William Zepeda will preserve lively as he awaits his overdue title shot.
The Ring’s No. 3-rated light-weight had room to spare on the scales for his upcoming bout versus Chicago’s Giovanni Cabrera. Their scheduled 12-round foremost occasion takes place above the divisional restrict however Zepeda made some extent to reach proper at 135 kilos.
Cabrera was 137 kilos for Saturday’s DAZN headliner from Toyota Enviornment in Ontario, California.
Mexico’s Zepeda (30-0, 26 knockouts) is within the distinctive place because the number-one contender throughout all 4 main sanctioning our bodies. He turned the WBA and IBF necessary after a fourth-round stoppage of Maxi Hughes (26-7-2, 5 KOs) on March 16 in Las Vegas.
The high-volume puncher was already the number-one contender with the WBC and WBO headed into that contest.
Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis (30-0, 28 KOs) and Vasiliy Lomachenko (18-3, 12 KOs) maintain the WBA and IBF belts, respectively. They’re additionally The Ring’s No. 1 and No. 2-rated lightweights and at present in talks for a November unification conflict. It might additionally include The Ring championship at stake.
That leaves WBC titlist Shakur Stevenson (21-0, 10 KOs) and WBO beltholder Denys Berinchyk (19-0, 9 KOs) as Zepeda’s finest choices. Stevenson, No. 4 at 135, defends versus Artem Harutyunyan atop an ESPN present Saturday in Newark, New Jersey. Berinchyk, No. 5 at 135, is mulling his subsequent choice after his Could 18 title win over Emanuel Navarrete (38-2-1, 31 KOs) in San Diego.
The specified goal is Stevenson, which led to Saturday’s matchup.
Cabrera (22-1, 7 KOs) matches Stevenson’s dimensions as a tall (for light-weight), rangy southpaw. The 29-year-old Chicago native has a aptitude for making opponents look unhealthy within the ring. Proof got here in his slender cut up resolution defeat to Isaac Cruz (26-2-1, 18 KOs) final July 29 in Las Vegas.
Cabrera returned to the win column with a ten-round resolution over Ricardo Quiroz (13-4, 7 KOs) on March 30 in San Antonio, Texas.
DAZN foremost undercard, 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT
10 rounds, flyweightRicardo Rafael Sandoval (24-2, 17 KOs), Rialto, California, 111.8 poundsAngel Acosta (24-4, 22 KOs), San Juan, Puerto Rico, 111.6 kilos
10 rounds, junior featherweightManuel Flores (17-1, 13 KOs), Coachella, California, 124.4 poundsNohel Arambulet (23-6-2, 13 KOs), Las Vegas by way of Coro, Venezuela, 128.8 kilos
6 rounds, welterweightJoel Iriarte (2-0, 2 KOs), Bakersfield, California, 146.2 poundsYainel Alvarez (3-4-2, 1 KO), Hutto, Texas by way of Ciego de Avila, Cuba, 146.8 kilos
Preliminary undercard, Golden Boy YouTube channel, 5:05 p.m. ET/2:05 p.m. PT10 rounds, junior welterweightAlex Martin (18-5, 6 KOs), Chicago, 141.6 poundsPedro Campa (35-3-1, 24 KOs), Hermosillo, Mexico, 140.8 kilos
6 rounds, bantamweightGael Cabrera (4-0, 2 KOs), Sonora, Mexico, 123 ½ poundsMychaquell Shields (2-4, 0 KOs), Alpine, California, 123.8 kilos
6 rounds, junior lightweightJoshua Garcia (8-0, 4 KOs), Moreno Valley, California, 132 poundsJason Buenaobra (10-10-3, 4 KOs), Pasay Metropolis, Manila, Philippines, 130.8 kilos
4 rounds, junior middleweightAnthony Saldivar (6-0, 2 KOs), Ontario, 155.4 poundsRoman Canto (15-17-3, 9 KOs), Makati Metropolis, Manila, Philippines, 156.8 kilos
4 rounds, junior lightweightDaniel Luna (3-1, 3 KOs), Victorville, California, 129.4 poundsJoseph Walker (1-1, 0 KOs), Forrest Metropolis, Arkansas, 132.8 kilos
8 rounds, junior featherweightJaphethlee Llamido (11-1, 4 KOs), Orange, California, 123.4 poundsRyan Lee Allen (10-7-1, 5 KOs), Las Vegas, 122.8 kilos
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