Turki Alalshikh wants a ‘good performance’ from Shakur Stevenson in his fight against William Zepeda on July 12 at Louis Armstrong Stadium in Queens, New York. He wants to continue to use Stevenson for other opportunities.
Zepeda’s pressure test
WBC lightweight champion Stevenson (23-0, 11 COs) may not be worth using again after Zepeda (33-0, 27 COs) came through with him. Shakur does not have a pressure fighter like this fight since his loss of Cuba Robeisy Ramirez in the 2016 Olympics, and he fell apart in that battle.
The pressure placed on the two-time Olympic Gold Medal Robeisy on Shakur is nothing compared to what Zepeda will do. If Shakur loses badly, as I expect him, Turki can still use him on his cards if he is willing to move back to 130 or 126, because he is not physically designed for the 135 pound division.
He does not have the power and the courage to stand against the murderers against Lightqeight against the murderers. There is a reason why Shakur’s promoters linked him in his last two fights against Josh Padley and Artem Harutyunyan.
It is imperative that Shakur look good in winning. He can’t get stuck, move and hold on all night as against Edwin de Los Santos in 2023. He will be thrown from the stadium. You can only imagine the criticism that Shakur will receive. He would like a Pariah afterwards, a total outcast.
Turki’s Shakur awaiting
“I want a wonderful action of Shakur because I will try to do more big battles for him,” Turki Alalshikh said X About his high expectations for Shakur Stevenson for his defense on July 12 against William Zepeda.
Turki asks for the impossible to want a ‘good performance’ by Stevenson, because he’s not going to do anything more than we’ve seen of him in the past. He will meet it a track, and he will have his glass hands if his excuse why he couldn’t stand in the bag against Zepeda.
“Zepeda, I want to see him with (Isaac) ‘pitbull’ (cruz) in the future. Berlanga, he’ll have another chance. Sheeraz, this is his third Riyadh season. He now sees the potential and lets us see him. ‘
Shakur Rematch claim
If Zepeda overcomes Shakur, he will hold the WBC lightweight title. A title defense against Isaac Cruz would be an excellent idea. However, Shakur will have bellyache about the will that he wants a rematch, and he will not stop coming until he gets his way. He will push his promoter, Eddie Hearn, to get the immediate re -broadcast with Zepeda, for he will be spiritually ruined from defeat.
You can only imagine the number of posts on Twitter Shakur will make daily, crush the water and a little crazy togetherwith the conspiracy to declare his defeat.
Sheeraz-Berlanga war forecast
“I look forward to all four of them, but to increase the one where I think it’s going to be gone, Sheeraz and Berlanga are,” Rick Reeno said. “I just got the feeling that Berlanga was coming out in the first round in search of a knockout, and Sheeraz was going to embrace it. And we could see a counter-to-tone fight from the first round. ‘
It would be a bad idea for Hamzah Sheeraz (21-0-1, 17 COs) to get into the trenches early in the battle in the trenches. Berlanga is a big puncher and is deadly in the early rounds, where he achieved most of his knockouts during his career.
Sheeraz coach Andy Lee will compile a game plan involving boxing, with the aim of taking Berlanga in the later rounds. If Hamzah can survive until the ninth round, he has the chance to strike Edgar if he shoots it up.
Hamzah’s early round risk
What is worrying is how Austin Williams hurt Sheeraz in the first round of their battle last year in June. Austin is not nearly the puncher who is Berlanga, and he stopped Hamzah close to.
Last updated on 06/23/2025