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SALFORD’S unbeaten WBU Featherweight champion Steve Foster Junior goes for the body in his bruising draw with dangerous Ugandan Buster Dennis at London’s ExCel Arena.
Draw no disgrace
22/12/2005
STEVE Foster Senior has jumped to his son's defence amid criticism of his recent draw with Ugandan Buster Dennis.
Foster Junior failed to win a professional fight for the first time at London's ExCel Arena.
But the 25-year-old WBU Featherweight champion can take a lot of credit out of drawing with such a dangerous opponent, according to his dad.
Ugandan Dennis is preparing for an African title fight with American-based Roger Mtagwa. And Steve 'The Viking' Foster Senior said: "Steve is not the finished article yet and he can fight better than he did in London.
"But there is no disgrace in drawing with Buster Dennis.
"He has not lost any of his last six fights and is very highly rated.
"You don't win an African title or an eliminator if you are a mug."
Foster Junior is set to defend his world title for the first time against Scottish boxer John Simpson at the Braehead Arena in Glasgow on Saturday, February 25, 2006. It is the chief support bout to Scott Harrison's WBO Featherweight title defence against Joan Guzman and will be televised by ITV.
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