Shakur Stevenson Open To Fighting William Zepeda In Next Title Defense

Shakur Stevenson, WBC light-weight Champion, informed DAZN tonight that he’d be focused on defending in opposition to 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 combat Shakur if he’s signed with Golden Boy Promotions. If that’s true, Shakur solely has one possibility if he needs the Zepeda (31-0, 27 KOs) combat, 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 may convey the very best out of me,” mentioned Shakur to DAZN about Zepeda.

That will be a tricky combat for Shakur. He can’t combat Zepeda like he did Artem Harutyunyan final Saturday evening as a result of he punches too arduous and throws far too many punches. Zepeda gained’t run across the ring like Harutyunyan did; if Shakur makes an attempt to punch him, it gained’t finish nicely 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 material as these fighters relating to energy and finesse-oriented.

If Shakur fought Zepeda, he would want to maneuver all evening like he did in opposition to Edwin De Los Santos and Jeremiah Nakathilia for him to win.  It will be boring for the followers, and Shakur’s recognition would proceed to drop.

Stevenson may not win a choice preventing like that in opposition to Zepeda until the judges forgave his reluctance to combat. They had been when he fought De Los Santos, however he may not get fortunate in opposition to Zepeda as a result of his timid nature could be much more obvious in opposition to him.

Promotional Issues

Stevenson has been praising promoter Eddie Hearn rather a lot this week, and a few imagine that’s his vacation spot to ink with Matchroom Boxing. Hearn doesn’t have a deep secure 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 gained’t make a goldmine preventing him. He would possibly lose to him as a result of he’s a talented fighter with an similar safety-first model.