To this very day, the one struggle, the one official resolution that hangs over 50-0 man Floyd Mayweather, is his first struggle/resolution win over Mexican warrior Jose Luis Castillo. Within the opinion of various struggle followers, consultants, fellow boxers, Castillo deserved the choice that evening again in 2002. As such, these individuals say “Cash” must be 49-1 as we speak, not 50-0.
And Oscar De La Hoya, who discovered time to each lay into his former ring rival and predict a win for a present fighter of his, in contrast the Mayweather-Castillo struggle to this Saturday’s DAZN PPV struggle between Shakur Stevenson and William Zepeda. De La Hoya, talking with FightHype, stated Stevenson fights “precisely like Floyd Mayweather,” whereas he additionally stated that Zepeda “jogs my memory of Castillo.”
Can Zepeda Emulate Castillo’s Relentless Strain?
And De La Hoya is predicting a call win for the all-action stress fighter, the way in which he and others really feel Castillo gained by resolution over Floyd all these years in the past.
“Right here’s my knowledgeable opinion on Shakur Stevenson versus William Zepeda,” Oscar began off. “Shakur Stevenson, what kind of fighter he’s? Precisely like Floyd Mayweather, okay. He is aware of field, lovely footwork, stands up straight, shoulder roll and all that good things, proper. He has a ravishing jab, pot pictures you with a proper hand. Nicely guess what? Floyd Mayweather misplaced towards Jose Luis Castillo, which jogs my memory of William Zepeda however [Zepeda] throws extra punches.
“So take into consideration this, Floyd I consider has brittle fingers, Shakur Stevenson has brittle fingers. If William Zepeda retains coming ahead, throws punches, may be very cautious, aspect to aspect actions together with his head, retains throwing that jab as a result of this [the shoulder roll] can’t block a jab to avoid wasting your life. Throw to the physique, throw to the chest, pin him within the nook and simply hold throwing punches in bunches. Zepeda in all probability has the perfect output in boxing so I obtained William Zepeda by resolution or perhaps a stoppage towards Shakur Stevenson. And I really like Shakur Stevenson, he’s a fantastic man, however William’s my man.”
Will Stevenson’s ‘Brittle Arms’ Idea Play Out?
Fairly the attention-grabbing breakdown of the struggle by De La Hoya, and a few fascinating factors, effectively, pointed to. Has Shakur actually obtained brittle fingers? Has Zepeda obtained the perfect punch output within the sport proper now? Can Zepeda handle to get in on Stevenson and work the physique? Can Stevenson time a Zepeda rush with perfection, or maybe with a check-hook (!), and take him out?
It’s a fantastic struggle on paper, a fantastic conflict of types. If this struggle does go all the way in which, will the judges be capable to give us a transparent winner, the way in which the three smart males sat at ringside had been unable to do when Mayweather had a tricky, robust time of issues towards Castillo?
