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Boxing: WBC, WBO super bantamweight champ Fulton WBC and WBO super bantamweight title holder Stephen Fulton of the United States is pictured smiling at Ohashi Boxing Gym in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on July 14, 2023, ahead of his upcoming title defense against Japan s Naoya Inoue. PUBLICATIONxINxAUTxBELxBIHxBULxCZExDENxESTxFINxFRAxGEOxGERxGRExHUNxISLxIRLxITAxLATxLTUxLUXxLIExMKDxNORxPORxPOLxROUxSVKxSUIxSRBxSLOxESPxTURxUKxUAExONLY A14AA0001695921P

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Boxing: WBC, WBO super bantamweight champ Fulton WBC and WBO super bantamweight title holder Stephen Fulton of the United States is pictured smiling at Ohashi Boxing Gym in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on July 14, 2023, ahead of his upcoming title defense against Japan s Naoya Inoue. PUBLICATIONxINxAUTxBELxBIHxBULxCZExDENxESTxFINxFRAxGEOxGERxGRExHUNxISLxIRLxITAxLATxLTUxLUXxLIExMKDxNORxPORxPOLxROUxSVKxSUIxSRBxSLOxESPxTURxUKxUAExONLY A14AA0001695921P
Last year, Stephen Fulton suffered a setback. He relinquished his unified super-bantamweight title to Naoya Inoue, losing via technical KO in the eighth round. With the only loss in his boxing record, Fulton’s campaign at super-bantamweight has come to an end. In search of greener pastures, he will now start his quest at featherweight. Fulton will go up against a Mexican-born 30-year-old boxer Carlos Castro in a 10-round contest.
The fight will feature on the undercard of Canelo Álvarez’s and Edgar Berlanga‘s clash for the former unified super middleweight titles at the T-Mobile arena in Las Vegas on September 14. The event is packed with many other exciting bouts such as the co-main event fight between Danny Garcia and Erislandy Lara for the WBA World Middleweight belt, and Caleb Plant’s fight against Trevor McCumby for the WBA Interim World Super Middleweight title. Nevertheless, it remains to be seen whether Fulton can get his first win at featherweight. Or, will Carlos Castro foil his plans? Nevertheless, without further delay let’s delve into Fulton’s history of walkout songs that lifted his spirits as he made his way to the squared circle.
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Ode to Japanese culture for the first overseas debut
In his first fight outside of the US, Fulton fought Naoya Inoue last year in July and walked out to Lil Uzi Vert’s Nakamura. Interestingly, it is a song that was sampled from the theme music of WWE star Shinsuke Nakamura. The American rapper then added his bars to the peppy and widely popular instrumental.
The champ walks. Stephen Fulton’s date with destiny. 🇺🇸👑#FultonInoue | Live on Sky Sports 📺 pic.twitter.com/pWUmVv4dV4
— Sky Sports Boxing (@SkySportsBoxing) July 25, 2023
However, the music failed to deliver the inspiration Fulton needed as he was knocked down in the eighth round by Inoue. After surviving the eight count, the Japanese star smothered Fulton with his volume punches which prompted the referee to stop the fight. This was also Fulton’s first defeat in his professional career. Nevertheless, Nakamura, the Japanese wrestler, reacted to Fulton’s entrance, sharing a link to an article about ‘Cool Boy’s’ ring walkout during his fight at the Ariake Arena in Japan on X.
Moreover, there is another iconic walkout by Fulton that should be discussed.
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Does Stephen Fulton's walkout music give him a psychological edge over his opponents?