O’Shaquie Foster showed on Saturday that, for some fighters, there’s no greater motivation than walking into the ring feeling slighted and with a clear point to prove. With an active southpaw jab, a shoulder-roll, Philly Shell–style defense, and an output that left Stephen Fulton in the dust, Foster dominated their all-American battle in the co-main event of a Premier Boxing Champions on Prime Video show.
It was a long time coming for Foster to finally get his hands on his rival, and it’s not because Fulton was too slick for the champ.
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They were originally due to fight on the undercard of the now-cancelled Sebastian Fundora vs. Keith Thurman card earlier in 2025, a show that collapsed when the main event fell apart.
With that card scrapped, the fight was pushed and ultimately re-booked as Saturday’s co-feature at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, TX.
Across both promotions — and even in the behind-the-scenes fighter meetings Uncrowned heard of from a source in the room — one thing was clear: this rivalry had needle, and it felt destined to spill blood.
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Fulton self-sabotaged his chances to become a three-weight world champion before the bell had even been rung, though, as he missed weight by two pounds, and was thus denied the opportunity to fight for their belt.
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Foster, meanwhile, spent months telling fans and media of the disrespect he’d received, arguing that more attention had been paid to Fulton — as if he were the A-side — despite himself entering as the defending champion.
And so, on Saturday, Foster shocked Fulton with an early, commanding lead. He boxed comfortably at the weight, and relied on a consistent and active southpaw jab.
Through a combination of his confident stance, Philly guard, and defensive footwork that ensured he was always seemingly able to evade Foston’s better work, Fulton ensured, even by the midway point, that his rival had barely landed even a single power punch of note.
Foster’s corner encouraged him to put more punches together before sending him out for the eighth, and he threw a 1-2-3 to catch Fulton off-guard, before countering him, and landing a powerful left hand.
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By the eighth, Foster had thrown roughly 50% more punches, was twice as accurate, and had landed more than triple Fulton’s total — a statistical trend that reflected the visual dominance in the ring.
Foster only seemed to get better later in the fight as a left hand in the ninth buckled Fulton’s legs.
By the championship rounds, it was Foster whose face was still relatively clean. And yet it was the punches he landed that showed Fulton wearing clear damage, particularly around the forehead and the eyes. He bled from the nose, too, and spat blood at the ropes.
If ever there was a statement-making performance, it was this.
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Foster deserved the unanimous decision with judges rewarding his work with scores of 117-111, 118-110, and 119-109.
The victory advanced the Texan’s pro record to 24-3 (12 KOs), and with the WBC interim title at 135 pounds now in tow, he becomes the mandatory challenger to Shakur Stevenson — but only if Stevenson returns to lightweight following his upcoming WBO super lightweight title fight against Teofimo Lopez next month.
Fulton may have been the one who talked like the A-side, but it was Foster who fought like the only side. And now he stands months removed from the biggest bout of his life.
