“May 30, I will punish you. If you do all this talk, you will get hurt,” O’Shaquie said.
Refusing to back down, Ford responded with confidence, insisting the champion had no answer for him.
“Whatever I want. Whatever I want. And he can’t (mess) with me,” Ford said.
The bad blood seems to come from more than standard pre-fight sales. Ford accused Foster of delaying the fight and claimed he had been chasing this chance for years.
“You think I’m going to call you out for two years?” Ford said.
O’Shaquie rejected that version of events, instead questioning Ford’s standing in the sport and dismissing his achievements while praising his own resume.
“You haven’t done (anything) in the sport,” O’Shaquie said.
Later in the exchange, O’Shaquie also said Ford lacked belief in himself, while Ford claimed the title holder would struggle once real pressure was applied. Neither side showed any sign of respect by the end of the session.
The fight itself is one of the better matches on the upcoming schedule. O’Shaquie enters as the defending WBC 130-lb champion and one of the smoothest boxers in the division. Ford is trying to become a two-division title holder and believes this is the moment he takes over at 130 pounds.
The fight will headline a May 30 card on DAZN from the Fertitta Center in Houston, giving Foster a hometown stage as he defends his title against Camden, New Jersey challenger Raymond Ford.
Press conferences can be forgettable and empty. This one felt different because both men seemed eager to keep feuding long after the cameras started rolling.
