The super featherweight title unification bout between Emanuel Navarrete and O’Shaquie Foster is set to take place at Alamodome in San Antonio on October 24.
- Mexico’s three-division champion Navarrete (40-2-1, 33 KOs) comes off a stoppage victory over Eduardo “Sugar” Nunez in February, when he retained his WBO title and claimed the IBF belt.
- Foster (25-3, 12 KOs) of Orange, Texas, won his previous bout in May by majority decision against Raymond Ford, marking the fifth successful defense of his WBC title.
Sports journalist and broadcaster Chris Mannix reported the yet-to-be-officially-announced matchup in a social media post on Saturday, stating that sources told Sports Illustrated that Navarrete and Foster “have agreed to terms.”
In March, the World Boxing Organization (WBO) ordered negotiations for a mandatory 130-pound title bout between Navarrete and unbeaten Filipino contender Charly Suarez (19-0, 11 KOs).
Navarrete and Suarez previously met last May in San Diego. The bout initially ended in a unanimous technical decision victory for Navarrete after he suffered a cut from an accidental clash of heads, but the result was later changed to a no contest.
- With the Navarrete rematch yet to materialize, Suarez returned to the ring in July, scoring a first-round knockout victory over Manuel Avila.
Meanwhile, Ryan Garner (20-0, 10 KOs) holds the division’s interim WBC title. The British super featherweight claimed the belt in June, defeating Michael Magnesi by unanimous decision.