Stephen Fulton’s move up in weight didn’t proceed as planned.
Fulton came in two pounds over the limit Friday for his 12-round, 130-pound title fight against
O’Shaquie Foster. Fulton and Foster will still fight Saturday night at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, but Fulton cannot win the WBC super featherweight title from Foster.
If Foster loses, his WBC belt would become vacant.
Philadelphia’s Fulton (23-1, 8 KOs) still owns the WBC featherweight title and was supposed to attempt to become a three-weight champion. The 31-year-old Fulton acknowledged during the buildup toward his fight with Foster (23-3, 12 KOs) that he had difficulty squeezing down to the featherweight limit of 126 pounds.
Fulton is a former WBC/WBO 122-pound champion.
He beat Brandon Figueroa by unanimous decision in their 12-round rematch in his last fight February 1 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Fulton won the WBC featherweight title from Figueroa.
The Foster-Fulton fight will be part of Premier Boxing Champions’ pay-per-view undercard (8 p.m. ET; $74.99). Mexico’s
Isaac Cruz (28-3-1, 18 KOs) is scheduled to defend his WBC interim super lightweight championship against American
Lamont Roach (25-1-2, 10 KOs) in the 12-round main event.
Keith Idec is a senior writer and columnist for The Ring. He can be reached on X @idecboxing.