Forced Engagement: Shakur Stevenson’s Hit-and-run Tactics Challenged by 18-Foot Ring vs. Zepeda

The Change to the 18-Foot Ring for the July 12th Card Has Created Double Shakur Stevenson Will Have Space To Space To Escape William Shakur’s 100+ Punches per Round Volume in Their Co-Feature Fight.

No Escape for Shakur

Shakur’s Promoter, Eddie Hearn, Can’t Be Happy Bout The Standard 20-Foot Ring To A Smaller 18 X 18 One. He Signed Him With The Hope of Landing The Mega-Money Fight Against Gervis.

Hearn Matched Stevenson Against Josh Padley in His First Fight With Matchroom to Enusure HE PATH TO THE PATH FIGHT. In a Smaller Ring Against A Punching Machine Like Zepeda, Shakur is Being Thrown Into The Wild. He’s Not Made For The Fighting That Zepeda Brings.

WBC Lightweight Champion Shakur (23-0, 11 kos) Is Best in a 20-Foot Ring Where he Can Avoid Pressure From His Opponents Using His Hit-And-Run Tactics. In a Smaller 18 X 18 Ring, It’s Going to Force Shakur to Engage More and Avoid His Usual Tom and Jerry-Type Fights.

Cutting off Zepeda Is Excellent The Ring, But His Chances Would Drop Against A Mover Like Stevenson in A 20-Foot Ring. We Saw How Shakur Was Diving To Escape The Pressure Put On Him by Edwin de Los Santos.

Turk’s Entertainment Goal

Turki Alalshikh Wants On The Fights on The July 12th Dazn ppv Card to be entertaining. Moving to a Smaller Ring Willce The Runners Like Shakur to Stand and Fight Zepeda (33-0, 27 Kos), What He May Not Be Able to Do Getting Down. In A Confined Space An 18-Foot Ring, Stevenson Will Have No Choice But Trade With More With The Mexican Knockout Artist.

It was Was a Was Rocket Launching Into Space, The Way He Leaping to Squirm Out of Situations When Trapped. It Wasn’t Surprising That The Crowd Booed Him All Night Boring Performance.

Zepeda doubts Shakur’s “Balls”

Zepeda Doubts That Shakur Will Trade With The Way Tevin Farmer Do in Their Two Fights, saying He Lacks The “Balls” to Fight Aggressively. Even Farmer Did Moving and Holding to Avoid Getting Getting Out of Knocked. The Second Fight Was Almost All Moving and Holding.

A 16-Foot Ring Would Have Better Better July 12th Event, As It Would It Would Shakur To Trade To Like Fans A More Entertaining Fans. Even With 18-Foiller, Stevenson Might Still Have Enough Room to Make It A Dull Fight.