2/11 PBC on SHO: Rey Vargas vs O'Shaquie Foster (vacant WBC Super Featherweight Title)

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The currently available WBC junior lightweight title won’t remain vacant for long.

BoxingScene.com has learned that the teams representing Rey Vargas and O’Shaquie Foster have reached a deal for their ordered vacant title fight, thus avoiding a purse bid hearing. The two sides were given 30 days to negotiate terms for their matchup, managing to find common ground well before the November 8 deadline.

Neither a date nor location was firmly established as this goes to publish. BoxingScene.com has learned, however, that the fight is expected to take place in the first quarter of 2023 on a Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) event.


Mexico’s Vargas fights under the PBC banner. Houston’s Foster is with Probellum, co-founded by Richard Schaefer who has always enjoyed a strong relationship with PBC creator Al Haymon.

The WBC and WBO belts became available when Shakur Stevenson (19-0, 9KOs) was stripped after failing to make weight ahead of a September 23 unanimous decision win over Robson Conceicao.

Vargas (36-0, 22KOs)—an unbeaten two-division and reigning WBC featherweight titlist—submitted a request which was unanimously approved by The WBC Board of Governors to challenge for the vacant WBC junior lightweight title. It meant having to enter talks with Foster (19-2, 11KOs), who has resurrected his career and is presently among the top 130-pound contenders in the world.

The development came in lieu of a rumored WBC/WBA featherweight title unification bout with four-division and reigning WBA ‘Super’ 126-pound titlist Leo Santa Cruz that was eyed for this fall. The bout was presented to the WBA as a done deal, as means for Santa Cruz and WBA ‘World’ featherweight titleholder Leigh Wood to avoid a title consolidation clash.

Those plans backfired when Wood suffered an injury which canceled his planned fight with Mauricio ‘Bronco’ Lara, while Santa Cruz-Vargas never made its way to the schedule.


With the fallout, Vargas moved on to unexpected plans of becoming a three-division titlist. The 31-year-old from Otumba, Mexico previously held the WBC junior featherweight title from February 2017 through August 2020, when he was downgraded to Champion in Recess after a broken leg kept him out of the ring for all of 2020.

Vargas officially moved up to featherweight beginning with a ten-round win over countryman Leonardo Baez last November 5 in Las Vegas, then going on to outpoint unbeaten Mark Magsayo to win the WBC featherweight title in his most recent fight on July 9 in San Antonio.

Foster (19-2, 11KOs) is currently riding a nine-fight win streak dating back to 2017. The 29-year-old Houston native has advanced to the number-one position in the WBC junior lightweight rankings following a knockout win over Miguel Roman in November 2019 and a lopsided points victory over then-unbeaten Muhammadkhuja Yaqubov on March 18 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

The winner of the forthcoming title fight will be required to make two mandatory title defenses per WBC by-laws covering vacant title fights.

The status of Vargas' WBC featherweight title is expected to be addressed during the sanctioning body's upcoming annual convention from November 6-11 in Acapulco, Mexico.

 

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Vargas vs Foster: Mario Barrios vs Jovanie Santiago, Lenier Pero vs Viktor Faust set for undercard​

Showtime’s Feb. 11 tripleheader is now officially set.
By Scott Christ@scblh1 Jan 23, 2023, 3:40pm EST
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Mario Barrios and Jovanie Santiago will meet on February 11 Jayne Kamin-Oncea and Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images

Rey Vargas vs O’Shaquie Foster now has an official two-fight undercard for their Feb. 11 Showtime main event.
Mario Barrios will face Jovanie Santiago in a 10-round welterweight bout, and there’s a really interesting heavyweight clash between Lenier Pero and Viktor Faust that will open the show, also set for 10 rounds.
The 27-year-old Barrios (26-2, 17 KO) is a former secondary titleholder at 140 lbs, but is coming off of two straight losses at high level to Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Keith Thurman. The loss to Davis was at 140, an 11th round stoppage, and Thurman beat Barrios at 147 by wide decision.
Santiago (14-2, 10 KO) has also lost two straight, dropping a decision at welterweight to Adrien Broner in early 2021, and then getting stopped after six rounds by Gary Antuanne Russell at 140, three months later. He had an argument for the cards against Broner in a dreadful fight, but Russell dominated him.
It’s very much must-win for both guys in terms of either of them wanting to do more than be listed as “an opponent,” at least short-term.

