By: Sean Crose
The tremendous middleweight division was residence to a 12 spherical WBC eliminator between Edgar Berlanga and Hamzah Sheeraz Saturday night time within the New York borough of Queens. Shakur Stevenson was additionally on the cardboard, taking up William Zepeda in a light-weight affair scheduled for 12. The fights have been broadcast dwell on Pay Per View courtesy of DAZN. It wasn’t a Pay Per View worthy occasion to make sure, but it surely was a robust card nonetheless, one which featured glorious, properly regarded ring practitioners.
Stevenson was capable of slick his means by way of the primary towards Zepeda. The second noticed the 2 males throw down, with Zepeda firing aggressively and Stevenson counterpunching successfully. Zepeda remained successfully aggressive within the third, and even landed towards the usually slippery Stevenson. The fourth was a grinding affair for each males. Certainly it was exhausting to inform who in the end received the higher of who. As for the fifth – it was a firefight – one thing Stevenson critics don’t continuously see. Stevenson fired properly within the sixth, displaying that a number of landed punched wouldn’t cease him.
Zepeda fought properly within the seventh, although he won’t have fought properly sufficient to take the spherical from the quick, correct Stevenson. The eighth was shut but it surely was now Stevenson’s struggle after a number of weak moments earlier within the bout. By the ninth it was clear that Stevenson’s sharp punches have been pushing the struggle in his route. He was additionally the extra correct puncher within the tenth. The penultimate spherical noticed Zepeda letting his fingers fly. Stevenson, nevertheless, seemed to easily be the extra expert fighter. The twelfth showcased Stevenson’s superior photographs, as they as soon as once more advised the story. Suffice to say, Stevenson left the ting victorious after being awarded a unanimous resolution win from the judges.
It was time for the principle occasion because the 23-1 Berlanga slipped in between the ropes to sq. off towards the 21-0-1 Sheeraz. The opening spherical was shut, although Berlanga might have edged it. Issues remained shut within the second. Sheeraz tried to show up the stress within the third. Issues took a pointy flip within the fourth, as Sheeraz dropped Berlanga not as soon as however twice. To his credit score Berlanga was capable of survive the spherical. It didn’t matter, although. Sheeraz put Berlanga down and out within the fifth, because the referee stepped in and stopped the struggle with out having to depend.
