{"id":156281,"date":"2025-07-09T09:33:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T15:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/?p=156281"},"modified":"2025-07-09T11:59:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T17:59:37","slug":"wbc-special-preview-stevenson-vs-zepeda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wbc-special-preview-stevenson-vs-zepeda\/","title":{"rendered":"WBC SPECIAL PREVIEW STEVENSON VS ZEPEDA"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>WBC Stadistics<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WBC Super Lightweight World Championship<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">June 8, 2025 \/ Texas, USA \/ The Ford Center\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOLDEB BOY PRESENT:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-156284\" src=\"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/stevenson-vs-zepeda-1-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/stevenson-vs-zepeda-1-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/stevenson-vs-zepeda-1-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/stevenson-vs-zepeda-1-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/stevenson-vs-zepeda-1-2-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/stevenson-vs-zepeda-1-2-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/stevenson-vs-zepeda-1-2-133x75.jpg 133w, https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/stevenson-vs-zepeda-1-2-960x540.jpg 960w, https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/stevenson-vs-zepeda-1-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>ALBERTO \u201cLa Avispa\u201d PUELLO (Dominican Republic)<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WBC Super Lightweight World Champion, 2nd defense<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Former WBC Interim Super Lightweight Champion<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Former WBC Latino Super Lightweight Champion, 1 defense<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Age: 30 \/ Date of birth: July 22, 1994<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Residence: Las Vegas, Nevada \/ Birthplace: San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Record: 24-0, 10 KOs \/ Total rounds: 176 \/ World championship fights: 2-0, 0 KOs<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Height: 5\u20199.5\u201d \u2013 76cm \/ Reach: 71\u201d \u2013 180cm \/ Stance: Left-handed<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manager: Belgica Pena \/ Trainer: Bob Santos<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>SUBRIEL \u201cOrgullo de Maternillo\u201d MATIAS (Puerto Rico)<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ranked WBC No. 8 at Super Lightweight<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Age: 33 \/ Date of birth: March 31, 1992<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Residence, birthplace: Fajardo, Puerto Rico<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Record: 22-2, 22 KOs \/ Total rounds: 118 \/ World championship fights: 2-1, 2 KOs<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Height: 5\u20199\u201d \u2013 175cm \/ Reach: 71\u201d \u2013 180cm \/ Stance: Right-handed<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manager: Juan Orengo \/ Trainer: Jay Nahar<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-156286\" src=\"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumbnail_lightweight-belt-2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"609\" \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>WBC SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONS<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Roberto Cruz (Phil) 1963<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Eddie Perkins (US) 1963 \u2013 1965<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Carlos Hernandez (Ven) 1965 \u2013 1966<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sandro Lopopolo (Ita) 1966 \u2013 1967<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Paul Fuji (US) 1967 \u2013 1968<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Pedro Adigue (Phil) 1968 \u2013 1970<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Bruno Arcari (Italy) 1970 \u2013 1974<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Pedro Fern\u00e1ndez (Spain) 1974 \u2013 1975<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Saensak Muangsurin (Thai) 1975 \u2013 1976<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Miguel Velazquez (Spain) 1976<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Saensak Muangsurin (Thai) * 1976 \u2013 1978<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sang-Hyun Kim (Korea) 1978 \u2013 1980<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Saoul Mamby (US) 1980 \u2013 1982<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Leroy Haley (US) 1982 \u2013 1983<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Bruce Curry (US) 1983 \u2013 1984<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Bill Costello (US) 1984 \u2013 1985<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Lonnie Smith (US) 1985 \u2013 1986<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Rene Arredondo (Mexico) 1986<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Tsuyoshi Hamada (Japan) 1986 \u2013 1987<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Rene Arredondo (M\u00e9xico) * 1987<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Roger Mayweather (US) 1987 \u2013 1989<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Julio Cesar Chavez (Mex) 1989 \u2013 1994<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Frankie Randall (US) 1994<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Julio Cesar Chavez (Mex) * 1994 &#8211; 1996<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Oscar de la Hoya (US-Mex) 1996 \u2013 1997<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Konstantin Tszyu (Australia) 1998 \u2013 2003<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Arturo Gatti (Canada) 2004 \u2013 2005<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Floyd Mayweather Jr. (US) 2005<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Junior Witter (GB) 2006 \u2013 2008<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Timothy Bradley Jr. (US) 2008 \u2013 2009<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Devon Alexander (US) 2009 \u2013 2011<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Timothy Bradley Jr. (US) * 2011<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Erik Morales (Mexico) 2011 \u2013 2012<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Lucas Matthysse (Arg) Interim 2012 &#8211; 2013<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Danny Garcia (US) 2012 \u2013 2015<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Viktor Postol (Ukraine) 2015 \u2013 2016<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Terence Crawford (US) 2016 \u2013 2018<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Regis Prograis (US) Interim 2018<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Jose Ramirez (US) 2018 \u2013 2021<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Josh Taylor (GB) 2021 \u2013 2022<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Regis Prograis (US)* 2022 \u2013<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Devin Haney (US) 2019 \u2013 2023<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Alberto Puello (Dom. Rep.) 2024 \u2013<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>* Regained<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>TOP 10<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Julio Cesar Chavez (Mex)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Oscar de la Hoya (US\/Mex)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Kostya Tszyu (Rus\/Aust)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Roger Mayweather (US)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Timothy Bradley (US)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Bruno Arcari (Italy)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Arturo Gatti (Canada)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Danny Garcia (US)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Devon Alexander (US)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Saensak Muangsurin (Thai)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION IN WBC HISTORY<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">38 world champions have been recognized by the WBC, five of whom have regained the title: Saensak Muangsurin (Thailand), Rene Arredondo (Mexico), Julio Cesar Chavez (Mexico), Timothy Bradley Jr. (US), Regis Prograis (US).