Was O'Shaquie Foster stripped of his WBC title against Robson Conceicao?

Round 1

Foster was using heavy footwork to get around Conceicao's punches, then landing straight rights and lefts. He was short with most of his punches but succeeded with a nice left hook. Conceicao was too late to cross the ring and Foster was able to dance away leaving Conceicao gasping for air.

Score: 10-9 Foster

Round 2

Conceicao scored with a clubbing left, but Foster was peppering him with jabs and a right to the head. Foster connected with jabs to the head and body and dodged Conceicao's long rights and had a very slight edge in the close round.

Score: 10-9 Foster (Foster 20-18)

Round 3

Conceicao picked up his pace and landed body punches as he did a better job of criss-crossing the ring. Conceicao came forward, throwing punches and landing to the body, Foster was no longer on target with his bombs. Conceicao kept landing his jab and Foster almost threw a punch.

Score: 10-9 Conceicao (Foster 29-28)

Round 4

Conceicao was still looking forward with his jab and landed a right to the head. Foster was in defensive mode dodging Conceicao's punches but not countering. Foster finally started to let his hands score with a flurry of punches and followed up with a right jab to the head.

Score: 10-9 Foster (Foster 39-37)

Official scores after four rounds: Judge Tony Lundy 38-38, Judge Ron McNair 39-37 for Foster, Judge Paul Wallace 39-37 for Conceicao.

Round 5

There is nothing good about Conceicao. He is raw but very strong, and often goes overboard with his fists. He was getting here but he was having some success with his jab and connected with two hard rights. They trade punches a few times, with both landing and Conceicao connecting with a right.

Score: 10-9 Conceicao (Foster 48-47)

Round 6

Foster stood strong, using his hand speed to score quick, easy goals. When he went back, he set the counters as Conceicao came forward. Both scored with rights, and Conceicao threw punches, but few were successful as Foster turned or deflected them.

Score: 10-9 Foster (Foster 58-56)

Round 7

Both scored early but Foster was easily dodging Conceicao's punches and Conceicao was taking a long step forward when throwing his rights so Foster was able to see them coming and went inside with short punches. Foster was throwing slowly but with a high degree of accuracy.

Score: 10-9 Foster (Foster 68-65)

Round 8

Conceicao was coming forward throwing long jabs and Foster was circling him and trapping him with quick, easy shots. A brief exchange saw the two sit down, with Foster then walking Conceicao in a flurry of shots. Conceicao forced Foster to hit the ropes but Foster slid to his right. Conceicao kept chasing but he didn't understand.

Score: 10-9 Foster (Foster 78-74)

Official Scores: Judge Tony Lundy 78-74 for Conceicao, Judge Ron McNair 77-75 for Foster, Judge Paul Wallace 77-74 for Conceicao.

Round 9

Conceicao has evolved to allow flying and landing on the left and good rights. Foster countered but Conceicao kept throwing long jabs and heavy rights and Foster was ineffective. There was a collision of both heads and a cut above the right eye.

Score: 10-9 Conceicao (Foster 87-84)

Round 10

Conceicao chased Foster into the ropes and fired body punches, most of which were blocked. Conceicao continued to land combinations that he hadn't done in the first rounds. Foster nicely rounded Conceicao's guard and scored. Foster cut off Conceicao's head with a jab from Conceicao and again rolled Conceicao's guard.

Score: 10-9 Foster (Foster 97-93)

Round 11

Conceicao used a lot of pressure from the start throwing long jabs and following them with rights and lefts. Conceicao scored with hooks on both hands and although Foster landed a few points, Conceicao continued to press, Foster struggling to land any punches.

Score: 10-9 Conceicao (Foster 106-103)

Round 12

Conceicao was chasing Foster throwing jabs and rights and loading in every punch. Foster was very accurate but was kept busy defending Conceicao's punches. Conceicao was shooting a lot and Foster was struggling to find space to hit and it was clearly Conceicao's cycle.

Score: 10-9 Conceicao (Foster 115-113)

Official Scores: Judge Tony Lundy 116-112 to Conceicao, Judge Ron McNair to 116-112 Foster, Judge Paul Wallace to 115-113 Conceicao.

Answer from Eric: From Brazil Conceicao had his fourth shot at the title, having previously lost to Oscar Valdez and Stevenson and tied with Emanuel Navarrete. Getting the fourth shot shows that you get the benefit of being a Top Rank fighter.

Shakur Stevenson (L) and Robson Conceição (R) exchange punches during their fight at the Prudential Center on September 23, 2023 in Newark, New Jersey (Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images)

Foster was defending his WBC title for the third time. Others saw it as a robbery but for me he was the winner but he got a small point.