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 Enviornment in Ontario, California. The combat will likely be proven on DAZN. Cabrera, 29, desires 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 troublesome check in his Cabrera (22-1, 7 KOs), who brings a greater set of abilities than the fighters he’s been going through currently.
Golden Boy desires 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 abilities to make issues troublesome for Zepeda on Saturday evening if he’s unable to take care of his boxing. He got here near defeating Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz final yr and barely misplaced a twelve-round cut up determination in July.
“I used to be signed to Golden Boy. That was a dream of mine. Begin being within the massive playing cards, and begin being within the massive fights. It’s been exhausting 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 up to now 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 previous if he waits till his 30s.
“I feel he’s had lots of 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 nearly as good as he’s, that’s spectacular.
“Plenty of Mexican fighters, they get put via the fireplace like that. I’m going to push the tempo. Lots of people are frightened 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 feels like Cabrera had it powerful early on, and wasn’t babied the way in which former blue-chip newbie stars are. He may not have been seen as somebody who would rise excessive within the sport.
“I received 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, every part to achieve perspective, however that’s what makes him harmful.
“Aside from his boxing abilities, he’s a powerful fighter,” stated Zepeda.
Not like Zepeda’s latest opponents, Cabrera remains 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 desires to match his quantity as a result of he’s not proven in his previous fights that he can throw lots of punches. He’s been engaged on that in camp in order that he may shock Zepeda.
