Comments Thread For: Stand and deliver: Shakur Stevenson outbattles William Zepeda

[Brittney1229]

Always drives me crazy when a fighter that usually throws a 150 punches a round, without tiring, of course it's against C class fighters, is gassed when he gets his first huge fight! Zepeda looked tired after 6 rounds. I thought he won a lot of early rounds, so the scoring was ridiculous! I thought Shakur won, but the scoring was crazy!

[richardt]

Excellent fight from both guys, really enjoyed this one and much respect to both of them. Onward and upward for Stevenson and Zepeda can go on to some more exciting fights as well. Fun night! Loved seeing Berlanga get his punk-ass ***** handed to his.

[Straight_Right]

It's interesting how so many of you so-called knowledgeable boxing observers heaped myriad praise onto Zepeta weeks and months prior to the fight. Now, suddenly, his own supporters are labeling him hype job,and cab driver

[brankobugarski]

Turki was loud and clear so Shakur had to obey, No more Tom & Jerry fights! Lol

Yes, I think you are right. Shakur got the memo. If you want to continue getting multi-million dollar paydays, Turki has to be entertained ... and the gravy train will continue.

I agree with the majority posters - the scores were too wide. The right guy won but not by such a big margin. It was a close, competitive fight where they both troubled each other but nobody was hurt because they don't punch very hard.

[Muchen]

Dominant?? Zepeda was chasing him all night. It was close, Zepeda won by 2 rounds. Only woke people and African Americans think Shakur won.

Nah, can’t use the “running” excuse. Shakur stood in front of him all night. Hell, I think he was staying on the ropes too much. Just say you don’t like black fighters instead of this bogus take.

[archiemoore1]

I'm black, a Shakur fan, and I was there live with a very good seat. And I think Shakur lost the fight. I believe he was out worked and out landed, and he was hit throughout the entire fight in every round. He spent most of his time on the ropes but not effectively. He was throwing a wide sweeping right hand that missed constantly. His shoulder roll wasn't good, it needs a lot of work, and he landed one, maybe two clean double or three punch combinations per round, which looked good but wasn't enough in my opinion. He had nothing to discourage or hurt Zepeda. I think he got credit for standing in close, instead of using excess movement, but he wasn't in my opinion, doing much in there. He faded and it showed in his form as he missed a lot of shots down the stretch. Shakur needs a lot of work on skill, and some man strength. He's not Zab, Floyd, Pernell, or anyone like that, by any stretch of the imagination. I see him as a young champ that still has a lot to learn and needs a lot of work and refinement. He's not some finished product. If he thinks he is, he's in big trouble

[Joseph]

I saw a clear - not wide - decision for Stevenson. Zepeda had great success hitting the gloves and the ozone, and minimal success hitting anything else. Not to say he never landed; I recall him buzzing Stevenson a couple of times which won him a good 3 or 4 rounds, particularly the openers, but Shakur figured him out midway and was peppering that noggin with consistent counters right up to the end.

Good fight.

[1Eriugenus]

According to Joe Cordina Shakur ‘ducked’ him to fight Zepeda. That would be like ducking out of a country walk in order to run a marathon through the Sahara!

[Alan Smithee]

I'm black, a Shakur fan, and I was there live with a very good seat. And I think Shakur lost the fight. I believe he was out worked and out landed, and he was hit throughout the entire fight in every round. He spent most of his time on the ropes but not effectively. He was throwing a wide sweeping right hand that missed constantly. His shoulder roll wasn't good, it needs a lot of work, and he landed one, maybe two clean double or three punch combinations per round, which looked good but wasn't enough in my opinion. He had nothing to discourage or hurt Zepeda. I think he got credit for standing in close, instead of using excess movement, but he wasn't in my opinion, doing much in there. He faded and it showed in his form as he missed a lot of shots down the stretch. Shakur needs a lot of work on skill, and some man strength. He's not Zab, Floyd, Pernell, or anyone like that, by any stretch of the imagination. I see him as a young champ that still has a lot to learn and needs a lot of work and refinement. He's not some finished product. If he thinks he is, he's in big trouble

I don't know dude. I rewatched the fight and scored it. I can only find three or four rounds at most that you can give to Zepeda. I had it 117-111.

[LA_2_Vegas]

I'm black, a Shakur fan, and I was there live with a very good seat. And I think Shakur lost the fight. I believe he was out worked and out landed, and he was hit throughout the entire fight in every round. He spent most of his time on the ropes but not effectively. He was throwing a wide sweeping right hand that missed constantly. His shoulder roll wasn't good, it needs a lot of work, and he landed one, maybe two clean double or three punch combinations per round, which looked good but wasn't enough in my opinion. He had nothing to discourage or hurt Zepeda. I think he got credit for standing in close, instead of using excess movement, but he wasn't in my opinion, doing much in there. He faded and it showed in his form as he missed a lot of shots down the stretch. Shakur needs a lot of work on skill, and some man strength. He's not Zab, Floyd, Pernell, or anyone like that, by any stretch of the imagination. I see him as a young champ that still has a lot to learn and needs a lot of work and refinement. He's not some finished product. If he thinks he is, he's in big trouble

I posted in round-by-round thread after Round 1 that it looked like Zepeda was going to have enough speed to stay with SS and really test out the idea people have posed of whether or not SS actually has a good defense (and defense-to-offense) outside of the normal stepback.

Were you one of those people before the fight or did seeing it up close now change your mind?

I thought he obliged the fight, but also looked like Zepeda was going to get there anyway. Somewhat torn on it myself