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>131 WBC super lightweight world title bouts have been held in WBC history.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>MEMORABLE WBC SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHTS:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mar. 1, 2025 <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alberto Puello W12 Sandor Martin \u2013 Brooklyn, New York<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dec. 9, 2023<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Devin Haney W12 Regis Prograis \u2013 San Francisco, California<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">June 17, 2023\u00a0 Regis Prograis W12 Danielito Zorrilla \u2013 New Orleans, Louisiana<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nov. 26, 2022 \u00a0 Regis Prograis KO11 Jose Zepeda \u2013 Carson, California<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feb. 26, 2022 \u00a0 Josh Taylor W12 Jack Catterall \u2013 Glasgow, Scotland<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">May 22, 2021 \u00a0 Josh Taylor W12 Jose Ramirez \u2013 Las Vegas, Nevada<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aug. 29, 2020 \u00a0 Jose Ramirez W12 Viktor Postol \u2013 Las Vegas, Nevada<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sep. 14, 2018 \u00a0 Jose Ramirez W12 Antonio Orozco \u2013 Fresno, California<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mar. 7, 2018 <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jose Ramirez W12 Amir Imam \u2013 New York, New York<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aug. 19, 2017 \u00a0 Terence Crawford KO3 Julius Indongo \u2013 Lincoln, Nebraska<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">July 23, 2016<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Terence Crawford W12 Viktor Postol \u2013 Las Vegas, Nevada<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oct. 3, 2015 <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Viktor Postol KO10 Lucas Matthysse \u2013 Carson, California<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">July 14, 2012<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Danny Garcia TKO4 Amir Khan \u2013 Las Vegas, Nevada<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jan. 29, 2011 \u00a0 Timothy Bradley Jr. TW10 Devon Alexander \u2013 Pontiac, Michigan<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mar. 6, 2010 <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Devon Alexander TKO8 Juan Urango \u2013 Uncasville, Connecticut<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">June 25, 2005\u00a0 Floyd Mayweather Jr. TKO6 Arturo Gatti \u2013 Atlantic City, New Jersey<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jan. 29, 2005 \u00a0 Arturo Gatti KO5 James Leija \u2013 Atlantic City, New Jersey<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nov. 3, 2001<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Konstantin Tszyu TKO2 Zab Judah \u2013 Las Vegas, Nevada<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">June 7, 1996<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oscar de la Hoya TKO4 Julio Cesar Chavez \u2013 Las Vegas, Nevada<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mar. 17, 1990 \u00a0 Julio Cesar Chavez TKO12 Meldrick Taylor \u2013 Las Vegas, Nevada<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">May 13, 1989 \u00a0 Julio Cesar Chavez TKO10 Roger Mayweather \u2013 Inglewood, California<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nov. 12, 1987 \u00a0 Roger Mayweather TKO6 Rene Arredondo \u2013 Los Angeles, California<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apr. 8, 1978 <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saensak Muangsurin KO13 Francisco Moreno \u2013 Hat Yai, Thailand<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mar. 6, 1971 <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bruno Arcari W15 Joao Henrique \u2013 Rome, Italy<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">July 22, 1987<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rene Arredondo TKO6 Tsuyoshi Hamada \u2013 Kokugican, Japan<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">June 15, 1963\u00a0 Eddie Perkins W15 Roberto Cruz \u2013 Manila, Philippines<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-156288\" src=\"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/zepeda-shakur-art-819x12020\/024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bambi vs Thumper<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By James Blears<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perhaps it`s not unnatural that an undercurrent of irritation is irking and residually lingering within <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson, in the build up to his third defence, this time against<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hard hitting William \u2018\u2019Cameron\u2019\u2019 Zepeda, at the Louis Armstrong Stadium, Queens on Saturday July <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12 th .<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It`ll be a night to remember, with an impressive well-armed undercard of Alberto Puello defending <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">his WBC super-lightweight belt against Subriel Matias, a super-middleweight title eliminator with <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Edgar Berlanga Vs Hamzah Sheerez and David Morrell Vs Imam Khataev at light-heavy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shakur has praised William saying he`s a good fighter, but when asked if he feels trepidation, he <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">becomes scornful, feigning fear in a po-faced manner. As an Olympic Silver Medallist and a three <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">weight-division world champion, Shakur has already figured out the difference between prudence <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and stage fright on the night. Tremble isn`t part of this preamble.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also candidly declares that William only knows how to fight one way and he will not let William <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bully him. We will see.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the Just William books by Richmal Crompton, the mischievous, misadventure prone protagonist, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">eleven- year- old William Brown observes: \u2018\u2019Experience is no use unless you can learn from it.\u2019\u2019 And: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018\u2019I`m continually amazed by how well I adapt myself to circumstances.