WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson and compulsory William Zepeda must plan with a wallet bid with the sanction body that is scheduled on May 6 if they cannot compile an agreement.
Shakur, 27, hopes to use this battle to prepare for a one -game against Gervonta Davis. He can make a mistake because Zepeda has the style that would cut through the light Shakur and hit him badly.
Farmer’s warning
Stevenson couldn’t do the stuff that Tevin Farmer could do against Zepeda in their two fights because he had no power and fragile hands. Farmer warned Shakur On social media that the pressure of Zepeda was difficult to handle.
“Trust me when I tell you. Although (most) of the world thought I had hit Zepeda twice, the production would all cause major problems unless you knock it out. I told you first, ‘Tevin Farmer said to turn on X.
Shakur replies, “Do you want to bet on this?”
It could be impossible for the farmer to speak some sense in Shakur’s head, because his victories over the soft opposition he was fighting for the past five years have made him too confident. It is clear, however, that there is a limit to Stevenson’s false trust, because we have already seen that he does not want any part of Andy Cruz and Jadier Herrera.
If you see how Shakur Josh Padley, Joe Cordina and Floyd Schofield target instead of the two Cubans, tell you that his confidence is the false variety.
The likely reason he is interested in fighting Zepeda is that he knows that he needs at least one solid victory on lightweight to get the chance to fight the tank Davis. Stevenson’s performance against Edwin de Los Santos was so weak that it was not useful for him to use to build positive pressure for a fight against tank.
Shakur’s recent wins on Padley and Harutyunyan were also useless for him because the two fighters were too poor to help him. To get the chance to get the Gevonta fight, Shakur Zepeda needs. It’s all about tank.
Stevenson needs a victory over William Zepeda to help him validate in the eyes of the public, the networks, the promoters and tank. However, he is not crazy enough to fight and be exposed to Andy Cruz or Jadier Herrera. He knows that he has a better chance against Zepeda, but he may notice the difficult way he made a mistake.
Power differences
The things that farmer did against Zepeda cannot do Stevenson because he does not have the power, size or toughness of Tevin. Farmer is a much stronger fighter than Shakur, and his punching resistance is excellent. The shots that farmed in both battles of Zepeda would have laid out Shakur.
The bumps that the farmer ended up at Zepeda would have knocked out Shakur. You may argue that farmer is a better fighter than Shakur, but he does not get the credit because he is not a braggart, does not place 24/7 on X, and did not let Eddie Hearn speak in interviews.
Last updated on 04/07/2025
