Navarrete Wants a War, Foster Says He's 'Ice Water' as Three-Belt Unification Arrives in San Antonio

O'Shaquie Foster says he has been chasing Emanuel Navarrete for almost three years. On Saturday night in San Antonio, he finally gets him, and at Thursday's final press conference neither man sounded like he planned on a quiet night.

WBO and IBF super featherweight champion Navarrete (40-2-1, 33 KOs) meets WBC champion Foster (25-3, 12 KOs) on Saturday, Oct. 24, at Frost Bank Center, with three of the four major 130-pound belts on the line over 12 rounds. Top Rank promotes, and the main card streams live on DAZN at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.

Navarrete wants a war

Navarrete told the room he'd changed things for this camp, "from nutrition to the type of preparation," and that he's coming in "at 100 percent." He also made it clear what kind of fight he wants.

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"What I don't want is an entire night where we're just jabbing each other to see who can land more jabs," Navarrete said. "People want to see a good fight. They want to see a war. ... I'm talking about an attractive fight, a tough fight, maybe even a bloody fight."

He brushed off any talk of Foster's game plan. "With all due respect, I'm not interested in Foster's game plan. I'm going to fight my fight," he said. "These titles have cost me a lot, and I'm going to defend them with blood, sweat, and heart."

Foster: "I'm ice water"

Foster, who signed with Top Rank nearly three years ago, said this was the fight he wanted from the start. "We've been asking for it. We've been calling for it. We've been getting no, no, no, not ready, or whatever," he said. "But now we're here. We got him in the position we want him, and we just got to seal the deal Saturday."

He didn't sound worried about Navarrete's call for a brawl. "I'm ice water, man. I flow with it. I'm cool, calm, collected," Foster said. "I don't fight to other people's advantages. Whatever he brings to the table, I'll adjust."

Then he took a shot at the champion's promise. "It sounded good when he said it, but when you watch him fight, he don't even do that for no other guys. He don't really like getting hit, in my opinion," Foster said. "He'll trade with you, but we'll see. If he does that, it'll be a great night for me."

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So that's the question for Saturday. Navarrete has 33 knockouts and says he wants it ugly. Foster is the boxer who says he'll adjust to whatever comes. Somebody's plan isn't going to survive the night.

The full card

DAZN, 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT

• Emanuel Navarrete vs. O'Shaquie Foster, 12 rounds, WBO/IBF/WBC super featherweight title unification
• Albert "Chop Chop" Gonzalez (18-0, 11 KOs) vs. Edward Vazquez (20-3, 6 KOs), 10 rounds, Gonzalez's NABF featherweight title
• Frank Martin (19-1-1, 13 KOs) vs. Tarik Zaina (18-3-1, 12 KOs), 10 rounds, vacant NABO super lightweight title
• Steven Navarro (9-1, 6 KOs) vs. Emanuel Moreno (13-0, 3 KOs), 10 rounds, vacant NABO/NABF bantamweight titles

Prelims, 5:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. PT on DAZN, the Top Rank and DAZN YouTube channels, and the Top Rank Classics FAST channel on Roku, Tubi, Pluto and Vizio:

• Daniel Cortez III vs. Joshua Montoya, 6 rounds, super bantamweight
• Scooter Davis vs. Joaquin Silva Faccio, 8 rounds, lightweight
• Sammy Contreras vs. Oscar Pedroza Padilla, 6 rounds, lightweight
• Joseph Almajdi vs. Miqal Dolphus, 6 rounds, super welterweight

The co-feature is worth staying up for, too. Gonzalez is unbeaten and stepping up against Vazquez, a Fort Worth native and two-time world title challenger, while Navarro and Moreno were rivals as amateurs.

For the fight-week schedule and how to watch, see our Navarrete vs. Foster fight-week guide. Think you know who walks out with three belts? Lock in your pick with Boxbid's Fight Picker before the opening bell. It's free to play and just for fun.

Quotes are from Top Rank's press release on Thursday's final press conference.