Promoter Oscar De La Hoya is excited about his fight William Zepeda challenges Shakur Stevenson for his WBC lightweight title if he is victorious against Tevin Farmer in their fight in 11 days on Latino Night on November 16 on DAZN . Zepeda-Farmer will fight a 10-rounder at The Venue in Riyadh.
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Shakur spoke boldly about Zepeda and predicted a victory, and his fans, many of whom seem to have never seen the Mexican fighter in action, believe that Stevenson will win easily.
If Zepeda demolishes Shakur Stevenson, it will devastate Eddie Hearn, who has talked about turning the Newark native into a “Global Superstar.” Hearn sounds so sure he’s going to turn Shakur into a massive superstar next year; he doesn’t seem to have both feet on the ground with his expectations.
A victory for Zepeda over the Eddie Hearn-promoted Shakur would be an opportunity for De La Hoya to gloat to get one over the British promoter Hearn. De La Hoya recently targeted Hearn in his Clap Back Thursday posts to mock him about the bad year his fighters had in 2024.
Zepeda (31-0, 27 KOs) and Farmer (33-6-1, 8 KOs) will fight on the undercard of Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez vs. Chris Billiam-Smith. They will look to steal the show in the headline bout between the two cruiserweight champions.
Oscar De La Hoya: “Eddie (Hearn) has no fighters for William Zepeda to face,” said De La Hoya DAZN Boxing.
Chris Mannix: “There’s a guy. Shakur.”
De La Hoya: “He hurt his hand.”
Mannix: “Shakur says, ‘When this hand injury is over, I’m going straight to William Zepeda.’
De La Hoya: “Well, I’d love to.”
Mannix: “For Zepeda, this is kind of a trap fight for him. Tevin Farmer really has nothing to lose. He lost his last fight.”
De La Hoya: “It might ruin the party, but I already have it in mind, and Zepeda wants Shakur. That’s the bottom line. There’s a curse that Eddie has. He’s 0-17 this year, I believe. I’m just talking facts. I like it to work with promoters and make the best fights.
“Fortunately for us at Golden Boy, we have opponents. The A side, the B side. So, we can do all this for ourselves and make it a decision night.”
