Shakur Stevenson admits he is working with Lime killer On July 12, he was in Queens, New York to lead support for William Zepeda. WBC lightweight champion Stevenson (23-0, 11 KOS) stopped bragging and finally admitted that he was facing a boxer-like guy, just like everyone else he had met before in his eight-year career.
Shakur’s hand strength problem
He knew Zepeda was on another level than the offensive level. So he is saying he thinks he punched harder and could knock him down. However, Shakur had little motivation when fighting 126 and 130, and did not continue when he moved to 135.
Furthermore, his fragile hands make it harder for him to generate strength. So we see Shakur throwing more to the body, as this is an area where the fragile hands can throw mats to allow them to avoid re-applying their hands.
Zepeda’s uninterrupted punch threat
Shakur Stevenson said: “I’m fighting beasts in the division. This guy is 33-0, 27 knockouts; he’s a cold killer, a machine. He won’t stop punching a guy who’s been waiting for his moment.” Youtube Channel, Talk about William Zepeda.
Shakur knows that he is in a good situation on July 12. You don’t want to see him directly accusing the Holocaust without properly searching for what he is going to deal with, fighting punches like Zepeda.
Stevenson is no tougher than past “Camaron” Zepeda’s past knockout victims, Mercito Gesta and Giovanni Cabrera. Indeed, I doubt if Stevenson will be half punished, as Zepeda Gesta did in the 2023 round of knockout.
Gesta tried running from Zepeda but it didn’t work. He cut off his ring, forcing Mercito to slide it out and overwhelmed by the punching. The Zepeda landed body pulled out the wheels from under the tough Filipino fighter, and had no choice but to stick it to the last position in sixth place.
The same thing could happen in Shakur. He would run at first, but once Zepeda landed his legs would fail him and he would have to stand up and hit the trolls with the Mexican batch of hole punches. Unfortunately, Stevenson is not suitable for this kind of war and may collapse before the sixth time.
If Shakur can’t run, he won’t last five rounds against Zepeda because he’s far from strong enough to take a punch from him like Gesta and Tevin Farmer did. He is a great runner, but Shakur is ordinary and highly vulnerable in terms of punishment.
“I know I’m going to go against it. A lot of people are trying to fight this fight against me when I’m fighting Oscar Valdez (in the Super Featherweight Lightweight in 2022). Oscar Valdez puts pressure on you, but he doesn’t punch him over and over again.
Stevenson’s low-shot output
What Shakur didn’t add is that he had no chance to match Zepeda’s high output, nor did he have the power to slow down his bombing.
In Stevenson’s final battle with Josh Padley last February, he shot 419 shots, which was huge for him because his opponents were unable to make him cautious. Shakur Average 47.6 Each round of fist. By comparison, Zepeda had 974 rematches with Tevin Farmer last March, an average 81.17 Each round of fist.
The only reason Zepeda didn’t have an average of 100 punches per round is that Farmer did a lot of holdings and movements in trying to and from his offense. This is only partially working because he still throws a lot of punches and knocks down the farmer twice as he turns his back to him, Surrender effectively. The referee can stop fighting both times, but choose not to do so.
Last updated on July 5, 20125
