Orange native O'Shaquie Foster's life story reads like a Hollywood movie script. That script is about to get another chapter "The Title Run!" Foster won the WBC Super Featherweight World title in February with a "Performance of the Year" type performance by beating down Rey Vargas at the Alamodome. He will now make his first title defense against Eduardo "Rocky" Hernandez in Cancun, Mexico on October 28th. Discussions with IBF 130-pound champ Joe Cordina for a possible unification bout fell through/ Foster and his team then came to terms to fight Hernandez, his mandatory challenger. Hernandez is a native of Mexico City, Mexico and now resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. The rugged Mexican challenger sports a 34-1 (31) record and has won six straight fights, most notably against Laredo native Jorge Castaneda via first-round TKO in Mexico last year. He last suffered defeat at the hands of Roger Gutierrez in 2019 via first-round TKO at the "Punch Bowl '' on the undercard of Rey Vargas-Tomoki Kameda and last fought Hector Garcia Montes back in July and scored a third-round TKO, also in Mexico.
Eddie Hearn, Chairman of Matchroom Promotions, secured the fight via purse bids last month, meaning Matchroom will be the promoter and the fight will air live on Dazn.