William Zepeda faces Giovanni Cabrera in a 12-round headliner occasion on July sixth in light-weight motion dwell on DAZN on the Toyota Area in Ontario, California.
Ranked #1 in IBF, WBA, and WBC, the punching machine Zepeda (30-0, 26 KOs) wants a win to remain in place to combat for a world title. With Zepeda’s rating, he can’t be denied for much longer for a world title shot.
Golden Boy Promotions are doing job of retaining Zepeda busy, matching him towards the perfect out there opponents to get him extra expertise and visibility.
Zepeda is arguably essentially the most thrilling fighter within the 135-lb division, however he’s nonetheless not a family identify but within the U.S. on account of his lack of big-name opponents. In Zepeda’s current fights, he’s overwhelmed these fighters:
– Maxi Hughes: RTD 4
– Mercito Gesta: TKO 6
– Jaime Arboleda: KO 2
– Joseph Diaz: UD 12
– Rene Alvarado: UD 10
This combat must be fascinating. Cabrera (22-1, 7 KOs) got here near defeating Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz final yr in July, falling brief with a 12-round cut up resolution loss. If Cabrera fights like that towards Zepeda, we’d have an upset.
In 2022, Cabrera beat former newbie star Gabriel Flores Jr. by a one-sided ten spherical unanimous resolution in a combat that received the eye of plenty of boxing followers. Flores Jr. is a superb fighter, however the way in which that Cabrera dealt with him confirmed that he’s received the flexibility to seize a world title.
Zepeda, 27, needed to problem WBC champion Shakur Stevenson, however the match did not occur. That’s a combat that did not occur, which isn’t shocking as a result of the 2 are with totally different promotional corporations and compete on separate networks.
“Just some months after delivering an absolute drubbing of contender Maxi Hughes, Zepeda is seeking to make yet one more assertion and place himself for world championship gold earlier than the top of the yr. Don’t blink, this combat goes to be an absolute barnburner,” mentioned Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya about his fighter Zepeda.
Occasion Particulars:
- Date: Saturday, July 6
- Begin Time: USA: 7 PM EDT / UK: 12 AM BST (July 7)
- Streaming: DAZN
- Venue: Toyota Area, Ontario, California
Up to date Struggle Card:
- Most important Occasion: William Zepeda vs. Giovanni Cabrera – Light-weight, 12 rounds
- Co-Most important Occasion: Ricardo Sandoval vs. Angel Acosta – Flyweight, 10 rounds for the WBC Silver Title
- Undercard Highlights:
- Manuel Flores vs. Nohel Arambulet – Tremendous Bantamweight, 10 rounds
- Joel Iriarte vs. Yainel Alvarez – Welterweight, 6 rounds
- Alex Martin vs. Pedro Campa – Tremendous Light-weight, 10 rounds
- Gael Cabrera vs. Mychaquell Shields – Bantamweight, 4 rounds
- Joshua Garcia vs. Jason Buenaobra – Tremendous Featherweight, 6 rounds
- Anthony Saldivar vs. Roman Canto – Tremendous Welterweight, 4 rounds
- Daniel Luna vs. Joseph Walker – Light-weight, 4 rounds
- Japhethlee Llamido vs. Ryan Allen – Tremendous Bantamweight, 8 rounds
