William Zepeda Planning Scouting Mission For Shakur Stevenson’s Combat Towards Cordina On October twelfth

William Zepeda is contemplating touring to Saudi Arabia to be ringside to scout Shakur Stevenson for his battle towards Joe Cordina on October twelfth on the Kingdom Area in Riyadh. #1 Zepeda (31-0, 27 KOs) will likely be Shakur’s subsequent challenger in February if he efficiently defeats Cordina (17-1, 9 KOs).

Zepeda: The Hardest Check But for Stevenson

Zepeda can be by far essentially the most formidable opponent of WBC light-weight champion Shakur’s profession. It is going to put together him for a mega-fight towards WBA champion Gervonta David in the summertime of 2025.

For scouting functions, William Zepeda can be higher off watching Shakur’s battle towards Edwin De Los Santos on YouTube than attending his battle towards Cordina as a result of he’ll possible transfer so much much less towards the British fighter than he’ll towards him. Cordina isn’t an enormous menace to beating him and is coming off a nasty knockout loss.

Shakur will likely be on the transfer towards Zepeda as a result of he lacks the chin or offensive skill to face and commerce with him.

“[Trainer] Jay Najar tells me that he and ‘Camarón’ Zepeda are contemplating a visit to Saudi Arabia to see the battle between Stevenson and Cordina, in view of the potential of preventing Shakur subsequent February,” mentioned Salvador Rodriguez on X about William Zepeda planning to scout WBC light-weight champion Shakur Stevenson’s subsequent battle towards Joe Cordina on October twelfth in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Zepeda will battle Shakur as a result of he fought the mover Giovanni Cabrera final July. Cabrera was transferring across the ring, making an attempt to maintain Zepeda on the surface, nevertheless it didn’t work. Zepeda landed physique pictures to take his motion away and minimize the ring off to batter him with pictures.

Cabrera had success early within the first two rounds, touchdown punches, however the battle turned badly for him within the third spherical when Zepeda bought in shut and unloaded on him, hurting him to the physique.