Light-weight contenders William Zepeda and Giovanni Cabrera each weighed in efficiently at Friday’s weigh-in for his or her major occasion match on Saturday night time, stay on DAZN.
(Credit score: Golden Boy / Cris Esqueda)
Zepeda-Cabrera will meet on the Toyota Area in Ontario, California. The occasion begins at 8 pm ET/5 pm PT on DAZN.
Weights:
William Zepeda: 135
Giovanni Cabrera: 137
Zepeda (30-0, 26 KOs) seems to be like an actual handful for any of the champions at light-weight. Nonetheless, it’s unknown if his high-volume fashion will work in opposition to high-caliber fighters like Gervonta Davis, Vasily Lomachenko, Shakur Stevenson, and Denys Berinchyk.
Assuming Zepeda wins his twelve-round headliner in opposition to Cabrera on Saturday, it’ll be fascinating to see which of the champions Golden Boy targets for him to compete for a belt. WBC light-weight champion Shakur has mentioned that Zepeda didn’t wish to struggle him, and if that’s the case, he’ll goal the cash match-up in opposition to Tank Davis.
“Once you watch William Zepeda struggle, you already know you’re going to get your cash’s price. Once we noticed him in opposition to JoJo Diaz, as an example. No person ever did that to JoJo Diaz,” mentioned Oscar De La Hoya to DAZN Boxing, speaking about light-weight contender William Zepeda forward of his struggle this Saturday night time, July sixth, in opposition to Giovanni Cabrera.
Zepeda is among the extra entertaining fighters within the division as a result of he throws nonstop punches, which places a lot stress on him. It will have been good to see Golden Boy match him in opposition to Keyshawn Davis, Raymond Muratalla, or Edwin De Los Santos quite than the lately overwhelmed Cabrera.
“Once we noticed him in his final struggle [against Maxi Hughes], he simply comes out and places on an ideal present. He is aware of precisely what’s at stake, and after I say William Zepeda is in a really distinctive scenario. Being ranked #1 in each group has by no means been finished earlier than,” mentioned De Hoya.
Maxi Hughes was the right opponent for Zepeda as a result of he had no energy and was coming off a loss to George Kambosos. He was no menace to beating Zepeda, and the struggle proved nothing. The best way that Golden Boy has matched Zepeda, it’s inconceivable to know if he’s for actual or a faux manufactured fighter like lots of them on the market.
“So, we’ve got one thing particular with William Zepeda. He jogs my memory loads of little Salvador Sanchez. That kind of favor. He has a fantastic fashion. Fingers up, nice footwork, and he’s simply relentless. He will likely be on prime of you each single minute of each single spherical.
Zepeda fights nothing just like the late Salvador Sanchez. The nice Sanchez would field rather a lot, and toy along with his opposition. Zepeda’s fashion is extra like Aaron Pryor’s with the nonstop punches that he throws.t
“William Zepeda’s alternative has come. He’s knocking on the door,” mentioned De La Hoy about Zepeda being poised for a world title shot after his match on Saturday night time in opposition to Cabrera.
