Comments Thread For: O'Shaquie Foster Outboxes Rey Vargas, Captures WBC World Title

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By Keith Idec - O'Shaquie Foster punctuated his incredible comeback Saturday night from two defeats to nondescript opponents early in his career and a four-month stint in prison. Foster defeated previously unbeaten two-division champion Rey Vargas by unanimous decision to win the WBC super
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Vargas vs. Foster will see undefeated two-division world champion Rey Vargas battle top 130-pound contender O’Shaquie Foster for the vacant WBC Super Featherweight World Championship in a showdown that headlines action live on SHOWTIME Saturday, February 11 from the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas topping a Premier Boxing Champions event.

The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast begins at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT and also features former champion and all-action San Antonio-native Mario “El Azteca” Barrios returning to the ring in a 10-round welterweight duel against Jovanie Santiago that serves as the co-main event. Kicking off the action, hard-hitting unbeaten heavyweights go toe-to-toe as Cuba’s Lenier Peró takes on Ukraine’s Viktor Faust in a 10-round attraction.

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4-fight prelim on Showtime’s YouTube channel at 5:45CT for the people who didn’t remember or didn’t know.

debut David Whitmire vs debut Keith Foreman

2-0 (2 KOs) Dainier Pero vs 2-1-2 Daniel Zavala

3-0 (1 KO) Eumir Felix Marcial vs 20-7-3 (8 KOs) Ricardo Villalba

26-5 (18 KOs) Claudio Marrerro vs 12-1 (3 KOs) Gonzalo Fuenzalida

[edpboxing]

Let’s goo Whitmire vs Foreman debuts up first @ 154 , Whitmire is only 17 years old

[edpboxing]

Whitmire is clearly more seasoned even at 17. Fight waved of after Whitmire put him down twice in the 1st.

Kid to keep an eye on.

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Pero-Zavala about to start

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Well this is bad lol

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Pero doesn't even look like he's in a spar, it's like he's play boxing with a child.

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Zavala is a tough SOB

[J.C. Superstar]

Dainier Pero is listed as being 23 years old despite looking like he is 50, though the same thing can be said with Luis Ortiz and Frank Sanchez. The Cuban boxing amateur system might be putting a lot of stress on them.