Shakur Stevenson, WBC light-weight Champion, advised DAZN tonight that he’d be excited by defending towards his #1 contender, William Zepeda, subsequent.
The unbeaten Stevenson (22-0, 10 KOs) says he feels Zepeda’s preventing model would convey out his finest. Nevertheless, he mentioned he hadn’t made up his thoughts about who he was going to signal with subsequent as a free agent.
De La Hoya Units Circumstances
Zepeda’s promoter, Oscar De La Hoya, posted on social media that he’ll solely battle Shakur if he’s signed with Golden Boy Promotions. If that’s true, Shakur solely has one possibility if he desires the Zepeda (31-0, 27 KOs) battle, and that’s to signal with Oscar.
“He throws a bunch of punches; he’s nice together with his model. However a man like that might convey the perfect out of me,” mentioned Shakur to DAZN about Zepeda.
That may be a troublesome battle for Shakur. He can’t battle Zepeda like he did Artem Harutyunyan final Saturday evening as a result of he punches too exhausting and throws far too many punches. Zepeda received’t run across the ring like Harutyunyan did; if Shakur makes an attempt to punch him, it received’t finish effectively for him.
Zepeda throws nonstop pictures, and he would chop Shakur up as he did Giovanni Cabrera and Maxi Hughes. Shakur is from the identical fabric as these fighters relating to energy and finesse-oriented.
If Shakur fought Zepeda, he would wish to maneuver all evening like he did towards Edwin De Los Santos and Jeremiah Nakathilia for him to win. It could be boring for the followers, and Shakur’s reputation would proceed to drop.
Stevenson may not win a call preventing like that towards Zepeda until the judges forgave his reluctance to battle. They have been when he fought De Los Santos, however he may not get fortunate towards Zepeda as a result of his timid nature could be much more obvious towards him.
Promotional Issues
Stevenson has been praising promoter Eddie Hearn so much this week, and a few consider that’s his vacation spot to ink with Matchroom Boxing. Hearn doesn’t have a deep steady at 135. Certainly, the one fighter Hearn can supply Shakur at light-weight is Andy Cruz, the 2020 Olympic gold medalist, who’s a pure boxer.
He’s not well-known, and Shakur received’t make a goldmine preventing him. He would possibly lose to him as a result of he’s a talented fighter with an an identical safety-first model.
