Yaqubov vs Foster headlines Aug. 15 ProBox show
Super featherweights Muhammadkhuja Yaqubov and William Foster III helm a rare Friday show on ProBox TV
ProBox announced yesterday that super featherweight contenders Muhammadkhuja Yaqubov and William Foster III will headline an August 15th card at their Events Center in Plant City, Florida.
That’s a Friday, for the record.
Tajikistan’s Yaqubov (22-1, 12 KO) lost wide to O’Shaquie Foster in a 2022 WBC eliminator, but has since won four straight over marginal competition. Foster (19-2, 11 KO), who narrowly fell to Henry Lebron in a 2023 clash of unbeatens before suffering a rout two fights later at the hands of unheralded Eridson Garcia, enters on a two-fight winning streak.
One of those saw him hand Jayson Velez his ninth consecutive defeat. Eugh.
The show also sees ShoBox veterans Starling Castillo (19-1-1, 13 KO) and Shinard Bunch (21-2-1, 17 KO) square off at super lightweight. This ends a nearly seventeen-month layoff for Castillo and a two-year layoff for Bunch.
Couple of solid B-level scraps here, perfect for a Friday night appetizer ahead of the following day’s Riyadh Season show.