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 combat will probably be proven on DAZN. Cabrera, 29, needs 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 continuous his journey to a world title shot and is dealing with a troublesome check in his Cabrera (22-1, 7 KOs), who brings a greater set of abilities than the fighters he’s been dealing with currently.
Golden Boy needs 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 talents to make issues troublesome for Zepeda on Saturday evening if he’s unable to take care of his boxing. He got here near defeating Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz final yr and barely misplaced a twelve-round cut up resolution 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 onerous work to get there, however little by little, we been getting there,” mentioned William Zepeda to Golden Boy Promotions.
It’s taken Zepeda 9 years to get thus far 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 He can’t afford to attend an excessive amount of longer as a result of he’ll be too outdated if he waits till his 30s.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 feel he’s had a whole lot of fights, and he’s been taken care of very properly,” mentioned Giovanni Cabrera about William Zepeda. “They’ve moved him alongside rather well, and 30 fights being pretty much as good as he’s, that’s spectacular.
“A number of Mexican fighters, they get put via the hearth like that. I’m going to push the tempo. Lots of people are anxious about his punch output. I’m going to interrupt the file. My profession had a really powerful begin,” mentioned 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 powerful early on, and wasn’t babied the best way former blue-chip novice stars are. He may not have been considered as somebody who would rise excessive within the sport.
“I gained three straight fights on ESPN, after which the Pitbull combat, and now I had one other combat, 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,” mentioned Zepeda. “He comes very motivated. He’s coming to offer it his all. He’s coming with a nothing to lose, every part to achieve perspective, however that’s what makes him harmful.
“Other than his boxing abilities, he’s a powerful fighter,” mentioned Zepeda.
Not like Zepeda’s latest opponents, Cabrera remains to be younger, and he will probably be an issue if he can’t get to him to put on him down with quantity. Surprisingly, Cabrera needs to match his quantity as a result of he’s not proven in his previous fights that he can throw a whole lot of punches. He’s been engaged on that in camp in order that he would possibly shock Zepeda.