O’Shaquie Foster shares some time for an interview with Ring Magazine where he discusses his upcoming fight against Emanuel Navarrete and still having Shakur Stevenson on his hit list — despite making it clear he’s not specifically chasing a Shakur fight. Read some excerpts from Foster below with the full video interview in the link at the bottom.
Foster on what problems Navarrete could pose for him
“I don’t see none of that giving me problems. I’ve seen that style, I’ve seen the awkward punches. The rangy awkward punches, I’m rangy myself so I just
think he get away with — when he stepped up to Suarez, Suarez was a natural 130 pounder…Conceicao was another natural 130 pounder. Berinchyk was 135, and all three of these guys gave him the most problems.
“If you look at Nunez…Nunez fought at 122 or weighed in at 121 just right in 2022…So he’s a naturally small guy. I think Navarrete has done a great job of weight bullying these guys and once he steps up to people his size, we’ve seen a difference.”
On how he plans to fight Navarrete
“If you look at any of my fights, I don’t run from nobody. I control the distance, I control the fight and I put punishment to them. So come fight night we’re going to have to see. I see him saying a lot of stuff, his game plan is to go to my body early and all that stuff — hey, we just going to have to see how it turns out fight night.
“I’m not the guys he’s been weight bullying. He has not see the power or the speed that I possess and he gonna realize that, fight night.”
On who he would choose as his next big fight
“I’m tired of mentioning his name, but Shakur [Stevenson]. Everybody know that if I can fight anybody, that’s who I would put my hands on. But I need to make it known to everybody that I don’t really care, like I’m not chasing dude or none of that but he a big opp on my hit list and that ain’t going to change.”
