Daily News | West Philly’s Stephen Fulton is a Muslim boxing champion who fasted as he trained to defend his title
ALEJANDRO A. ALVAREZ / Staff PhotographerStephen Fulton does not know how many more fights he has left in the 122-pound weight class. He is Philadelphia’s only boxing world champion, but cutting weight is much more challenging now than it was eight years ago when Fulton turned professional. His body, the West Philadelphian said, is growing.
Fulton has practiced Islam since he was a child and his trainer, North Philadelphia’s Wahid Rahim, is also Muslim. They fasted together during Ramadan so Rahim, a former boxer, knew how his fighter felt. He knew when he could push him in the gym and knew when to pull back as he knew Fulton did not have any fluid in his system.
He won a majority decision in November against Brandon Figueroa, who had recorded his last nine wins by stoppage and said he would make Fulton quit. Roman, Fulton’s opponent on Saturday, was the WBA and IBF champ, but Fulton said he could not get a shot. Now he’s giving Roman the opportunity the former champ refused to give him.
Fulton is an exciting fighter, matching his power with the boxing skills he gained as an amateur champion. His fights are always busy as Fulton does not shy away from contact. His win over Figueroa was named a Fight of the Year finalist by The Ring magazine. “Where would the world be without faith?” said Fulton, who has two sons. “I still work on that daily. When you’re young, you don’t care about fasting and you slack on prayers, but I’ve been working on myself and trying to better myself, so I lean on that a lot and much more than I did when I was younger. I’m a man with morals, and I’ve witnessed so many who didn’t have faith who had less to none morals.
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