William Zepeda is waiting for a Shakur Stevenson Technician

William Zepeda (33-0, 27 kos) must challenge Shakur Stevenson (23-0, 11 kos) for the WBC’s Lightweight World Championship on July 12 in New York. The party will set the most offensive fighter in terms of departure, William Zepeda against the most defensive boxer Shakur Stevenson.

Zepeda has an average exit rate of 93.9 punch per round, while Stevenson is the boxer that is less affected with an average of 5.4 punches in the round against him (Combox). Make a very interesting match.

When asked about how he thinks Shakur will manage his constant pressure, Zepeda said: “From what we have seen, it will move throughout the ring, it will remain remotely, but we will have a good strategy. It seems that the Stevenson standard approaches: to minimize the damage that holds the boxing on the outside. A master of the Atxi and not to achieve – that Shakur chose to be on the offensive and exchanged.

It is doubtful that it will adopt an offensive approach to Zepeda, an opponent who offers an 81.8 percentage percentage. The last Power Puncher faced Edwin de los Santos and, in this party, used a very defensive approach. It made very similar to what Zepeda described earlier, a constant lateral movement and to keep it out of the rank maintaining a safe distance from De los Santos. Its minimum starting speed of 209 strokes was the minimum that was launched in a 12 -round match. After the fight, Shakur stated that he had an injury that led to his low work rate.

When asked about the defensive dichotomy versus offensive, Zepeda said: “It will be a very interesting struggle, a good struggle. Where our strategy will keep us in fleet.” He did not go into details, but being able to cut the ring and minimize the side movement of Stunson will be key to be able to have any offensive success. It must also be quick to the trigger and throw the punches quickly, as Shakur will give him very limited opportunities to land. It has a slight advantage advantage of an inch and a half; You will have to throw your fist when you are inside the range.

Stevenson is a defensive master’s degree, but he faces his toughest challenge until an offensive punch that he knows how to make immense pressure on his opponents.

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