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Promoter Oscar De La Hoya confirmed right now that the plans are for WBC interim light-weight champion William Zepeda to problem Shakur Stevenson for the complete belt later this yr after he faces Tevin Farmer in a rematch this Saturday night time, on March twenty ninth in Cancun, Mexico.
Farmer Rematch
De La Hoya says Zepeda (32-0, 27 KOs) needs all the highest guys after he offers with Farmer (33-7-1, 8 KOs) of their 12-round headliner, dwell on DAZN. Zepeda, 28, goes over previous floor, combating Farmer in a rematch to clear up the controversy over his ten-round break up resolution win of their earlier combat on November sixteenth on Latino Evening in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Shakur has virtually been begging for a combat in opposition to Zepeda, as he and his promoter, Eddie Hearn, really feel that it’s a logical development contest that results in a unification combat in opposition to WBA light-weight champion Gervonta Davis.
“Shakur is one hard man to beat, but not impossible. His style is very difficult,” stated Oscar de La Hoya to Fighthype when requested if William Zepeda may beat Shakur Stevenson. “Clearly, this [Josh] Padley man he fought gave him a bit of little bit of bother right here and there.
“Maybe Shakur got hit a little more than he expected to get hit because Padley came in gun’s blazing. Then Shakur had some problems with his hand. I saw him shake his right hand. Shakur is an amazing talent, but the plans are to fight Tevin Farmer in Cancun and then go after everybody.”
Shakur bought hit greater than ordinary as a result of he was keen to remain within the pocket in opposition to Josh Padley as a result of he knew he was going through a weak-punching British domestic-level alternative opponent.
In opposition to this stage of opponent, Stevenson was compelled to remain within the pocket as a result of if he had used his regular four-foot step-back method, he would have by no means heard the top of the backlash. Shakur nonetheless appeared dangerous in opposition to Padley as a result of the combat confirmed that he had no energy and may very well be hit when he was not operating.
You may solely think about how poor Stevenson would have appeared if he’d agreed to combat Cuban contender Jadier Herrera, one of many different choices bypassed in favor of the delicate choose Padley.
Highway to Shakur
“These are the kind of fights that Zepeda needs, the Shakur Stevenson—the perfect. At present’s boxing is all about enterprise, and I don’t prefer it and I hate it. A variety of fighters are out-pricing themselves, and the massive fights aren’t happening. I actually really feel that Shakur needs to be nice, and he needs to combat the perfect. I feel the identical factor about William Zepeda.
“That’s going to be a fight down the road this year that we’re going to see, and we’re going to make and it’s going to be a great fight. William is willing to face anybody. He’s in that moment in his career where he’s willing to face anybody,” stated De La Hoya.
