PROMOTER Oscar De La Hoya reckons his fighter, William Zepeda, has loads of choices to select from, sending a transparent sign that they won’t be pushed in any explicit path.
test this out @williamzepeda2 is so dangerous ass he has 4 sanctioning our bodies to select from. No person will inform him who he should battle subsequent.
— Oscar De La Hoya (@OscarDeLaHoya) July 15, 2024
Oscar’s social media message got here off the again of the information that the WBC has ordered Shakur Stevenson to defend his light-weight title in opposition to ‘Camaron’ Zepeda (31-0, 27 KOs). The sanctioning physique’s president, Mauricio Sulaimán, expressed his pleasure about the matchup. If agreed, it might be a basic Bull vs Matador conflict.
The WBC has ordered the obligatory title protection of our light-weight champion @ShakurStevenson vs @williamzepeda2 very a lot wanting ahead to this nice match
— Mauricio Sulaiman (@wbcmoro) July 15, 2024
Zepeda is at the moment ranked prime of the tree by all 4 sanctioning our bodies. The WBO champion at light-weight is Denys Berinchyk, Gervonta Davis holds the WBA and Vasyl Lomachenko the IBF. The latter pair are anticipated to battle in a unification bout later this 12 months.
Shakur holds the WBC title, and De La Hoya is claimed to be one among a variety of events seeking to get hold of Stevenson’s signature after he parted methods with High Rank not too long ago.
Stevenson has beforehand mumbled about not eager to be tied right down to any particular promotional entity. Nevertheless, promoters can be reluctant to take him on for single-fight offers, realizing he can go elsewhere after preventing below their banner, taking his star energy and incomes potential with him.
Whereas Zepeda has choices, so does Shakur. He could select to vacate the title fairly than face a person he described as “a hell of a fighter”. That line is straight out of the Floyd Mayweather playbook of quotes. Floyd is reported to be one other title securing Shakur’s signature. The drama shall, little question, proceed for some time longer.
