O’Shaquie Foster says he deserves a top-10 pound-for-pound ranking after his run of victories and has called on Shakur Stevenson to make good on his word and fight him.
Foster spoke to BoxingScene after his unanimous decision win over Raymond Ford on May 30 in Houston.
I should be top 10. I should be top 10 for sure. If you look at my last five, six fights and you look at any of these other guys that’s top 10, you can see my resume, it’s just crazy. From the different caliber fighters — Rey Vargas, undefeated, two-division champion. I beat him. Then Conceicao, Fulton and then Ray Ford. That resume is just kind of crazy to me. None of them guys fight the same. They all got different styles, different attributes. So, I definitely feel like I’m top 10. Least you can do is eight, nine or 10. Ain’t nobody doing what I’m doing.
On Stevenson, Foster said the animosity between them makes the fight inevitable and cited a verbal commitment Stevenson made.
We gotta fight. There’s no other way around it. The world wants to see it now and me and him, we got animosity, so we might as well just let it carry over and get it out of the way. Y’all heard what he said. If I give his little man Ray Ford a chance, an opportunity — and I did — now he got to hold up his word.
Foster also acknowledged the sessions the two shared in the gym gave him confidence.
A few sessions went bad for him, but it was great work. It was high level work, man. But I just believe in myself. He disrespected me. So now it’s time to show the world we got to fight.
Foster is 25-3 with 12 knockouts and holds the WBC junior-featherweight title.
