William Zepeda says his opponent Giovanni Cabrera is fearless with “nothing to lose” of their 12-round light-weight conflict this Saturday, July sixth, on the Toyota Area in Ontario, California. The struggle might be proven on DAZN. Cabrera, 29, desires to push tempo and attempt to outwork Zepeda. That’s not going to be simple.
(Credit score: Golden Boy / Cris Esqueda)
Zepeda (30-0, 26 KOs) is constant his journey to a world title shot and is dealing with a tough check in his Cabrera (22-1, 7 KOs), who brings a greater set of abilities than the fighters he’s been dealing with recently.
Golden Boy desires to get a title shot for Zepeda, but it surely’s unclear whether or not they’re going to focus on WBC 135-lb champion Shakur Stevenson as a result of we’ve seen how he fights.
#9 WBC Cabrera has the abilities to make issues tough for Zepeda on Saturday night time if he’s unable to cope with his boxing. He got here near defeating Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz final yr and barely misplaced a twelve-round break up choice in July.
“I used to be signed to Golden Boy. That was a dream of mine. Begin being within the massive playing cards, and begin being within the massive fights. It’s been laborious work to get there, however little by little, we been getting there,” stated William Zepeda to Golden Boy Promotions.
It’s taken Zepeda 9 years to get up to now in his profession the place he’s near getting a title shot. He can’t afford to attend an excessive amount of longer as a result of he’ll be too outdated if he waits till his 30s.
“I believe he’s had quite a lot of fights, and he’s been taken care of very effectively,” stated Giovanni Cabrera about William Zepeda. “They’ve moved him alongside rather well, and 30 fights being nearly as good as he’s, that’s spectacular.
“Numerous Mexican fighters, they get put by means of the hearth like that. I’m going to push the tempo. Lots of people are nervous about his punch output. I’m going to interrupt the report. My profession had a really robust begin,” stated Cabrera. “I fought seven undefeated fighters. I obtained as much as 18-0 earlier than I obtained with Freddie [Roach].”
It seems like Cabrera had it robust early on, and wasn’t babied the best way former blue-chip newbie stars are. He may not have been considered as somebody who would rise excessive within the sport.
“I received three straight fights on ESPN, after which the Pitbull struggle, and now I had one other struggle, and I’m able to face one other harmful high-volume puncher, a fighter like William Zepeda.
“What Giovanni Cabrera does that makes him a harmful opponent is he’s not afraid,” stated Zepeda. “He comes very motivated. He’s coming to provide it his all. He’s coming with a nothing to lose, every thing to realize perspective, however that’s what makes him harmful.
“Aside from his boxing abilities, he’s a robust fighter,” stated Zepeda.
In contrast to Zepeda’s latest opponents, Cabrera continues to be younger, and he might be an issue if he can’t get to him to put on him down with quantity. Surprisingly, Cabrera desires to match his quantity as a result of he’s not proven in his previous fights that he can throw quite a lot of punches. He’s been engaged on that in camp in order that he would possibly shock Zepeda.
