William Zepeda: “Animal” mode activated for Shakur Stevenson WBC Lightweight Title Clash in NYC on July 12

William Zepeda says he repents ‘in an animal’ when he is in the ring, and he plans to bring it out when challenging Shakur Stevenson for his WBC lightweight title in eight days on July 12 in Queens, New York. This is the WBC-TUs-Engineer 135-pound champion Zepeda’s biggest battle in his 10-year-old pro career, and he plans to make the most of it.

Stevenson (23-0, 11 COs) brought the battle to light and let the boxing fans know that it is only in the park to stand up against Zepeda (33-0, 27 COs). However, given how much Shakur has spoken to fight him over the past two years, it is clear that he recognizes it as a risky struggle for him. Shakur knows that he does not have the offensive talent to fit Zepeda.

Shakur’s glass hands

The part of Stevenson’s play is missing, and his glass hands have even more disadvantage. His way to victory is to use the amateur point point method to try to win a decision, provided the judges ignore the higher production and more difficult bumps of Zepeda. If the judges score as a professional competition, Stevenson is likely to lose because his shots will be much less and weaker than in each round.

“It’s something people know me. I am very calm. Inside the ring I convert into an animal, ‘said William Zepeda Dazn box About how he changes from a meek person outside the ring in a wild animal in it. “I like to exchange. I like to fight. ‘

Zepeda is not the type of opponent that Shakur is used to fighting. He is working on fighters with low output that have been picked up on a few shots for his entire eight -year professional career.

Zepeda’s high push-volume offense can overwhelm Shakur, especially in an 18 × 18 foot ring on July 12. It will be a shock to his system that is fighting against the Mexican knockout artist in a smaller ring, and is put on him with a lot of pressure to not run.

Small ring, big problem

– Absence of power
– Low output
– not used to brawling
-18 feet ring

“I know it’s hard to be a fighter who throws a lot of blows. I know it’s hard to hit me, ‘says Zepeda.

It will be very difficult for low-punch output Shakur to beat Zepeda, because even if he is healthy with two operational hands, he has never shown the ability to throw many shots as a pro.

Stevenson, 27, comes from the old Mayweather form of throwing pots, moving a lot and holding on as his opponents come close. It is effective, but boring to look at. The style has worked for Shakur so far, but his opposition was largely middle of the off -roaders.

Despite winning three divisional titles, Shakur did not fight an A-level or elite-level fighters. The opposition he faced was guys like Josh Padley, also known as ‘The Electrician’, Artem Harutyunyan, Joet Gonzalez and Shuichiro Yoshino. Shakur’s record is 100% built-up, which shows that it is a laboratory-created fighter.

Turki’s call to fight

Turki Alalshikh’s post on social media about the fact that he no longer wants fighters who are not involved in his Riyadh season cards was a sign for Shakur Stevenson and others like him that they should resist their instinct to run and fight if they want to continue to invite his events.

We will see if Stevenson will ignore Turki and fight as he always does, or he will take into account his message, want to please him and earn the millions he paid in the bag through Zepeda. This is the kind of fight that Turki and supporters want to see from Stevenson on July 12.