Crawford’s Ringside Coaching: The key to the controversial Shakur victory over Zepeda?

Terence Crawford was feeding Light WBC champion, Shakur Stevenson (24-0, 11 kos) with ringside tips during his twelve rounds against William Zepeda (33-1, 27 ko) last Saturday night at the Louis Armstrong Stadium in Queens, New York.

Ring Magazine He showed how Crawford, a close friend of Stevenson, was close to the ring, calling instructions during his fight against Zepeda. Although Shakur finally won a unanimous decision of twelve rounds, he seemed to be at risk of losing the first eight rounds. Bud may have seen the despair of his friend’s situation, so he called Coaching’s advice.

Why were the judges scores wide?

Many fans were shocked and upset by the wide scores by the judges in favor of Shakur. He was marked 118-110, 118-110 and 119-109. The score did not show the competition that was the fight. Zepeda worked in Shakur in each round.

The wide marker of the judges painted an image of a unilateral struggle in favor of the champion, Shakur. In the way the judges marked it, he gave the impression that Zepeda was not in the fight. That was a fake picture How the contest was played.

In the twelve rounds, Zepeda was more active and aggressive, it seems that he devastated the whole fight. The way he fought during the first nine rounds makes the judges strange. His scores did not reflect how Zepeda was improving Shakur.

The judges ignored high production, bodies and aggression by “Camaron” Zepeda. They favored Shakur’s timely counters. The counters were much less. Stevenson’s counters do not coincide with the high number of traits that was hit by the body by Zepeda.

How did the fight really score?

I saw the struggle and made Zepeda win each round for a stop. The constant punch of the Challenger struck Shakur. The punches were landed on the chest and the half -section of Shakur, forcing it to decrease during non -stop bombings. Judges’ cards should have been 120-108 in favor of Zepeda.