Shakur Stevenson’s mission to silence critics against unbeaten William Zepeda – is he a ‘false’ or the right deal?

Shakur Stevenson says he has a ‘Slide on his shoulder‘And much to prove to those who doubt that he is on his way against William Zepeda on July 12. It burns him that fans ‘sleep’ on him and believe that he is false, and that he cannot do what he did to his other opponents in his eight-year professional career at Zepeda (33-0, 27).

Fans doubt Shakur Stevenson

WBC lightweight champion Shakur (23-0, 11 COs) turned 28 today, and fans overlooked him in this battle because of the mostly poor opposition he has fought since he moved up to 135. Fans expect a loss for Zepeda because Stevenson did not show the willingness to get involved if they were fighting.

The remarks of Turki Alalshikh this week about being “very upset” when Zepeda Shakur is knocking out because he has “big plans” for him, fans will raise the question of whether William will be at the end of a controversial decision unless he knocks him.

So Zepeda is considered by some fans as just one path to victory: a knockout. What further sements the view that some fans have that Shakur is just a creation to generate money and in fact a falsehood. That would explain why he was not combined against fighters like Andy Cruz, Raymond Muratalla, Abdullah Mason and Keyshawn Davis. They would ruin everything.

“I got a slide on my shoulder. I have something to prove. Many people sleep on me. Many people don’t think I’m that man. They don’t think I’m the man, I was my whole career, ‘said Shakur Stevenson Dazn boxAnd discuss how some fans feel that he is going against William Zepeda on July 12 in his title defense.

Shakur’s most striking victories

Edwin de Los Santos
Jamel herring
Oscar Valdez
Robson Conceicao
Joet Gonzalez
Artem Harutyunyan

Those fighters were not in the same league as William Zepeda and the other top lightweights. The only notable victory of Shakur’s career is De Los Santos, and he fought badly against him in their fight in 2023. I watched the fight and won Edwin 8-4.

It was easily the worst performance of Steveson’s career, and he was fortunate to make a 12-round decision. It looked like a draw, because De Los Santos landed the harder, cleaner shots and was the one who pushed the fight.

William Zepeda: Shakur’s big test

“Sometimes it just takes a little little to adjust and adjust. I adjust and adjust well. July 12, it’s going to be a statement,” Shakur said.

Stevenson believes that his career will rise to new heights by beating Zepeda in a statement, and comparing it to how Terence Crawford’s popularity rose after his victory over Errol Spence Jr.. In 2023. There is a big difference here.

Zepeda was not in a terrible car accident of 100 km / h, did not weigh the training camp with 190+ pounds and did not undergo an eye surgery. He hadn’t put out of the ring for 14 months. That was all that Errol had against him when he fought Terence.

So, Shakur, who uses the battle as an example, doesn’t work for the Zepeda fight, because it’s a very different situation.

Is Shakur Stevenson overestimated?

People believe that his promoters moved him like a chess piece, and strategically positioned him to avoid a loss and miss a big mega-million battle against Gervonta Davis.

In other words, Shakur was artificially promoted to look better than he was by his promoters, and he placed himself against fighters like Josh Padley, Artem Harutyunyan and Shuichiro Yoshino. Fans wonder why Stevenson was not connected to these fighters by his promoters:

1. Andy cruz
2. Raymond Muratalla
3. Abdullah Mason
4. Herrera Cores
5. Keyshawn Davis
6. Ernesto Mercado