Shakur Stevenson says he returns to his former combat style after having a beat in his ‘victory’ over William Zepeda on July 12. The indigenous Shakur (24-0, 11 COs) in New Jersey complained that he took “more punishment than usual” with his decision to fight the volume Puncher Zepeda (33-1, 27 COs) in a one-on-one way. He doesn’t want it to happen again.
Stevenson’s defensive return
If the WBC lightweight champion, Stevenson, is just going to run the ring, as he showed in his fighting against Edwin de Los Santos, Jeremiah Nakathilia, and many others, he brings no value to the Riyadh season of Turki Alalshikh.
“Hell, no. I want to do performances, but I also took more punishment than usual. So I want to go on my box again, make sure I don’t take a lot of punishment in it. So, no, I don’t intend to be beaten anymore”Says Shakur Stevenson at the Press conference after battle After his victory over William Zepeda on July 12.
So there it comes from Shakur. He says he returns to his former fighting style, which he will return to his Jerry-Esque form. No more fights will entertain. He will move and use his hit-and-not-hit style of fights.
Less poignant battles in advance
Stevenson’s disclosure cannot make Turki Alalshikh happy because he pays him millions to entertain the fans. He has already said that he will no longer “support” fighters who are not involved, and choose to turn their fights into “Tom and Jerry” glasses. Turki may want to consider ending his support for Shakur and leaving him off his future fighting cards after his announcement that he is returning to his non-weakened style to avoid being beaten in his fighting.
Unblocked shots come over Stevenson
“It was sometimes that he went through things. This is what I want to take away, and these are always things you can work on and get better, ”Shakur said about his failure to block the uninterrupted blows Zepeda throws.
What does Shakur talk about when he says, “Sometimes he would go through things?” Zepeda’s body shots came through his guard uninterrupted. He didn’t block any of Zepeda’s body shots. They are constantly landing.
Stevenson has like a Human piñataAnd in every round of the battle battered with pushing to the chest, sides, and bread basket. Of the opponents Zepeda has fought over the past three years, Shakur has taken the greatest amount of punishment for having no offense to keep Zepeda honest. The occasional potshots that Shakur ended up were nowhere near the game of the rain of the bumps to the body of the Mexican destroyer.
Shakur was mainly worried about blocking the push on the head, especially after being dropped by a right hand of Zepeda in round three.
The issue is that the judges focused only on head shots for the purposes and completely ignored the body work Zepeda did. If they had judged the fight professionally, Zepeda would have won because he landed more bumps and had the harder shots.
Last updated on 07/23/2025