Pero (8-0, 5 KO) is a 30-year-old Cuban southpaw, a decorated amateur who fought at the 2016 Olympics, where he was stopped by Filip Hrgovic in the super heavyweight quarterfinals. He turned pro in mid-2019 and has beaten up on way over-matched opposition thus far.
Faust (11-0, 7 KO) was also a strange amateur, competing for Ukraine, and is also 30. He’s had somewhat better tests as a pro than Pero, but both guys are semi-mysterious coming into this one, and it’s a cool proving ground sort of matchup. The winner will be seen as a contender on the rise.
The Vargas vs Foster main event is a 12-round bout for the vacant WBC junior lightweight title.

 

[Electric Ladyland]

looks like Vargas left Nacho Beristain

i still think he needs a tighter defense

 

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looks like Vargas left Nacho Beristain

i still think he needs a tighter defense

shyt i think he needs a more dynamic offense

 

[Electric Ladyland]

shyt i think he needs a more dynamic offense

im putting some money on Foster

Vargas too shaky for me

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

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The currently available WBC junior lightweight title won’t remain vacant for long.

BoxingScene.com has learned that the teams representing Rey Vargas and O’Shaquie Foster have reached a deal for their ordered vacant title fight, thus avoiding a purse bid hearing. The two sides were given 30 days to negotiate terms for their matchup, managing to find common ground well before the November 8 deadline.

Neither a date nor location was firmly established as this goes to publish. BoxingScene.com has learned, however, that the fight is expected to take place in the first quarter of 2023 on a Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) event.


Mexico’s Vargas fights under the PBC banner. Houston’s Foster is with Probellum, co-founded by Richard Schaefer who has always enjoyed a strong relationship with PBC creator Al Haymon.

The WBC and WBO belts became available when Shakur Stevenson (19-0, 9KOs) was stripped after failing to make weight ahead of a September 23 unanimous decision win over Robson Conceicao.

Vargas (36-0, 22KOs)—an unbeaten two-division and reigning WBC featherweight titlist—submitted a request which was unanimously approved by The WBC Board of Governors to challenge for the vacant WBC junior lightweight title. It meant having to enter talks with Foster (19-2, 11KOs), who has resurrected his career and is presently among the top 130-pound contenders in the world.

The development came in lieu of a rumored WBC/WBA featherweight title unification bout with four-division and reigning WBA ‘Super’ 126-pound titlist Leo Santa Cruz that was eyed for this fall. The bout was presented to the WBA as a done deal, as means for Santa Cruz and WBA ‘World’ featherweight titleholder Leigh Wood to avoid a title consolidation clash.

Those plans backfired when Wood suffered an injury which canceled his planned fight with Mauricio ‘Bronco’ Lara, while Santa Cruz-Vargas never made its way to the schedule.


With the fallout, Vargas moved on to unexpected plans of becoming a three-division titlist. The 31-year-old from Otumba, Mexico previously held the WBC junior featherweight title from February 2017 through August 2020, when he was downgraded to Champion in Recess after a broken leg kept him out of the ring for all of 2020.

Vargas officially moved up to featherweight beginning with a ten-round win over countryman Leonardo Baez last November 5 in Las Vegas, then going on to outpoint unbeaten Mark Magsayo to win the WBC featherweight title in his most recent fight on July 9 in San Antonio.

