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I see he has a shot at the EBU title. I have not seen him fight since he got beat off Derry Matthews a few years back, Anyone know if he has a chance of winning?

I saw Scott Lawton get punished off this guy ealier this year, he looked like he packs a real punch.

I expect foster to be knocked out by leva in 8 rounds.

Foster will battle to the 6th but thats as far as I see it going.

Stephen Foster hopes to emulate Manchester sidekick Michael Gomez when he challenges vicious-hitting Russian Leva Kirakosyan for the European super-featherweight title in Bolton next month (October 2).
Six years ago, Gomez stood up to the early bombardments of Kirakosyan at the MEN Arena, despite a few wobbles, and outlasted him in six bloody rounds. Since then, the strongly built Kirakosyan has smashed 15 of his 20 opponents, including Carl Johanneson on a couple of nasty occasions here and Scott Lawton in Stoke earlier this year to lift the major EBU belt in just two brutal rounds. The seasoned, rugged, well-travelled champion is not a nice guy to fight, even at 36.
Foster has heard it all before, of course, prior to his memorable challenge for the WBO super-featherweight title against Edinburgh’s Alex Arthur in Edinburgh in 2007. "Amazing" Alex was really struggling with the weight but that wasn’t Foster’s fault as he marched into the hard-hitting Scot and kept on coming. He survived a ninth-round knockdown to drop Arthur a couple of rounds later with a sweeping right, and his aggression and gritty late-round heroics nearly won him the world title, but it was Arthur who nicked the points. Foster has kicked his heels since in a few undercard six-rounders. This is another chance at the big time, a possible last chance for the 30-year-old Salford man.
As with Arthur, Foster’s plan will be to get through the early rounds and pour it on down the stretch. The last time Kirakosyan was taken 12 rounds, by Sergey Gulyakevich in 2007, he was beaten. Foster is nothing if not strong and cute - capable of uncorking big shots under pressure – and with a solid chin. The chances look pretty good for the challenger, but those early rounds are fraught with danger and one wonders if Foster has been busy enough in recent years to survive them.

Foster was in my year at school.... he's tough & i can see him hanging around to hear the final bell but personally think he will be outpointed.

The barely active Foster will probably get stopped in the early rounds, on his feet, under fire.

I'll be taking the 3/1 on the Kirakosyan Pts victory

I like how Steve Foster Jnr comes across. He is not an pain and he always comes in good shape and knows what he is doing in the ring. I can remember his dad boxing and to be honest he is a chip of the old block temprament wise.

I think that this is the wrong fight for him though. Kiraksoyan is a beast at the weight, very, very powerful and is on a roll. I can see a bit of a mauling. Foster is good enough to be European champ but not against Leva.

bennie wrote:The barely active Foster will probably get stopped in the early rounds, on his feet, under fire.

Cheers for your info Bennie, good read.