Boy I told your scary ass to shake on the fight in front of the world goofy!! you know what’s up with me I told you then I don’t do any fake kickin it or non of that 🤡 shit. Now send the contract you do all that bump becomes active!!!! https://t.co/cPi9dvAJXq
— SH⚡️CK (@OshaquieFoster) 31 May 2026
Foster says he tried to shake up Stevenson about a future fight after his win over Raymond Ford. Shakur then entered the ring, and the two briefly came face to face. Foster appeared to extend his hand, but his handshake attempt was ignored.
The refusal to shake: If Shakur was really serious about getting active and making the fight happen, shaking it up in front of the cameras is the easiest way to send a message to the promoters and the networks. Turning away from an outstretched hand tells you everything.
The Social Media Move: The moment the cameras turned off, the narrative changed. Instead of talking about contracts, Shakur took to social media to complain about the history of the handshake itself. It’s a massive smokescreen to shift the focus away from the fact that he backed away from a public commitment.
The whole incident now looks like a self-serving tactic. By hijacking Foster’s moment, Shakur gets to pretend he’s looking for the biggest challenges while avoiding any real accountability. Foster called it perfectly: it’s all talk until a contract is sent. By leaving the ring without agreeing to anything, it proved that he was just riding coattails for a quick publicity stunt.
It’s understandable why Foster now sees this as a theatrical stunt on Shakur’s part. In the boxing industry, this is the ultimate low-risk, high-reward move for a fighter who wants to keep their name in the news without actually signing on the dotted line.
Getting into the ring after a grueling fight, when the winner is exhausted, and the cameras are rolling, is the easiest way to grab a massive headline. You get all the publicity of a mega-fight without throwing a single punch or spending a single day in training camp. This is the definition of trying to collect battle ribbons without ever going to the front lines.
If a fighter is really serious about stepping into the firing line, they don’t just show up for the photo op and then freeze when the hand is extended. A true hungry fighter grabs that hand, looks the man in the eye and tells the world it’s a done deal. Backing away from a public agreement, only to run to social media later and complain about the semantics of a handshake, is a dead giveaway.
Foster is absolutely right to call it out. Until Shakur stopped the social media posturing and actually put a contract on the table, that ring walk was nothing more than a cheap acting job designed to steal the spotlight.