Foster (19-2, 11KOs) is currently riding a nine-fight win streak dating back to 2017. The 29-year-old Houston native has advanced to the number-one position in the WBC junior lightweight rankings following a knockout win over Miguel Roman in November 2019 and a lopsided points victory over then-unbeaten Muhammadkhuja Yaqubov on March 18 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

The winner of the forthcoming title fight will be required to make two mandatory title defenses per WBC by-laws covering vacant title fights.

The status of Vargas' WBC featherweight title is expected to be addressed during the sanctioning body's upcoming annual convention from November 6-11 in Acapulco, Mexico.

Picture looking like Ozone & Turbo on Meth!

 

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barrios vs santiago is a good scrap to see where both men are at..however if barrios loses, some ppl will have to be tagged unfortunately

pero vs faust will be a heavyweight shootout...faust is chinny as fukk

 

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The heavyweight fight on this card is just wow thank you

 

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Vargas-Foster: Showtime To Stream Four Fight Countdown Show​

BY RANDOM HITS
Published Wed Feb 08, 2023, 01:13 PM EST
A lineup of talented fighters, including a former titleholder, Olympic bronze medalist, Pan American gold medalist and a highly touted prospect in his pro debut, will highlight a four-bout streaming presentation on the Showtime Sports YouTube channel and Showtime Boxing Facebook page this Saturday, February 11 in a Premier Boxing Champions event from the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
The Showtime Boxing Countdown show, which will be hosted by Luke Thomas, one-half of the award-winning MORNING KOMBAT live digital talk show, starts at 6:45 p.m. ET/3:45 p.m. PT and is topped by former titleholder Claudio Marrero battling Las Vegas’ Gonzalo Fuenzalida in an eight-round lightweight bout. Unbeaten Filipino Olympic bronze medalist Eumir Marcial will take on veteran Ricardo Villalba in an eight-round middleweight scrap.
Additionally, the heavy-handed heavyweight Dainier Peró, younger brother of unbeaten Lenier Peró, will clash with Daniel Zavala over four rounds, while blue-chip prospect David Whitmire makes his pro debut against Texan Keith Foreman in a four-round super welterweight duel.
The live streaming fights will precede the Showtime Championship Boxing telecast at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT headlined by two-division world champion Rey Vargas battling top contender O’Shaquie Foster for the vacant WBC super featherweight world championship.
Tickets for the live event, which is promoted by TGB Promotions, are on sale now and are available through Ticketmaster.com.
A native of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Marrero (26-5, 18 KOs) enters the fight having won back-to-back contests, including most recently earning a decision victory over the then-unbeaten Viktor Slavinskyi in February 2022. The 33-year-old owns impressive first-round knockouts of previously unbeaten contenders Carlos Zambrano and Jorge Lara and also a stoppage of former champion Rico Ramos in three rounds. His win over Zambrano earned him the Interim WBA Featherweight Title. He will be opposed by the 26-year-old Fuenzalida (12-1, 3 KOs) who is originally from Chile but now fights out of Las Vegas. Fuenzalida has won seven-straight bouts heading into Saturday night, including a successful U.S. debut in September of last year that saw him defeat Joseph Francisco.
Marcial (3-0, 1 KO) won a bronze medal at the 2020 Olympics representing his native Philippines and has had all three of his pro fights take place stateside. The 27-year-old showed his power in an April clash against Isiah Hart, rising off the canvas to stop his opponent in round four. Most recently, Marcial went six rounds for the first time as a pro, earning a unanimous decision over Steven Pichardo last October. He duels Argentina’s Villalba (20-7-1, 8 KOs), who dropped his U.S. debut in December via decision against the unbeaten prospect Micky Scala.
The younger brother of fellow Cuban standout Lenier, Pero (2-0, 2 KOs) now resides in Miami, Fla., and turned pro in December 2022 with a first-round KO of Deane Williams. The 23-year-old followed that up with another first-round stoppage, as he blasted out Benjerman Baker on January 14. He takes on the Del Rio, Texas-native Zavala (2-1-2), who fought five times in 2022 after turning pro in February. The 32-year-old most recently dropped a majority decision to the unbeaten Rudy Silvas in December.
A 17-year-old phenom set to turn pro after a strong amateur career, Whitmire is trained by former veteran title contender Andrew Council. The Washington, D.C. native earned the “Bodysnatcher” moniker during his amateur run and will look to impress in his first pro fight. He’ll battle the Waco, Texas born Foreman (0-0, 1 NC) who turned pro last September in a fight that was later ruled a no-decision.
The non-televised undercard will also include unbeaten prospect Fabian Diaz (3-0, 1 KO) in a four-round lightweight duel against Eleazar Mendietta (0-1), plus the four-round pro debuts of two light heavyweight San Antonio-natives as Manuel Sifuentes takes on Mexico’s Jesus Aguilar (0-1) while James Wohlschlegel faces Daniel Heinen (0-1).

