William Zepeda was a buzzsaw tonight, completely overwhelming a courageous however out-matched Mercito Gesta of their light-weight primary occasion on DAZN.
Zepeda went to 29-0 (25 KO) with a one-sided TKO win, when Gesta’s nook known as for the struggle to be stopped at 1:31 of spherical six.
Zepeda, 27, was simply relentlessly throwing on the 35-year-old Gesta (34-4-3, 17 KO) from the bounce, and although Gesta did what he may to fireplace again — and did land some good photographs — he simply couldn’t put the frenetic tempo or output of his opponent.
The win doesn’t essentially inform us something new about Zepeda, as a result of he’s gained and gained properly at this degree already, however he did do mainly every little thing attainable to make no matter assertion he may on this matchup.
“Thanks to Crew Gesta, I needed a struggle with an skilled opponent and he gave that to me,” Zepeda mentioned after the bout. “Within the first spherical, I knew he was harmful, and that I needed to carry on working.”
“We need to struggle all of the champions, we need to struggle who’s on the market at 135. I believe he’s prepared for each one in every of them,” mentioned coach Jay “Panda” Najar. “As of proper now, Devin Haney is the world champion, so we need to struggle Devin Haney.”
Haney, after all, is shifting as much as 140 lbs in December to face Regis Prograis, so quickly sufficient all 4 titles at 135 might be altering palms. For the time being, Gervonta “Tank” Davis is in place to easily be the really acknowledged WBA titleholder (he has their secondary belt), whereas Shakur Stevenson will face Edwin De Los Santos for the vacant WBC belt in November.
That would go away the IBF and WBO titles, and people can be clear targets for Zepeda at 135.
Undercard
Victor Morales UD-10 Edwin Palomares (96-94, 99-91, 100-90): Properly, one card right here was alright, the opposite two too vast for my tastes. I had this 97-93 for Morales, however 100-90 is foolish, there have been a pair rounds Palomares clearly gained, I believe. Morales (19-0-1, 9 KO) didn’t have it straightforward on this one, not his greatest displaying, however he bit down and bought by way of it, too, and that’s essential. Palomares (18-5-2, 9 KO) gave this all he had, nevertheless it wasn’t fairly sufficient. Morales separated himself during the last 4 rounds, I believed. Fairly good struggle, too!
Yokasta Valle UD-10 Maria Santizo (99-91, 99-91, 100-90): As “leisure,” an sincere assessment is that this was fairly enjoyable for just a few rounds, after which all of the rounds mainly appeared the identical, and the power petered out. However a win for Valle (29-2, 9 KO), who retains her IBF and WBO belts at 105 and hopes to make an undisputed conflict with Seniesa Estrada, however we’ll see. Santizo (11-4, 6 KO) gave her regular sincere effort however has one velocity and it’s not sufficient to beat the higher ladies she’s confronted. These are her 4 losses.
Darius Fulghum TKO-2 Ricardo Luna (1:30): Fulghum, a 27-year-old who’s working his means all the way down to 168 lbs, solely began boxing in any respect in 2015, and he’s an intriguing project-prospect for Golden Boy. There’s undoubtedly an excellent bit to love with Fulghum (7-0, 7 KO); so much to be taught nonetheless and studying on the job, however an excellent bit to love. Luna (25-11-2, 16 KO) bought reduce on the facet of the pinnacle and dropped within the second spherical, and his nook just about determined that was lots. He’s a knockaround man, will get fed to prospects, wouldn’t even actually name him a gatekeeper, and he mainly did what was anticipated right here, nevertheless you wanna slice that.
Eric Priest MD-8 Simon Madsen (76-76, 79-73, 80-72): The MD half will look suspect, however no, the judges who had it for Priest had it proper, I believe. BLH unofficially scored it 79-73 for the 24-year-old Preist, who goes to 11-0 (7 KO), whereas Madsen drops to 13-2 (10 KO) together with his second straight loss. Truly can kinda perceive how a decide bought to even. Don’t agree in any respect, however this was a telephone sales space struggle, aggressive all through, Madsen was by no means overwhelmed, and he was throwing so much. Tim Bradley might need to contact his judging professors to clarify to him how this might presumably have occurred since, as he has just lately discovered at one (1) seminar the place he was yelled at, all judges observe a strict code of ethics and tips, and don’t have any private preferences or biases in any way.
