Comments Thread For: Purse bids ordered for Shakur Stevenson-William Zepeda

[richardt]

If we get Loma vs Davis and Stevenson vs Zepeda, fans will be delighted. Something tells me at least one of those won't get made.

[IAMTHAT]

If we get Loma vs Davis and Stevenson vs Zepeda, fans will be delighted. Something tells me at least one of those won't get made.

A lot of good fights been happening lately. I won’t be surprised if both happen.

[MulaKO]

Doesn’t Shakur have a promotional company ???
Can’t he bud on himself ???
Since he’s showtime now and worth so much , seems to me that would shut everybody up
Concerning the fight itself , I think it’ll be a snore fest with Zepeda chasing Shakur around the ring but and this is a big but , if he catches him and Zepeda does what he usually does I think he can hurt Stevenson
This is a fight that has the making of a great fight depending which Shakur shows up ; the fighter or the Reebox running one
I’m inclined to believe that once Shakur tastes the power , it’ll be back to snore fest

[Malvado]

Looking foward to it, but not liking De La Hoya's recent comment:

This is a fight that could catapult Zepeda into stardom if he won, High Risk High Reward, Camaron has the skills to cut the ring along with his smothering varied punch output. He has the qualities to win.

Whether he actually wins that's another matter, Stevenson is a sharp pure boxer with more accolades under his belt, that's a difficult task, it will only will be shown if the fight happens.

By Hanzagod:

[kiaba360]

What does the process of blocking a fight looks like by a promoter. Give examples. What should Oscar do to block the fight?

A fighter's team can avoid a certain fighter by using public perception against them, or belittling them in the media. Shakur's rep is hurting right now because of his recent performances, so that will be used as an excuse to side-step him. Sean Gibbons (Isaac Cruz's manager) is on record saying that he would not put Cruz in the ring with Shakur because he's boring: https://www.dazn.com/en-US/news/boxi...o18a1le3ctmo3k. After the Martin fight, Tank basically dismissed any talk of fighting Shakur because he's boring.

Another way to avoid a match-up is for a fighter to achieve a #1 ranking, but never fight the titlist in their respective sanctioning body. I'm pretty sure Munguia did this when Andrade was WBO titlist. I also think Vergil Ortiz got ranked #1 in the WBO, but never fought Crawford. The tactic that GBP will use is similar: since Zepeda is #1 with other sanctioning bodies, his team will choose the lowest risk option which is Denis Berinchyk (WBO). They will pull out of the WBC purse-bid and go the WBO route.

Another method is to allow a purse-bid to go through, but then pull out of a fight if the promoter loses the bid. No particular examples are coming to me right now, maybe someone can chime in.

[Mammoth]

I know a lot of people have anointed Stevenson as unbeatable but I think Zepeda gives him all kinds of problems. Shakur wouldn't like Zepeda's power and volume and Stevenson has low output.

[kiaba360]

I'm looking forward to seeing what happens with this. Shakur is totally boring to me most of the time, but when he fights better fighters - like Valdez, Herring - the fights are pretty good. Zepeda on the other handy is always entertaining. So, I hope this fight happens as I expect it will be a good fight. Word is that Zepeda has ducked Skakur previously. I don't know if I believe that. But, if Zepeda backs out then we'll know for sure. I can also see a scenario where Shakur drops the belt to move up to 140 citing the purse bid winner isn't giving him enough $. Purse bids will show EXACTLY what he's worth. Personally, I expect Shakur to get a deal from somewhere (probably Matchroom or GB) and avoid the purse bid and the fight to actually take place.

It would be sweet if we got these fights at 135 this fall:

Shakur vs Zepeda
Tank vs Loma
Berinchyk vs Keyshawn

and a bonus would be:

Muratalla vs Frank Martin

My theory: Shakur is leaning toward signing with Matchroom, Matchroom or Team Shakur asked the WBC to enforce Zepeda's mandatory and call a purse-bid. MR has already told Shakur what they would bid for that fight. If GBP bids more for the fight, then Shakur still gets a purse he's happy with. DLH has been consistently reluctant to do business with Hearn, unless he's in a favorable situation. I think the only way this fight happens is through a purse-bid, or if Shakur signs with GBP.

[IronDanHamza]

What does the process of blocking a fight looks like by a promoter. Give examples. What should Oscar do to block the fight?

Pull him out of the purse bid.

[shenmue]

Everyone wants the old Ukrainian champion who beat navarrete, they see him as the weak link.

I personally would like to this fight, don't think it happens next though.

[MulaKO]

I know a lot of people have anointed Stevenson as unbeatable but I think Zepeda gives him all kinds of problems. Shakur wouldn't like Zepeda's power and volume and Stevenson has low output.

The only thing that worries me about this fight is if Shakur laces up his Reebok's
Does Zepeda have the iq to cut the ring and actually catch the sneaky Shakur ???