WBC light-weight champion Shakur Stevenson and #1 ranked contender William Zepeda (31-0, 27 KOs) are in talks for a combat that would occur in October.
If the Stevenson-Zepeda combat will get made, it may very well be packaged with the October twelfth Dmitry Bivol vs. Artur Beterbiev card. It could go properly with that huge combat in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Shakur (22-0, 10 KOs) wished an enormous combat after taking a number of smaller ones, and Zepeda would give that chance.
“Jay ‘Panda’ Najar tells me that talks started to see William Zepeda vs. Shakur Stevenson for the WBC Light-weight title. ‘Camarón’ is prepared for late November or December,” stated Salvador Rodriguez of ESPN Knockout on X.
Zepeda’s Damaging Path
The stress fighter Zepeda might be an enormous threat for Shakur, who has little energy and must depend upon his motion to maintain from getting chopped down just like the Mexican expertise’s final 4 opponents:
– Giovanni Cabrera
– Maxi Hughes
– Mercito Gesta
– Jaime Arboleda
A loss on this combat would wreck Shakur’s hopes of getting high-profile bouts towards Gervonta Davis and Vasily Lomachenko. If Shakur will get knocked out by Zepeda, he should consider whether or not the light-weight division is for him.
Stevenson may want to maneuver again right down to 130 if Zepeda stops him as a result of it will be pointless for him to remain at 135 and wind up as meals for the younger lions, Abdullah Mason, Andy Cruz, Raymond Muratalla, and Keyshawn Davis.
A Type That Repels
Shakur is attempting to angle him into the larger fights, however his preventing fashion has been a repellant as a result of the highest guys don’t need to chase a runner down for 12 rounds whereas the viewers is chorusing them with boos.
If Shakur does take the combat with Zepeda, 28, he wants to indicate extra offensive firepower than in his current efficiency as a result of they had been unwatchable for followers. Furthermore, Shakur received’t win a choice towards Zepeda by utilizing the identical sort of motion he did in his win over Edwin De Los Santos final November.
Stevenson barely received the De Los Santos combat, and few boxing followers purchased into his damage excuses afterward to elucidate away his efficiency.
There had been discuss of Shakur probably preventing WBA ‘common’ light-weight champion Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis in November now that IBF champ Vasily Lomachenko dropped out of the image for the Baltimore native, however that’s not taking place.
For Tank to not take the combat with Shakur means that he or his administration doesn’t fancy that combat but. You may’t blame them as a result of Shakur’s recognition is at an all-time low after back-to-back boring performances towards Artem Harutyunyan and Edwin De Los Santos.
