Jose Zepeda (proper) solely wanted slightly greater than half a spherical to cease Josue Vargas. (Photograph by Mikey Williams/Prime Rank Inc through Getty Pictures)
Junior welterweight contender Jose Zepeda, who’s ranked No. 6 by The Ring, will return to motion, on March 25, towards Neeraj Goyat, Golden Boy Promotions introduced Wednesday afternoon.
The ten-round bout will happen at Domo Alcalde, in Guadalajara, Mexico, and can stream stay on DAZN (8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT).
Zepeda (35-3, 27 knockouts), who resides within the Los Angeles suburb of La Puente, most just lately fought on November 26, dropping by knockout to Regis Prograis in Spherical 11. Each Prograis and Zepeda had been preventing for the vacant WBC title.
The loss to Prograis snapped a string of 5 consecutive victories, along with his most up-to-date win going down in October 2021, when he stopped Josue Vargas within the opening spherical. The win over Vargas came about over a yr after his all-action struggle towards Ivan Baranchyk, one which noticed a complete of eight knockdowns between the 2 that Zepeda in the end received.
The 33-year-old is promoted by Zanfer Boxing and had beforehand fought on Prime Rank playing cards.
Goyat (17-3-2, 7 KOs) will take a major step up in opposition when he squares off towards the southpaw Zepeda. Goyat, who resides in Ghandigarh, India, most just lately fought on July 2, stopping Channarong Injampa within the second spherical.
The 31-year-old has received his final eight bouts since dropping to Sergio Daniel Moreno, which sarcastically, was Goyat’s solely struggle in Mexico to this point. Goyat has additionally fought in Canada, South Korea and Thailand.
Fringe junior middleweight contender Carlos Ocampo (34-2, 22 KOs), of Ensenada, Mexico, and unbeaten featherweight and Guadalajara resident Rafael Espinoza (19-0, 16 KOs) will struggle in separate 10-round bouts. Ocampo misplaced by unanimous choice in his most up-to-date bout, on October 8, to junior middleweight contender Sebastian Fundora.
Unbeaten tremendous middleweight prospect Aaron Silva (11-0, 8 KOs), of Monterrey, Mexico, who just lately signed a promotional cope with Golden Boy Promotions, will face Jaime Hernandez Lopez (10-8, 4 KOs) in an eight-round bout.
Within the opening bout of the DAZN stream, Miguel Torres Nunez (11-1, 6 KOs), of Guadalajara, will sq. off towards Mexico Metropolis’s Kevin Montiel (6-2-2, 3 KOs) in an eight spherical junior light-weight bout.
Zepeda-Goyat will headline the primary Mexico version of the “Golden Boy Battle Evening on DAZN” stream of this yr.
Francisco A. Salazar has written for The Ring since October 2013 and has coated boxing in Southern California and overseas since 2000. Francisco additionally covers boxing for the Ventura County (California) Star newspaper. He will be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @FSalazarBoxing.
