Shakur Stevenson says William Zepeda and his team nodded him and that he was finally “He caught him” For their battle on July 12 in Queens, New York. Stevenson mentions that the Zepeda team knew what kind of ‘special talent’ he was. So, they are not going to allow Zepeda (33-0, 27 COs) to fight so far.
Zepeda is by far the best fighter Shakur (23-0, 11 COs) will face, and there is a chance that he will expose him. Stevenson came close to losing his fight with Edwin de Los Santos in 2023, and was fortunate that the three judges gave him credit for the poor shots that landed.
Zepeda’s power -threatening
Zepeda has good power, and his body and high volume make him a real threat to Stevenson. This is a fight that WBC lightweight champion Shakur cannot win by standing in the bag. He must move to prevent them from being overwhelmed with bumps.
“Here’s the thing when I say,” He bends me. “It’s not just the fighter. Dazn box About his belief that William Zepeda and his team were bending him. “So I’m not going to say that it was William Zepeda.
Stevenson did nothing for him until Turki Alalshikh was interested in him and started using him for his events. So fighters like Zepeda, Vasily Lomachenko and Gervonta Davis saw no point to fight him because there was no money in a collision against him. Stevenson does not connect with his opponents. So that was another reason why Zepeda and his team saw no sense to fight him.
“I’m going to say it was the team of William Zepeda, and everyone around them who knows how good I am and how special of a talent is what I am who does not want the fight to happen and me to bend. They hampered me, but we found him, ‘says Stevenson.
A big part of the reason why Zepeda and his team were not in a hurry to fight against Shakur is that he was not popular, and the criticism he ran all night in his fight against Edwin de Los Santos in 2023. In Shakur’s fight against De Los Santos, both are struggling. Stevenson for running, and De Los Santos for his inability to catch him.
Stevenson’s confidence: a trap?
“We trapped him, And on July 12, I get there to put my best achievement in my life, ”says Shakur.
Stevenson will look stupid when he loses against Zepeda, because he sounds so confident in their battle on July 12. He does not have the offensive skills or the power to match what Zepeda will throw at him. It is almost a given that Shakur will run all night, and there will be a lot of angry, because in a stadium will be fought.
Interestingly, Shakur does not try to capture his number 1 WBC Challenger, Andy Cruz, as he pushed to Zepeda. He never mentions the 2020 Olympic gold medalist, Cruz’s name, which can only mean that he sees him as a threat to his reign and will avoid him at all costs.


Last updated on 07/02/2025