Via Brian Webber: Lightweight contender William Zepeda opened the eyes of many boxing fans last Saturday night with a decisive 12th round win over former IBF super middleweight champion Joseph ‘Jojo’ Diaz.
Zepeda (27-0, 23 KOs) threw over 1000 punches to beat 2012 Olympian Diaz (32-3-1, 15 KOs) over 12 rounds, beating him better than Devin Haney did last December. .
With this win for ‘Camaron’ Zepeda, an exciting matchup that many boxing fans are interested in will face the undefeated. Ryan Garcia.
If Ryan fails to beat WBA lightweight champion Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis, the logical choice would be him to take on Zepeda as it would be an easy match. Both guys participated in Golden Boy Promotion and fought on the same network on DAZN.
Ryan will need a test like Zepeda to show if he’s ready for the 140 lb division because if he can’t deal with this kind of offensive fire, he won’t cut it in front of the others. such as Regis Prograis, Jose Ramirez, Josh Taylor, Teofimo Lopez and Jose Zepeda. The same applies to Devin Haney.
“I liked that fight a lot, and Zepeda showed a lot [against Joseph ‘Jojo’ Diaz,” said Chris Algieri to Get In The Zone about his thoughts on a hypothetical fight between Ryan Garcia and William Zepeda.
“We’ve seen power. He [Zepeda] have power in both hands. He put his hand [go]. I like combo punchers. We’ve been missing them lately. We haven’t seen them in years.
“A guy like Ryan, not the busiest guy in the world. Obviously, he has the big left hook to be praised. Algeria said.
William Zepeda said: “When you respect the sport when you give it your all, and you know what you’re getting into, then you know you can come out on top. AB . Boxing News after his win over Jojo Diaz last Saturday.
“We practiced for a number of different plans, my team and I. We think he’s going to try a little harder, but we also know he’s a very brave fighter, and that will continue. We don’t have to go to him.
“So what we did was hit the soft spots, and we knew he was going to come down little by little. I believe this win positions me at £135. We know it’s a very tough split. I’ll sit here and wait for my promoter and team to call me and let me know what’s going to happen to me next,” Zepeda said.
