William Zepeda says his opponent Giovanni Cabrera is fearless with “nothing to lose” of their 12-round light-weight conflict this Saturday, July sixth, on the Toyota Area in Ontario, California. The combat will likely be proven on DAZN. Cabrera, 29, needs to push tempo and attempt to outwork Zepeda. That’s not going to be straightforward.
(Credit score: Golden Boy / Cris Esqueda)
Zepeda (30-0, 26 KOs) is continuous his journey to a world title shot and is going through a tough take a look at in his Cabrera (22-1, 7 KOs), who brings a greater set of expertise than the fighters he’s been going through these days.
Golden Boy needs to get a title shot for Zepeda, but it surely’s unclear whether or not they’re going to focus on WBC 135-lb champion Shakur Stevenson as a result of we’ve seen how he fights.
#9 WBC Cabrera has the talents to make issues tough for Zepeda on Saturday night time if he’s unable to cope with his boxing. He got here near defeating Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz final yr and barely misplaced a twelve-round break up choice in July.
“I used to be signed to Golden Boy. That was a dream of mine. Begin being within the huge playing cards, and begin being within the huge fights. It’s been onerous work to get there, however little by little, we been getting there,” stated William Zepeda to Golden Boy Promotions.
It’s taken Zepeda 9 years to get thus far in his profession the place he’s near getting a title shot. He can’t afford to attend an excessive amount of longer as a result of he’ll be too outdated if he waits till his 30s.
“I believe he’s had numerous fights, and he’s been taken care of very effectively,” stated Giovanni Cabrera about William Zepeda. “They’ve moved him alongside rather well, and 30 fights being pretty much as good as he’s, that’s spectacular.
“Loads of Mexican fighters, they get put by way of the fireplace like that. I’m going to push the tempo. Lots of people are fearful about his punch output. I’m going to interrupt the document. My profession had a really powerful begin,” stated Cabrera. “I fought seven undefeated fighters. I obtained as much as 18-0 earlier than I obtained with Freddie [Roach].”
It seems like Cabrera had it powerful early on, and wasn’t babied the way in which former blue-chip newbie stars are. He won’t have been seen as somebody who would rise excessive within the sport.
“I gained three straight fights on ESPN, after which the Pitbull combat, and now I had one other combat, and I’m able to face one other harmful high-volume puncher, a fighter like William Zepeda.
“What Giovanni Cabrera does that makes him a harmful opponent is he’s not afraid,” stated Zepeda. “He comes very motivated. He’s coming to present it his all. He’s coming with a nothing to lose, all the pieces to achieve angle, however that’s what makes him harmful.
“Aside from his boxing expertise, he’s a robust fighter,” stated Zepeda.
Not like Zepeda’s latest opponents, Cabrera continues to be younger, and he will likely be an issue if he can’t get to him to put on him down with quantity. Surprisingly, Cabrera needs to match his quantity as a result of he’s not proven in his previous fights that he can throw numerous punches. He’s been engaged on that in camp in order that he would possibly shock Zepeda.
