Shakur Stevenson admits he is fighting Stone killer On July 12, in his main support against William Zepeda in Queens, Up-to-date York. The lithe champion of WBC Stevenson (23-0, 11 KO) stopped bragging and finally confessed that he was in the face of an impact machine like no other he had fought before in his eight-year professional career.
Shakura hand power problem
He knows that Zepeda is at a different level than offensive. So he says he thinks he is hit more and can knock him out. However, what Shakur had little power when he fought for 126 and 130 did not move when he moved to 135.
What’s more, his shortcrust hands hinders his power generation. That is why we see Shakur throwing more to the body, because it is an area where fighters with fine hands can throw to provide a pillow to avoid re -damage to the hands.
Threat to Zepeda Nonstop Ground
“I’m fighting the beast in the division. This guy has 33-0, 27 knockouts; he is a frigid killer, machine. He doesn’t stop hitting a guy who was waiting for him,” said Shakur Stevenson in the Ring Magazine magazine YouTube Channel, talking about William Zepeda.
It’s good that Shakur knows what he has, on July 12. You hate watching how it charges straight into the massacre, without properly examining what he will deal with by fighting a machine like Zepeda.
Stevenson is not more hard than the past knockout victims “Camaron” Zepeda, Mercito Gesta and Giovanni Cabrera. Indeed, I doubt that Stevenson could take half a penalty, like a gesture in his loss in the sixth round in 2023.
The gesture tried to run from Zepeda, but it didn’t work. He cut off the ring on it, forcing Mercito to throw him away, and was overwhelmed by blows. Body arrows that Zepeda landed pulled the wheels from under the tough Philippine warrior, leaving it without choosing it, but to stand against the ropes in the last position in the sixth.
The same will probably happen with Shakur. At first he will run, but when Zepeda lands on his body, his legs will fail him, and he will have to stand and fight with the Mexican hit of the volume in the trenches. Unfortunately, Stevenson is not suitable for this kind of war and will fall apart so quickly, maybe before the sixth. He is a guy who is built for moving, and if you pull him out of his natural habitat, It will fall apart. That is why Zepeda is the worst possible opponent in which Shakur could fight.
If Shakur is not able to escape, he will not survive more than five rounds against Zepeda, because it is not hard enough to take an avalanche of the blows that he will take him, just like the gesture and Tevin Farmer. He is a great runner, but when it comes to punishment, Shakur is average and very sensitive.
“I know I’m opposing. Many people try to compare this fight when I fought Oscar Valdez [in 2022 at super featherweight]. Oscar Valdez presses you, but does not throw it without a break. Zepeda is a guy who throws a blow all the time. I will try to break your will, ‘said Stevenson.
Stevenson’s low foot output
Shakur does not add that there is no chance to match the high performance of Zepeda, nor has the impact force to leisurely down the bombing.
In the last fight of Stevenson with Josh Padley in February last year he cast 419 shots, which was a lot for him because his opponent had no power to carefully. Shakur averaged 47.6 Brokes to the round. Unlike this Zepeda, he threw 974 blows to the rematch from Tevin Farmer in March last year and it was average 81.17 Brokes to the round.
The only reason why Zepeda not on average 100 blows per round is that the farmer held a lot and moved, trying to neutralize his crime. It only partly worked because he still threw many blows and was close to rejecting the farmer twice when the farmer turned away from him, give up. The judge could stop the fight on both occasions, but he didn’t decide.
World Boxing News provides a round-by-round scorecard as Johnny Fisher faces Michael Pirotton at the Copper Box Arena in London.
Fisher and Pirotton collide over ten rounds at heavyweight as Zuffa Boxing stages its latest card in the United Kingdom.
The Romford Bull returns to action with Pirotton standing in his way as the British heavyweight looks to continue his climb.
WBN provides a live scorecard of the contest below, plus live results throughout the event.
Fisher vs Pirotton Scorecard
Johnny Fisher vs Michael Pirotton
(Round-by-round scorecard will refresh every 2 mins)
Heavyweight Copper Box Arena, London 10×3
Round
Fisher
Pirotton
Round 1
10
9
Round 2
10
9
Round 3
9
10
Round 4
9
10
Round 5
10
9
Round 6
10
9
Round 7
10
9
Round 8
10
9
Round 9
10
9
Round 10
10
9
WBN Totals:
98
92
Official Result: FISHER MD – 98-92, 96-95, 95-95
Zuffa Boxing
Preview
Fisher faces Pirotton in the first fight of his lucrative deal with Dana White and Zuffa Boxing.
The Briton enters the contest with a 14-1 record, while Pirotton brings a 12-2 record into the Zuffa Boxing 11 bout.
The event is available live on Sky in the United Kingdom and Paramount+.
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Phil Jay is the Editor-in-Chief of World Boxing News (WBN), a BWAA-acknowledged boxing news website founded in 2010. A veteran boxing reporter with 16 years of experience, he has interviewed world champions, broken international exclusives, and reported ringside from major events. His work is published worldwide through WBN and distributed on platforms including Apple News.
