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O’Shaquie Foster edges Abraham Nova to retain WBC junior-lightweight title

O'Shaquie Foster, left, held off a game Abraham Nova to retain his WBC title at 130lbs on Friday night in New York.
O'Shaquie Foster, left, held off a game Abraham Nova to retain his WBC title at 130lbs on Friday night in New York. Photograph: Mikey Williams/Top Rank

O’Shaquie Foster sure isn’t afraid of leaving things late.

The 30-year-old Texan retained his WBC junior-lightweight championship on Friday night with a split-decision win over Abraham Nova, taking control in the later stages and punctuating the closer-than-expected affair with a knockdown in the last 20 seconds of the final round. Two ringside judges scored it for Foster by scores of 115-112 and 116-111, while a third had it 114-113 to Nova. (The Guardian scored it 115-112 for Foster.)

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