Light-weight contender William Zepeda can have plenty of strain on him this Saturday to impress in his 10-round combat in opposition to Tevin Farmer at The Venue in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The Latino Evening occasion is non-PPV, reside on DAZN.
Promoter Oscar De La Hoya says that Zepeda (31-0, 27 KOs) should look phenomenal as a result of followers are speaking solely about him combating Shakur Stevenson subsequent and never about his combat in opposition to former IBF tremendous featherweight champion Farmer (33-6-1, 8 KOs).
Zepeda’s combat with the 34-year-old Farmer is buried on the undercard beneath the Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez vs. Chris Billiam-Smith and Jose Ramirez vs. Arnold Barboza Jr. fights.
These matches aren’t being talked about loads both, however their place on the cardboard means that Golden Boy Promotions really feel they’re extra essential. The fan curiosity in both of these fights isn’t there, and Golden Boy clearly made the error of misjudging what followers wished to see.
Zepeda Should Look Phenomenal
“William Zepeda has probably the most tough process at hand on Latino Evening as a result of everyone is just not speaking about his combat with Farmer. All people is speaking about Zepeda vs. Shakur Stevenson,” mentioned Oscar De La Hoya to Boxing King Media about this Saturday’s card in Riyadh. “So, that provides strain to you.”
The issue with the Zepeda-Farmer combat is that Farmer is coming off a 10-round unanimous choice loss to Raymond Muratalla on July thirteenth in Las Vegas. That proper destroyed a lot of the curiosity within the combat with Zepeda as a result of there’s no suspense. Followers already know Zepeda is utilizing Farmer as a tuneup and can dispatch inside six rounds. Farmer can’t punch and has nothing to carry Zepeda off of him.
“William Zepeda has to look phenomenal,” mentioned De La Hoya. “He has to impress and possibly even knock out Farmer and appear to be an animal. He has to look vicious. Then, his future combat with Shakur Stevenson will probably be a monster combat.”
Zepeda most likely will impress and steal the thunder from the Zurdo Ramirez vs. Billiam-Smith and Ramirez vs. Barboza Jr. fights. Zurdo was by no means well-liked, and what curiosity followers had in his profession disappeared after his one-sided loss to Dmitry Bivol in 2022.
Zepeda Desires To Make A Assertion
“So, there’s plenty of added strain, however William Zepeda is knowledgeable, a fighter we by no means had the chance to observe as a result of, sadly, he handed away at an early age [23],” mentioned De La Hoya. “He [Zepeda] throws plenty of punches, and he throws them with plenty of drive. He needs to knock you out. He needs to make an announcement.”
Zepeda fights nothing just like the late Salvador Sanchez. The 2 fighters are fully totally different and don’t have anything in widespread with their types. De La Hoya was probably too younger to recollect watching Sanchez earlier than he handed away.
“Oscar Duarte, if he wins this combat [Botirzhon Akhmedov], which isn’t going to be straightforward, but it surely’s going to be entertaining. If he wins this combat, I’ll put him in in opposition to Devin Haney in a really small ring,” mentioned a smiling De La Hoya.
