Thrilling light-weight contender William Zepeda had himself a reasonably fast and comparatively straightforward night time’s work on Saturday, when he took out Giovanni Cabrera within the third spherical in Ontario, California. Now, Zepeda’s promoter Oscar De La Hoya is seeking to the long run, and to his fighter turning into the unified world ruler at 135 kilos.
Proper now, Zepeda, 31-0(27) is the obligatory contender in every of the 4 main governing our bodies. As such, Zepeda is in an incredible place. And De La Hoya sees Zepeda not solely unifying the belts, however turning into a real celebrity. In time, De La Hoya stated post-fight on Saturday, Zepeda will probably be taking over, and defeating, the likes of Shakur Stevenson and “all the opposite guys.”
Actually, Zepeda may show to be a real star over the approaching months, and the Golden Boy boss has a plan all mapped out, starting with a problem of reigning WBO light-weight champ Denis Berinchyk.
“I feel I might go the WBO route towards Berinchyk,” De La Hoya stated concerning Zepeda’s subsequent transfer. “I feel it’ll be a fan-friendly battle. We’ll take William Zepeda to the following stage after which we are going to go after the unification. It [Berinchyk] could be the simplest battle to make, however it wouldn’t be the simplest battle for Zepeda. I might love for William Zepeda to be a world champion when he faces Shakur Stevenson and all the opposite guys……..I feel now we have a future celebrity on our arms.”
If and when Zepeda does battle Stevenson, it would virtually actually be Zepeda getting the cheers and the lion’s share of fan assist. Followers are bored with Stevenson’s boring fights, whereas warriors like Zepeda at all times give nice worth for cash. That stated, Stevenson is an outstanding boxer, and simply because his fights will be, and have been boring, doesn’t imply he isn’t probably the greatest 135 pounders on this planet as we speak.
However Zepeda too is without doubt one of the greatest, perhaps THE greatest at 135. The large fights await Zepeda, starting with these unification fights De La Hoya is eyeing. What number of belts can Zepeda win? Does Zepeda beat Berinchyk? The light-weight division is fairly sizzling proper now, and one may argue Zepeda, together with Tank Davis, is probably the most thrilling fighter working there.