 

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Rey Vargas, O'Shaquie Foster Separated On Stage After Making Weight For 130-Pound Title Fight​

BY KEITH IDEC
Published Fri Feb 10, 2023, 02:44 PM EST
O’Shaquie Foster and Rey Vargas eventually had to be separated Friday after they made weight in San Antonio.
Vargas and Foster flexed for the cameras, before Foster took exception to Vargas touching him once they met their contractual obligations for a 12-round, 130-pound championship match Saturday night at nearby Alamodome. Mexico’s Vargas and Foster, of Orange, Texas, both officially weighed in at 129½ pounds for their “Showtime Championship Boxing” main event.
The 32-year-old Vargas, who already holds the WBC featherweight title, has moved up four pounds for his 130-pound debut. The 29-year-old Foster is the WBC’s number one contender in the super featherweight division.
They’ll fight for the WBC super featherweight title Shakur Stevenson relinquished at the scale when he came in overweight for his 12-round, unanimous-decision victory over Robson Conceicao on September 23 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
Most oddsmakers slightly favor Vargas (36-0, 22 KOs) over Foster (19-2, 11 KOs), who will take a nine-fight winning streak into their bout.
The official weights for the five undercard fights that’ll either be televised or streamed by Showtime are listed below.
Showtime
9 p.m. ET; 6 p.m. PT
Mario Barrios (26-2, 17 KOs), San Antonio, 146¾ pounds vs. Jovanie Santiago (14-2-1, 10 KOs), Dorado, Puerto Rico, 145¾ pounds, 10 rounds, welterweights.
Lenier Pero (8-0, 5 KOs), Camaguey, Cuba, 242¾ pounds vs. Viktor Faust (11-0, 7 KOs), Svitlovodsk, Ukraine, 234 pounds, 10 rounds, heavyweights.
Showtime Sports YouTube channel
6:45 p.m. ET; 3:45 p.m. PT
Claudio Marrero (26-5, 18 KOs), Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 135 pounds vs. Gonzalo Fuenzalida (12-1, 3 KOs), Santiago, Chile, 134½ pounds, 8 rounds, lightweights.
Eumir Marcial (3-0, 1 KO), Zamboanga City, Philippines, 161½ pounds vs. Ricardo Villalba (20-7-1, 8 KOs, 1 NC), Buenos Aires, Argentina, 162 pounds, 8 rounds, super middleweights.
Dainier Pero (2-0, 2 KOs), Camaguey, Cuba, 244¼ pounds vs. Daniel Zavala (2-1-2, 0 KOs), Del Rio, Texas, 237½ pounds, 4 rounds, heavyweights.
David Whitmire (pro debut), Washington, D.C., 148¾ pounds vs. Keith Foreman (0-0, 1 NC), Harlingen, Texas, 149 pounds, 4 rounds, junior middleweights.

 

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[Electric Ladyland]

its gonna be a great fight

there seems to be some bad blood between them