O'Shaquie Foster: Shakur Stevenson Is EASIER Than Ray Ford

WBC super featherweight champion O'Shaquie "Ice Water" Foster tells Andre Berto a Shakur Stevenson fight would be EASIER than Ray Ford, and breaks down exactly how their friendship turned into a rivalry. Recorded in Houston just before Foster vs. Emanuel Navarrete became official. The 130-pound unification is set for October 24, 2026, at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, with the WBC, WBO, IBF and vacant Ring Magazine titles on the line. On this episode of Square Up, O'Shaquie Foster (25-3, 12 KOs) goes deeper than he ever has on camera. He grew up in Orange, Texas, walked into a boxing gym at eight, and lost his mother at 12, then fought in the Golden Gloves the same day as her service. At 14 he was sparring pros in Roger Mayweather's gym in Las Vegas and appeared as an extra in the Ludacris and Floyd Mayweather "Undisputed" music video. He talks about the Olympic Trials, early pro losses, and a 2017 rock bottom when he thought boxing was over. Then he rebuilt everything in Houston with trainer Bobby Benton. Foster doesn't hold back on the purse-bid games before the Hernandez fight, almost losing his belt on the scale before Abraham Nova, the controversial Conceição decision, why Stephen Fulton "gave him nothing," and the real story behind the Shakur Stevenson and Raymond Ford beef. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro: the Navarrete unification tease 1:02 Growing up in Orange, Texas 2:48 First boxing gym at 8 years old 5:10 Losing his mom at 12 7:48 Fighting Golden Gloves the day of her service 9:53 Moving to Las Vegas at 14: Roger Mayweather's gym 12:28 The Ludacris x Floyd Mayweather music video & sparring pros as a kid 17:38 The Olympic Trials 18:43 Turning pro & the first loss 22:22 The Virginia camp with Shakur Stevenson & Antoine Douglas 26:03 A family loss before the 2016 Chinea fight 29:41 Thinking boxing was over 31:46 Rock bottom in 2017 & the Crawford night that changed everything 34:25 4 days in the dark during Hurricane Harvey 37:02 Starting over in Houston from a couch 39:05 How he got back into boxing 42:44 The comeback fight 43:47 Upsetting unbeaten prospect Jon Fernández 45:51 Lou DiBella & 16 months on the shelf 47:54 Probellum & Richard Schaefer 49:25 Beating Rey Vargas for the WBC title 51:00 Purse-bid games & the Hernandez war 55:39 Abraham Nova: foot injury & almost losing the belt on the scale 59:20 The Conceição decision & the rematch 1:04:01 Stephen Fulton: "He gave me nothing" 1:08:37 Ray Ford: when it got personal 1:10:12 How the Shakur Stevenson friendship ended 1:14:53 Beating Ford & calling out Shakur 1:18:31 Foster vs. Shakur prediction: easier than Ray? 1:22:07 What weight for Shakur: 135 or 140? 1:23:08 Undisputed at 130 & the Navarrete fight 1:24:09 Giving back to Orange, Texas Subscribe to Square Up with Andre Berto for real conversations with the biggest names in combat sports, hosted by a two-time world champion who's been in the ring. #OShaquieFoster #ShakurStevenson #SquareUp #Boxing