\u2019\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are two important keys with which to assess this upcoming fight. We assume it`s going to be a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">classic boxer Vs fighter, which will determine who is the better lighter\/igniter, but it may not work <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">out exactly like that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There indeed is a grim determination ingrained in every fibre of Mexican William Zepeda, who loves <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nothing better than a tear up, backing up an opponent. He has KO`d twenty-seven of his thirty-<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">three rivals. Yet, he`s the Interim champion, taking on the Absolute Champion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shakur 23-0, 11 KO`s teases him by saying; \u2018\u2019So if you want to become the regular champion, the real <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">champion, then you have to go through me. Zepeda says he`ll stop me by the tenth. We`ll see. It`s <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">going to be a really tough fight.\u2019\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both are southpaws, but in this assumption about a real test, Shakur is right. Maxi Hughes who just <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">won the WBC lightweight Silver Title with a UD win over Archie Sharp, has fought William and retired <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from the fray after four blistering rounds. Maxi says William tends to go into Beast Mode and will be <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">willing to take some shots coming in against Shakur, banking on the fact they won`t carry too much <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">weighty impact, pep or sting. He also says he spotted some flaws and mistakes by Will against <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">talented but ageing Tevin Farmer in the two fights William had with him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the first William got careless and was dropped by a cute but hard left hook counter in round four. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credit to him that he got up and almost immediately resumed the onslaught thanks to his <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tremendous physical condition and intrepid determination, but hurt he was, albeit momentarily and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mightily surprised. It was careless and at this level that`s invariably punished. Will knows the drill!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Early on in fight one against Tevin, William injured his left hand due to body punching of which he is <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rather fond. Fortunately, it didn`t require surgery, but the rematch had to be put back. He won fight <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">one by a SD in Riyadh. A better performance in fight two with a MD victory in Cancun, propelled by <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">two sound hands, via which he applied more pressure especially after the half way mark.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earlier in his career in 2022 William had to work hard to defeat former IBF super-featherweight <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">champion Jo Jo Diaz who was cut over the left eye by punches in the fourth and over the right eye <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">two rounds later due to an accidental clash of heads, but still lasted the full distance of twelve <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rounds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As challenger William Zepeda will be coming into this fight, determined to unload his accustomed <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">high volume of punches and to punish the body of Shakur, which doesn`t move as much as his <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">appreciably more elusive head. But Shakur isn`t at all easy to hit or hit cleanly any time, any place, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">anywhere. To win William must solve that riddle for Shakur to be either shaken or stirred.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rather than hit, stick and evade, Shakur might decide to use lateral movement, counter punch with <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">precision and make things more than uncomfortable than William anticipates if William follows the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gameplan of being prepared to take a few to get his own in. Stiletto style precision to countermand <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">blunt force trauma, could be an important and significant factor. Shakur may have an almost <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">teenage demeanour outside the ring but oh dear\u2026it must be remembered that Bambi had hooves <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">while his buddy Thumper was a trifle flat-footed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When he feels like it and the opportunity knocks, Shakur can and will inflict impactful onslaught. He <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">plastered Jamel Herring in winning the WBO super-featherweight title, hitting him from pillar to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">post, before Referee Mark Nelson stopped it in round ten. He`s also dropped Oscar Valdez and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Robson Conceicao in world title fights, dominating both on the way to UD victories. Although <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">against the Brazilian he could no longer make the super-featherweight limit, coming in 1.6 pounds <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">overweight. It was past time to move up to lightweight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shakur`s most recent fight, knocking down Josh Padley three times in round nine, with Josh`s corner <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">throwing in the towel, isn`t much of an indicator, because Josh took it on just three days notice, after <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Floyd Schofield pulled out due to health problems. A courageous, bright spark move, which means <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Josh now has the where withal to say goodbye to his job as an electrician and focus full time on his <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">illuminating boxing career.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In winning the vacant WBC title against Edwin De Los Santos, who up to then had an 82 percent KO <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">record, Shakur showed technical proficiency in earning the UD, but didn`t engage very much and it <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was an armchair rather than a deckchair night. A real tedious fight. Against William \u2018\u2019Camaron\u2019\u2019 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zepeda who has a KO record just shy of this, at 81.82 percent, Shakur must shine, if he wants to take <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on WBA champion Gervonta \u2018\u2019Tank\u2019\u2019 Davis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">William is coming to try and cut the distance, move in and overwhelm Shakur by forcing him out of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">his slow paced, yet agile medium range style and make him fight. Rather than getting on his bike and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fighting on the back foot, I think and I hope Shakur will move laterally, counter punching, spearing <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the oncoming Cameron with accurate and telling, well-chosen blows. That would make it <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">competitive and exciting. Hopefully, adversity will bring out the best in both of them. 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