Promoter Eddie Hearn says that he wants WBC to be obligatory William Zepeda to be another opponent of Shakur Stevenson if he wins in his rematch with Tevin Farmer on March 29 at Cancun.
Hearn states that Zepeda (32-0, 29 KO) was part of his original plan of three fights for Shakur (23-0, 11 KO) after he signed him, and still wants it to happen. The original road map, which Hearn had for Stevenson, when he dropped him into a contract with Mathroom, was aimed at taking these fights in this order:
Floyd Schofield
William Zepeda
Gervonta Davis
The match Schofield broke up after he pulled out the disease last week, thanks to which Hearn is necessary to apply for an exchange. He chose a pretender to Fringe, Josh Padley, who turned out to be a mistake on his part because he made Stevenson look like an average warrior in a lost effort.
Not Zepeda, what now?
Hearn wants to continue his original plan to exploit Zepeda as a stepping stone to get a fight with the tank, but it is not clear if it will happen. The head of Golden Boy, Oscar de la Hoya, died down, wanting to fight between Zeda and Shakur. It’s understandable why.
Zepeda can earn a lot more money by fighting Tank Davis than to face Stevenson, who is not an attraction of PPV, and the fight would cause a very diminutive interest in fans. What’s more, Shakur was running around the ring for 12 rounds, as he did against Edwin de Los Santos, playing on the playground for children. This is not engaging for fighters such as Zepeda, Golden Boy or fans.
“I don’t think you will see him in the ring until the back of the summer and we still want what we were promised in the road map, i.e. [William] Zepeda – said Eddie Hearn to Chris Mannix YouTube channel About who he wants the next one for Shakur Stevenson.
Padley fiasco
Shakura’s left -wet -fired left hand was seriously swollen during Padley’s fight, forcing him to exploit his right hand by most of his power. Although Stevenson could still exploit the left when throwing the body, he could not exploit it to throw himself on the head.
“I said I wanted Floyd Schofield, Zepeda, and then Tank. If we go straight to the tank, this is not a problem either. We would like to fight Zepeda. I think Shakur is getting better. People are queuing to criticize Shakur. He had three notice for Josh Padley, “Hearn said, justifying Stevenson’s impoverished performance against Elektryk Padley.
Needed plan B.
Hearn has to start thinking about using someone else for the next opponent of Shakur, because it is painfully obvious that Golden Boy is not interested in allowing him to fight Zepeda. These are more realistic options for Shakur:
– Ernesto Mercado – Andy Cruz – Abdullah Mason – Raymond Muratalla – Edwin de los Santos
“It wasn’t really an ideal situation, and Padley can fight. It is very hard when you were preparing for a bad blood fight with Floyd Schofield, and then suddenly it is not. This guy [Padley] He comes in and you’ve never really seen him. You watch a lot of material. I thought it was a good performance [from Shakur].
“He never lie down [in his career]. He thinks he is the best warrior in the world and wants to prove it. It was always a plan, “said Hearn, when it was asked what promotions Golden Boy say about the fight between Zepeda and Shakur Stevenson.
“Zepeda is a good warrior, and if he goes through the revenge of the farmer [on March 29th]Why not fight? You wouldn’t only fight if you didn’t think you could win and I understand it. There is a lot of money at the rate and he is [Zepeda] Mandatory for the world title. I hope this fight will be made – said Hearn.
Two title title belts will be on the line on Sunday, when Bantamweight performs Junto Naktani and Ryosuke Nishida Clash in the best boxing at the main ESPN event at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo.
After conquering Super Bantamweight Division, Nakrekani (30-0, 23 KO) knocked out Alexandro Santiago in February 2024 to win the WBC Bantamweight crown. Since then, the 27-year-old Master of Three Wags has reached 3-0, including knockout in the third round of the then Niemeaty David Cuellar in his last duel in February.
Nishida (10-0, 2 KO), Master Bantamweight IBF, wants to leisurely down, adding WBC belt to the waist. The 28-year-old dethroned Emmanuel Rodriguez by a unanimous decision to win the IBF title in May 2024. Nishida defended her crown in December with the seventh round of TKO over Anuchai Donsua.
Also on the highest boxing on ESPN: Nympani vs. Nishida Fight Card:
Former Kickboxer Tenshine Nasukawa (6-0, 2 KO) will face Victor Stanitlan (14-1, 5 KO) in the 10-round fight Bantamweight.
Tomoya Tsuboi (1-0, 1 KO) will face Van Thao Tran (18-1, 10 KO) in the 10-round fight for the title of WBO Asia Pacific Bantamweight.
Another pair of Bantamweights, Riku Masuda (7-1, 7 KO) and Michell Banquez (23-5, 15 KO), were leveled to 10 rounds.
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Saturday’s fight with Keyshawn Davis and Edwin de Los Santos was officially canceled after Keyshawn did not reach weight on Friday and was deprived of his lithe WBO title. Davis (13-0, 9 KO) weighed 139.3 pounds, i.e. 4.3 pounds above the limit of 135 pounds.
