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WBC junior lightweight champion Robson Conceição (19-2-1, 9 KOs) of Brazil is set for the rematch as he gets ready to settle unfinished business with former champion O’Shaquie Foster. Conceição makes the first defense of his WBC junior lightweight title against Foster next Saturday, November 2, at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York live on ESPN
Conceição edged out Foster via split decision this past Summer as controversy ensued. The champ looks to prove it was no fluke and put the controversy to rest.
“The criticism of the last fight was tremendously disrespectful, especially because I had already been in two big fights like this before, against Oscar Valdez and Emanuel Navarrete. There were two fights where I could have been the champion and emerged victorious.”
“Foster’s team wasn’t happy with my victory. But he should have asserted himself more in the fight as a champion. He ran and avoided the fight the entire time.”
“I showed that I deserved the win and should have come out as the champion. I was the one asserting myself the entire time. I was the one landing a lot of punches. So, today, I’m a world champion because I earned it and fought for it.”
“This is the way that I think. If you’re the champion, you have to show why you’re the champion. You have to assert yourself and try to knock your opponent out. You’re not supposed to run the entire time. You’re not supposed to throw single shots.”
“Now, he has another opportunity. But I’m the champion now. I will show why I’m the champion. I will assert myself and go for the knockout. I’m coming to hit him hard and often.”
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