelled Cody code finale snarled: \u2018\u2019Top of the World Ma!\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n Robson insists; \u2018\u2019On November 2nd<\/sup>, I\u2019ll step into the ring with the same determination and hunger, that\u2019s brought me here and got me this far. I respect O\u2019Shaquie Foster, but I will show him why I\u2019m the true champion.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n While Robson is determined to secure justification, O\u2019Shaquie is hell- bent on vindication. He smoulders; \u2018\u2019I can\u2019t wait for November 2nd<\/sup>. I\u2019m ready to go out there and make a statement. That bad decision woke up something in me and now all I can think about is to get back. Now the focus is to become a two-time champion.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n If O\u2019Shaquie is to achieve the phoenix phenomenon, he must plot, compass and chart his skyward flightpath ascent, by taking control and flying manually. Not relying on cruise control or still less on automatic pilot. He needs to dig deeper, delving the cavernous recesses he explored and mined from his mind, during the blazing sunset epic against fearsome Eduardo \u2018\u2019Rocky\u2019\u2019 Hernandez, pulling victory out of the red- hot embers of a molten orange globe.<\/p>\n He must be seen to be working his butt off, rather than taking the easy route at a stroll. Attaining and maintaining a boxing throne, isn\u2019t a divine, hereditary right, like the House of Windsor Buckingham Palace version, with the damning observation about Edward V111, written in a Letter from America by Alistair Cooke, who caustically and damningly observed; \u2018\u2019He was at his best, when the going was easiest.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n In the comedy film Airplane, young Joey who is allowed into the cockpit, is convinced that he recognizes co-pilot Roger Murdock, as Kareem Abdul Jabbar and needles him by declaring: \u2018\u2019I Think you\u2019re great, but my dad says you don\u2019t work hard enough and you don\u2019t really try.\u2019\u2019 To which Roger\/Kareem testily retorts:<\/p>\n \u2018\u2019The hell I don\u2019t! LISTEN KID. I\u2019ve been hearing that crap, ever since I was a UCLA. I\u2019m out there, busting my buns every night. Tell your old man to drag Walton and Lanier up and down the court for FORTY- EIGHT MINUTES!!!\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n Sheer work ethic and shoulder to the wheel effort, fuelled by elbow grease has to match the God given gift of talent, because as we\u2019re already seen the two can be perceived and judged quite differently. An intense battle of wills awaits.<\/p>\n \u2018\u2019Here\u2019s looking at you Kid!\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WBC Special Preview: Conceicao vs Foster II WBC STATISTICS WBC Super Featherweight World Championship November 2, 2024 \/ Verona, New York \/ Turning Stone Resort & [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":135026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[120,176,121],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-cbp-eng","category-main-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Foster_cocneciaco_2_Top_Ranl-1024x576.jpg\")
<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/SUPERFEATHER-BELT-OCT-2024-1024x608.jpg\")
<\/p>\n
\n2. Yoshiaki Numata (Jap) 1967
\n3. Hiroshi Kobayashi (Japan) 1967 \u2013 1968
\n4. Rene Barrientos (Phil) 1969 \u2013 1970
\n5. Yoshiaki Numata (Japan) * 1970 \u2013 1971
\n6. Ricardo Arredondo (Mex) 1971 \u2013 1974
\n7. Kuniaki Shibata (Jap) 1974 \u2013 1975
\n8. Alfredo Escalera (P. Rico) 1975 \u2013 1978
\n9. Alexis Arguello (Nic) 1978 \u2013 1980
\n10. Rafael Limon (Mex) 1980 \u2013 1981
\n11. Cornelius Boza-Edwards (Uganda) 1981
\n12. Rolando Navarrete (Phil) 1981 \u2013 1982
\n13. Rafael Limon (Mex) * 1982
\n14. Bobby Chacon (US) 1982 \u2013 1983
\n15. Hector Camacho (P. Rico) 1983
\n16. Julio Cesar Chavez (Mex) 1984 \u2013 1987
\n17. Azumah Nelson (Ghana) 1988 \u2013 1994
\n18. James Leija (US) 1994
\n19. Gabriel Ruelas (Mex) 1994 \u2013 1995
\n20. Azumah Nelson (Ghana) * 1995 \u2013 1997
\n21. Genaro Hernandez (US) 1997 \u2013 1998
\n22. Floyd Mayweather Jr. (US) 1998 \u2013 2001
\n23. Sirimongkol Singmanassuk (Thai) 2002 \u2013 2003
\n24. Jesus Chavez (Mexico) 2003 \u2013 2004
\n25. Erik Morales (Mexico) 2004
\n26. Marco Antonio Barrera (Mexico) 2004 \u2013 2007
\n27. Juan Manuel Marquez (Mexico) 2007 \u2013 2008
\n28. Manny Pacquiao (Philippines) 2008
\n29. Humberto Soto (Mexico) 2008 \u2013 2009
\n30. Humberto Mauro Gutierrez (Mex, Interim) 2009
\n31. Vitaly Tajbert (Germany) 2009 \u2013 2010
\n32. Takahiro Aoh (Japan) 2010 \u2013 2012
\n33. Gamaliel Diaz (Mexico) 2012 \u2013 2013
\n34. Takashi Miura (Japan) 2013 \u2013 2015
\n35. Francisco Vargas (Mexico) 2015 \u2013 2017
\n36. Miguel Berchelt (Mexico) 2017 \u2013 2021
\n37. Oscar Valdez (Mexico) 2021 \u2013 2022
\n38. Shakur Stevenson (US) 2022
\n39. O\u2019Shaquie Foster (US) 2023 \u2013 2024
\n40. Robson Conceicao (Brazil) 2024 \u2013
\n* Regained<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20241029__Poster_Conceicao-Foster-2_Boxing-819x12020\/024.jpg\")
<\/p>\nA Tale of Two Fights<\/strong><\/h2>\n