World Boxing News provides results and updates as Johnny Fisher faces Michael Pirotton on Zuffa Boxing 11 at the Copper Box Arena in London.
Fisher returns to heavyweight action over ten rounds against Pirotton as part of Zuffa Boxing’s latest event in the United Kingdom.
Craig Richards faces Radivoje Kalajdzic at light heavyweight, while Lee Cutler takes on Louis Greene and Cesar Mateo Tapia faces Leo Ruiz at middleweight.
WBN provides results and updates from every bout as they happen.
Results
All times are local BST.
23:41
Johnny Fisher defeated Michael Pirotton by majority decision after ten competitive heavyweight rounds at the Copper Box Arena. WBN scored the fight 98-92 for Fisherwhile the official judges returned scores of 98-92 and 96-95 for Fisher, with the third scoring it 95-95.
22:42
Radivoje Kalajdzic improved to 31-3 with a unanimous decision over Craig Richards, who dropped to 20-5-1 after a good ten-round scrap. Both men had their moments and hurt each other at times before “Hot Rod” got the verdict on the scorecards, which included knocking Richards down for the first time in his career.
21:43
Lee Cutler carded a unanimous decision win over Louis Greene in their ten-round middleweight clash. Judges scorecard 98-92 and 97-93 twice in favor on Cutler, who improves to 17-2.
20:52
Ahead of the three main bouts, Zuffa’s only female fighter, Kayla Allendefeated Edina Kiss via TKO in their super lightweight bout.
20:32
Leo Ruiz overcame Cesar Tapia over 10 rounds at middleweight, scoring a unanimous decision to move to 18-1 as Ruiz Tapia suffered a first loss.
19:29
Alex MacMillan moved to 5-0 with a second-round stoppage of Guillaume Azagier, who went down twice in the opening round and again before the finish at 0:32 of the second.
18:40
Rogelio Romero improved to 7-0 with a third-round stoppage of previously unbeaten Aurel Ignat, ending the cruiserweight contest at 2:12.
18:24
Alexis De la Cerda improved to 10-0 with a unanimous decision over Cain Lewis, taking the eight-round contest 80-72, 79-74 and 79-73.
17:42
Fred Pullen marked his professional debut with a four-round points victory over Leonardo Faretina, who was dropped in the second round.
Remaining Bouts
Johnny Fisher vs. Michael Pirotton — 10 rounds, heavyweight
Craig Richards vs. Radivoje Kalajdzic — 10 rounds, light heavyweight
TV Coverage
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Phil Jay is the Editor-in-Chief of World Boxing News (WBN), a BWAA-acknowledged boxing news website founded in 2010. A veteran boxing reporter with 16 years of experience, he has interviewed world champions, broken international exclusives, and reported ringside from major events. His work is published worldwide through WBN and distributed on platforms including Apple News.
World Boxing News provides results and updates as Liam Davies faces Nathaniel Collins in the main event at bp pulse LIVE in Birmingham.
Davies and Collins collide over 12 rounds for the EBU European featherweight title at the top of the Queensberry Promotions card.
Luke McCormack faces Kay Prospere for the vacant British super lightweight title, while Bradley Goldsmith takes on Amir Abubaker for the IBF International middleweight title.
WBN provides results and updates from every bout as they happen.
Results
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23:11
Gerome Warburton defeated Nathan Heaney for the second time running as the middleweight put an exclamation mark on his first victory.
Heaney walks away from the sport having been an entertainer through a long carer, without reaching the heights of a world title.
22:04
Liam Davies improved to 19-1 after Nathaniel Collins retired at the end of the seventh round due to a cut over his right eye. Collins had also been dropped in the opening round as Davies successfully defended the European featherweight title.
21:22
Bradley Goldsmith improved to 17-1 with a seventh-round stoppage of Amir Abubaker to retain his IBF International middleweight title. Abubaker went down in the fourth and three times in the seventh before the finish at 2:42.
20:10
Lewis Richardson improved to 3-0 with a shutout six-round points victory over Ivan Trofimovich, earning a 60-54 decision.
19:56
Luke McCormack moved to 6-0 and claimed the vacant British super lightweight title with a tenth-round knockout of Kay Prospere, who was counted out after a right uppercut at 1:28.
18:55
Michael Hussain moved to 5-0 with a four-round points victory over Nabil Ahmed, earning a 39-38 decision.
18:11
Nelson Birchall moved to 12-0 with a third-round stoppage of Lewis Morris, who went down before the finish came at 1:12. Lasha Guruli also remained unbeaten at 5-0 after edging Hughie Wilson 77-75 over eight rounds.
17:22
Early action saw John Tom Varey and Reese Lynch claim four-round victories to move to 3-0 and 5-0 respectively.
TV Coverage
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About the Author
Phil Jay is the Editor-in-Chief of World Boxing News (WBN), a BWAA-acknowledged boxing news website founded in 2010. A veteran boxing reporter with 16 years of experience, he has interviewed world champions, broken international exclusives, and reported ringside from major events. His work is published worldwide through WBN and distributed on platforms including Apple News.
