When fans witnessed the supporting act at the Prudential Center this past Sunday, they were content with an easy and predictable decision. For them, O’Shaquie Foster had sailed through and made a successful defense against the aged Robson Conceicao, who was at his last hurrah. But they were in for a surprise when the announcer read the scores and the challenger pulled off an upset with a 116-112, 115-113, 112-116 split decision. You don’t see such results that sharply polarize the fans, do you? It seems one of the fans did make the WBC President hear a rational voice.

When Mauricio Sulaiman turned to his X handle and congratulated Conceicao for his first title at 35 in a closely contested fight, one fan pointed out the discrepancies in the judges’ scorecards. They specifically mentioned Judge Anthony Lundy‘s scorecard (116-112), as they had the same score but for Foster. They hotly contested that, apart from the 4th and 11th rounds, the Brazilian fighter didn’t win any. In addition, they believed Judge Ron McNair’s 116-112 scorecard for Foster was the “right” one and pleaded for “rescoring.”

Acknowledging the comment on his post, the WBC lynchpin disclosed that the ratings committee, ring officials committee, and a panel would foresee the result, ranking, and review the tape of the fight. He wrote, “The ratings committee will discuss such result in order to rank Foster who lost his championship. The WBC ring officials committee will review the WBC REMOTE SCORING REPORT , the official scorecards and a panel will review the tape of the fight.”

This might come as a relief for Foster, 30, who gave his all and believed he had done enough to bag the win. Notably, according to CompuBox, the American boxer had out-landed the ‘Nino’ by 109 to 76 punches over the 12 rounds. What’s more? Despite being the busier fighter, Conceicao landed punches in single digits in all but 2 rounds. So, it made sense why Foster was on the verge of tears in his post-fight interview.

O’Shaquie Foster is distraught with the loss to Robson Conceicao

In a conversation with ESPN, the former WBC champion expressed that, for him, it was a “shutout” and “easy fight.” In addition, he also specified that he didn’t find himself on the receiving end of the punishment. Stressing the need for a rematch, Foster declared, “I’ll be back. But I want the rematch. They stole this from me. They stole this fight from me.”

What worked against ‘Ice Water’ was his low work rate, whereas his foe appeared to be the busier fighter and swayed the judges. He allowed the Brazilian Olympic gold medalist to hand around for long, whom he could have outclassed easily. And as such,  Foster paid the heavy price with his WBC super featherweight title.

What do you make of the scoring at O’Shaquie Foster vs. Robson Conceicao? Who do you think bagged the win that fateful night? Let us know in the comments below.