Why Edwin de los Santos thinks Shakur wins easy (and why may he be wrong)

Edwin de los Santos expects that tonight will be an “easy” victory for Shakur Stevenson in his defense of his light title WBC against William Zepeda in Queens, New York. De los Santos says that Shakur (23-0, 11 kos) does well against the fighters who present themselves and throw many punches.

De los Santos needed mental transplantation

Edwin lost to Shakur for a 12 -round decision in 2023 in a struggle that was a classic example of a Tom and Jerry type contest. Stevenson ran all night and the people of T-Mobile Arena left the third round until Shakur left the ring after winning a ugly decision.

Edwin had fought against a dumb struggle, waiting for the openings instead of pressing the attack as Zepeda does in his fights. It seemed that he was afraid to be countered by Shakur and he was wrong in front of the fans.

His attitude was wrong. If he had Zepeda’s mind in his body, he would have ignored the features with which Stevenson struck him and buried him with volume. With the power and speed of Los Santos’s hand, he would have eliminated Shakur. A mental transplant is what I needed. Change the head of Zepeda Edwin’s body that night and would have won.

Shakur’s “Fight Light”

)This will be an easy struggle For Shakur Stevenson. Tonight we will see a quality box here, “said Edwin de los Santos FighthypePredining a victory for Shakur over William Zepeda.

Tonight will be a very difficult struggle for Shakur. It is understandable why the Santos would say it will be an “easy” because he lost to Stevenson in 2023. It makes him look better if he says he will be a walk in the park for his old conqueror over Zepeda.

What I should say is that there is a very good opportunity that Zepeda wins because fighting the way you have to against a runner who uses the amateur points of scoring to gain fights.

Stevenson’s amateur points score

Shakur continues to use the same score method he had to fans. The reason he has been able to escape is that he has not fought the pressure fighters at the age of 135. When he fought at 126 and 130, he had the advantage of his opposition. Stevenson was older than the only two good fighters who fought in these weight classes, Oscar Valdez and Jamel Herring.

At the age of 135, Shakur has not fought against pressure fighters. In fact, when he had the opportunity to fight his first, Jadier Herrera chose a fighter with a day and no training field, Josh Padley, as a rival in his last struggle.

“Against me, he had to box and move because I was waiting For opportunities and openings, “he said of Los Santos about his struggle with Shakur in 2023.” A guy like Zepeda, which is often presented and launched, and that was when Shakur Stevenson shows who he is. “

De los Santos fought against Shakur, “waiting” to disembark an occasional trait instead of using his higher power and his hand speed to push the attack on him. He lost to Shakur due to his lack of aggression, opting instead of waiting and not attacking everything.

Blueprint Ramirez for Shakur

If Edwin de them would have seen Stevenson’s loss in front of Cuba’s Robeisy Ramirez At the 2016 Olympic Games, he would have known that he had to attack everything. Did not learn to follow the model. You can blame that from De los Santos and his coach because it would only have taken a second to see Stevenson’s struggle against Robeisy on YouTube to find out how to fight it. This is laziness and poor planning.

“The key is for him (Stevenson) that could be, more around, and it is also a great counterpunte,” said Los Santos, talking about what Shakur has to do tonight to defeat Zepeda.

Of course, Stevenson goes to the box and will move all night against Zepeda. What do you expect from the Santos you do? This is all that Shakur does: Box and move, using his fan scoring style to win by decision. It is so boring and does not fit the professional game.