Abdullah Mason Modern Headliner
The fight of Abdullah Mason with Jeremia Nakathila will be moved to the place to Headliner on Saturday evening to save the show to the Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia. Mason has an invigorating combat style that makes him a perfect substitute for Keyshawn. When entering the fight, some fans perceived him as a worthy main header over Keyshawn.
Incorrect lithe pretender No. 2 WBO, Mason (18-0, 16 KO) comes from Ohio. This is not perfect to be the main event. However, the brothers Keyshawn, Kelvin and Keon Davis, are still on the card, and this will satisfy the crowd of Norfolk. Given that the Saturday event is shown at ESPN and ESPN+.
Keyshawn accepted a lot of criticism from fans for the missing weight. Many of them believe that he intentionally came to overweight to gain an advantage over the demanding punchating of Southpaw de los Santos (16-2, 14 KO).
What rejected the fans was Davis said that he was going to be his last fight at the age of 135 and that he moved to 140. In addition, he did not have the physical appearance of a warrior who pressed on the weight.
Davis: Miss unprofessional weight
“You should make a weight. Why did you sign a contract for 135 and placed the title on the line if you knew that you were not going to start?” Tim Bradley said WarriorResponding to Keyhawn Davis, who does not earn weight today.
Davis has never left his weight before during his tiny four -year professional career. In his last three fights he seemed to be bigger and looked like a weight class.
“It’s very unprofessional. You should do this weight. If you crawl on all fours to the scale, I say:” Damn, he tried to endure weight, but it was too much for him. ” But he didn’t crash on the scales at all, “Bradley said about Keyshawn.
Keyshawna size
The difference in size between Keyshawn and De Los Santos was noticeable during the last press conference on Thursday. After looking at Keyshawn, it could be said that it did not seem that he even began to take off the weight. However, de los Santos looked out of skin and skeletal.
“He is a immense 135-pound and was all his [4-year] career. However, he was busy, “Bradley said about Keyshawn. “It’s not like he was sitting for two years. He went from the camp to the camp. He should be able to bring this weight or get closer to this weight.”
Considering that Davis was already planning to leave a slight division, there was no reason for him to go through the bell, to go down to 135. However, if it was intended, he did not understand that the fight could be canceled.
“Four pounds are embarrassment, an senior. One pound, I understand. I understand some ounces, maybe even two pounds. But three pounds, four pounds and no, no. It’s not professional, senior. It’s bad and it’s unfortunate. Shame, shame, keyhawn. You dropped the ball here,” said Bradley.
Ego led Davis to failure
Lack of 4.3 pounds makes Keyshawn look bad. Is it on his part that prompted him to understand the response of fans? It can be. He seems to be a narcissus, and his victory over a cushioned opposition, which fed the highest rank, seemed to come to his head.
Eindhoven, the Netherlands – Olympic champion IMane Khelif skipped Eindhoven Box Cup in the Netherlands less than a week after world sex tests for all athletes.
Algerian boxer, who won gold at the Paris Games last summer among the control of its qualification, did not register before closing the application on Thursday.
“The decision to exclude IMane is not ours. We regret it,” said Dirk Renders for the Associated Press.
Khelif intended to return to the international competition at the Eindhoven Hotel, before World Boxing announced a novel sexual test policy last Friday. The managing body specifically mentioned Khelif, saying that it would have to check to be approved for any upcoming events, including at the Eindhoven Box Cup.
Mayor Eindhoven Jeroen Dijsselbloem criticized the decision of world boxing.
“As for us, all athletes are welcome in Eindhoven. With the exception of athletes based on the controversial” sex tests “certainly does not match this,” wrote Dijsselbloem in a letter addressed to the Dutch Federation Boxing and the International Federation. Imane Khelif. “
Khelif won the gold medal at the Olympic Games in Paris last summer among the international control of her and Taiwan Lin Yu-Tinta, another winner of the golden medal. The previous Olympic box managing body, dominated by Russia, international boxing association, disqualified both fighters from their 2023 world championships after they claimed that they failed to infected the qualification tests.
But Iba was banished for decades and controversies. The IOC led the last two Olympic boxing tournaments in its place and applied the principles of sexual eligibility used at previous Olympic Games. Khelif and Lin could compete according to these standards.
Since then, World Boxing has been temporarily approved as a boxing organizer at the Los Angeles Games in 2028 and stood in the face of the pressure of boxers and their federation to create gender qualifying standards.
His president, Boris Van der Vorst, apologized after Khelif was awarded in the announcement of the management body last week.
Khelif planned to defend her gold medal at the LA Games, but some boxers and their federations have already spoken against it.
Khelif won gold at the Eindhoven party last year, defeating Australian Marissa Williamson-Tohlman in the final.
Algerian also competed as delicate in the Tokyo Games in 2021, losing the quarter finals with the final gold medalist Kellie Harrington from Ireland.
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