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Hearn confidently shortbread hands of Shakura endures the relentless pressure of Zepeda

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Image: Why Shakur Stevenson's Defensive Style May Fail Against Aggressive William Zepeda

Promoter Eddie Hearn is not worried if the breakable hands of the WBC Shakur Stevenson master will keep the pressure without a break, which exerts the relentless Tom William Zepeda on him on July 12 at Queens, Recent York.

The challenge of Shakura Stevenson’s “shortbread”

Hearn believes that Stevenson (23-0, 11 KO) will fight by pain if his glass hands crash against Zepeda (33-0, 27 KO) and still hits him until he scores.

Shakur knocked out only two warriors from moving to 135, Josh Padley and Shuichiro Yoshino. These warriors resembled a lower level fighters. It is understandable why Stevenson’s promoters chose them on unsafe pretenders.

“Because of the style, I think he will land at William Zepeda. He had a check and his hands are fine. But in a fight in which you land a lot of power against an aggressive warrior, [hand injury problems can occur]- said Eddie Hearn Ring magazine About the possibility that Shakura Stevenson’s breakable hands fall apart against William Zezedie.

What does Hearn talk about? Shakur will not “land many blows” on Zepeda, because it would mean that it would have to be in his pocket. Physically, he can’t do it in relation to the volume, such as Zepeda, which will break him on the body.

Nonstop Zepeda pressure on Shakur

Even if Shakura’s glass hands remain together, they will be worn by carefree shots from Zepa, especially to the head and body. He stopped harder fighters than Stevenson, and he will do the same if he tries to land many blows during the fight.

What we will see in this fight is Shakur running, landing here and then, but will remain in motion while fans win him from the Loius Armstrong stadium. I will be here to say “I told you that.” It is too tardy to change his combat style.

If Stevenson changed his approach to the fight, becoming pocket money, he would do it until now when he was thrown out of the T-Mobile arena in the fight against de los Santos. He had perfect opponents to experiment with the recent style in his last two duels against Lightweight Hitters Padley and Harutyunyan. These guys did not have pop in their blows and we were well overtaken before we were chosen as Stevenson’s opponents.

Alalshikha Directive: No “Tom and Jerry”

Shakur was a runner from his amateur days and cannot change his basic nature to become a pocket warrior. I predict that he will ignore the Turk’s directive Alalshikha regarding the fighting of “Tom and Jerry”, shows the rebellion of this principle, moving all the time, making Zepeda chas him like a cat chasing the mouse and try to win the decision in the fight for amateur.

Hearn predicts that Stevenson will fight by pain

“I’m sure his hands will be tossed [injured] In this fight. One thing you can’t do is show any signs. You just have to find the way. We don’t consider it a problem. In Shakura’s mind it is necessary in any way, whatever you need. Will land a lot of skin on Zepeda. He can force this detention to a fantastic warrior – said Hearn.

Stevenson vs. Zepeda: Low exit?

We will see a low way to hundreds for Shakur against Zepeda. What we saw from William Scull against Canelo Alvarez in May will be similar to how Stevenson will work against Zepeda.

Turk’s mistake was placing Stevenson-Zepeda in the coefficient nest. A better fight is a match between delicate knockout artists, David Morrell and Imam Khataev. This is by far the best fight on the whole card, including the main event.

Last updated 18.06.2025

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Usyk Analyzes Anthony Joshuas Performance Against Kristian Prenga After Overcoming Two Knockdowns

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"Usyk Analyzes Anthony Joshua's Performance Against Kristian Prenga After Overcoming Two Knockdowns"

Oleksandr Usyk has shared his reaction to Anthony Joshua‘s dramatic knockout victory against Kristian Prenga.

Usyk nearly suffered his own shock defeat in May when he was pushed to the limit by kickboxing star Rico Verhoevenand two months on it was nrw teammate Joshua’s turn to come close to a massive upset loss that would have stunned the heavyweight division.

