Golden Boy Promotions president Eric Gomez has confirmed that William Zepeda suffered a right-hand damage and received’t be capable of problem Shakur Stevenson for his WBC light-weight belt on February twenty second.
Gomez acknowledged that they’re seeking to “reschedule” the Shakur struggle as a result of that’s what Zepeda needs subsequent (32-0, 27 KOs). He beat the Shakur-clone Tevin Farmer (33-7-1, 8 KOs) final Saturday night time in Riyadh, and now he needs the actual factor.
Zepeda has been seen strolling round with a right-hand brace for the reason that struggle with Farmer final Saturday night time. This isn’t a pretend factor the place a fighter geese. Zepeda wouldn’t be sporting the brace if he weren’t injured as a result of he’s not the sort that might duck a struggle, notably towards a light-hitting defensive fighter like Shakur.
“No, Zepeda suffered an damage. So, he harm his hand. We’re seeking to reschedule that, however that’s the struggle that Zepeda needs,” stated Eric Gomez to ESNEWS about William Zepeda having suffered an damage and received’t be capable of struggle Shakur Stevenson on February twenty second.
Throughout the struggle, one might see that Zepeda’s proper hand wasn’t at full energy, maybe injured from the physique pictures he was hitting the 34-year-old Farmer with.
It’s troublesome to pinpoint when the damage occurred within the struggle. Nonetheless, the variety of punches to the physique from Zepeda appeared to extend within the second half of the struggle, which signifies that he centered downstairs after struggling the damage. It’s simpler for fighters to throw to the physique than it’s to the pinnacle after they’ve obtained a hand damage.
Zepeda defeated Farmer by the scores:
– 95-94: Zepeda
– 95-95: Farmer
– 95-94: Zepeda
Farmer knocked Zepeda down with a left hand in spherical 4, but it surely was a flash job and never a scenario the place he’d harm him. When Zepeda obtained again up, he continued to dish out punishment to Farmer for the remainder of the spherical and the rest of the struggle.
I had it 9-1 in Zepeda’s favor, however I Factored within the physique pictures he was touchdown. The judges had been focusing solely on the pot pictures Farmer was connecting on, and there have been nowhere close to sufficient for him to be given a 95-94 win.
Shakur should struggle another person subsequent if he needs to remain busy whereas he waits for Zepeda’s hand damage to go. He ought to struggle one among these contenders subsequent:
Andy Cruz
Edwin De Los Santos
Floyd Schofield
Abdullah Mason
If Shakur needed to point out the world that he’s not afraid to struggle any of the killers at 135, he’d struggle a type of guys whereas he waits for Zepeda’s hand damage. However given the danger concerned and the excessive likelihood that he would flip in one other efficiency the place he’s booed out of the world, he’s not going to likelihood it by preventing any of these guys.