The Brit was dropped twice by massive underdog Prenga in the opening round of their clash in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, but ‘AJ’ managed to recover and record a big knockdown of his own in the second round that resulted in the stoppage victory.

Joshua and Usyk now train together, having famously had two battles for the unified world heavyweight title in 2021 and 2022, and the Ukrainian has had his say on his stablemate’s victory over Prenga.

Speaking to TalkSporttwo-time undisputed champion Usyk praised Joshua, insisting ‘AJ is back’ before predicting that Joshua will now claim a knockout win over long-term rival Tyson Fury in his next bout.

“Anthony Joshua is next undisputed champion. First round it’s a test but AJ is back.

It’s boxing, [the] big upper cut is good, it’s a knockdown. AJ [come] back and win.

“Greedy Belly [Fury] will speak now and say weak chin, Greedy Belly get out. AJ wins [against Fury], [he will] knock him out.”

Fury was victorious on Friday as he earned a seventh round retirement win against Mariusz Wach in Thailand, paving the way for the showdown against Joshua later this year.

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Jake Paul Reacts to Anthony Joshuas Stunning Victory Over Kristian Prenga After Two Early Knockdowns

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Jake Paul was the last man to fight Anthony Joshua and he has now revealed his verdict on AJ’s chaotic victory over Kristian Prenga.

Joshua went up against Prenga in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Saturdayin a clash that was expected to be a comfortable win for the former world heavyweight champion in order to set up the long overdue battle against Tyson Fury.

Any hopes of seeing that clash were nearly ended after AJ was dropped twice in the opening round of the bout, though he was able to recover and claim the second round knockout to come out on top and prevent a stunning shock upset from taking place.

Saturday’s outing saw Joshua back in the ring for the first time since his sixth round triumph over YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul back in Decemberand now ‘The Problem Child’ himself has shared his reaction to his former rival’s victory over Prenga.

Posting on social mediaPaul praised AJ for earning the win, after returning to action following the tragic car crash he was involved in at the end of last year which took the lives of his two close friends.

“Happy for Joshua with that win after all he’s been through. Remembering Sina and Latz with this one.”

The win for Joshua should now tee up for meeting with Fury later this year, after ‘The Gypsy King’ held up his end of the bargain by also securing a win in his warm-up bout on Friday, securing a seventh round retirement win against Mariusz Wach.

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Tony Bellew Reviews Anthony Joshuas Comeback Victory Over Kristian Prenga After Knockdown Drama

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Tony Bellew Reviews Anthony Joshua's Comeback Victory Over Kristian Prenga After Knockdown Drama

Anthony Joshua may have earned a knockout win over Kristian Prenga but the fight certainly didn’t unfold as most people expected.

Joshua was facing the Albanian in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, and it looked like a massive upset could be on the cards when he was dropped twice in the opening round.

‘AJ’ was able to recover and went on to secure a second round knockout victory to prevent the shock lossseemingly paving the way for the battle against Tyson Fury later this year.

One man who was ringside to witness the battle was former cruiserweight world champion Tony Bellewand he praised Joshua’s ability to turn things around in the fight after describing it as ‘chaos’.

“We predicted round two but I don’t think we foresaw that. That was chaos. He doesn’t see the uppercut coming and finds himself on the floor without knowing how he got there.

“The second one he did see it coming and he was able to clench down on the jaw. He got up and then the experience that he has he used tonight because he tied him up. Against Andy Ruiz he didn’t know what he was doing and didn’t know how to do that, but tonight he did.

“He showed once again there is no quit. To be that hurt in the first round and get up, that’s the recoveries of power. People talk about your chin, but it’s not, it’s the level of fitness that gets you up from the floor.

“When Joshua gets a fighter hurt he’s the best finisher in the division. Whenever he hurts someone they’re gone. I haven’t seen him drop anybody and they survive, only Andy Ruiz. He’s a ruthless finisher.”

The clash between Joshua and Fury is now expected to be announced soon for later this year, after Fury won his own interim fight on Friday by defeating Mariusz Wach.

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