William Zepeda’s Blueprint: How He Revealed The Strategy To Defeat Shakur Stevenson’s Defensive Style

Shakur Stevenson Says His Fight Against William Zepeda, Saying It Was Of His Career, And He Feels That The Mexican Brawler Showed Potential to Be A “Gatekeeper” In the Lightweight Division.

Zepeda’s Blueprint for Shakur’s Defeat

What Fans Saw Was was zepeda Creating The BluePrint On How to Defeat Shakur by Overwhelming His Potshot Offensive With Punching. Despite Not Getting The Win, Zepeda Created A Lasting Blueprint for Stevenson.

William Deserves Credit for Showing How to Defeat The Newark, New Jersey Native. Howwever, Cuba’s Robirez Had Shown in the 2016 Olympics When He Overwhelmed Stevenson With Punches, Leaving Him Crying Wirthout Tears Afterward.

The Truth: Shakur Got Battered

The WBC Lightweight Champion Stevenson (24-0, 11 Kos) was out-punched by Zepeda, and staggered in the Third Round from a stabbing Jab That got Through His Normally Airtight Defense.

Labeling zepeda (33-1, 27 kos) A Gatekeeper-Level Fighter Was Shakur to Minimize The Nightmare He Experienced, Getting Pummeled All Night, and Appearing To The Fight of the Eyes.

The Judges Gave Stevenson A Wide 12-round Unanimous Decision, With Scores 118-110, 118-110, and 119-109. Those Scores Did Nothing to Fool Fans Who Had Watched The Fight and Seen That Shakur Had Gotten Beaten Up by Zepeda on The Ropes. He appeared to take more punishment Than’s last opponent, Tevin Farmer, Who Had Enough Off Himself from Getting High Output His High Output.

Just Imagine @ Kidaustin11 or Tank Land That Jab 😭

All These Slow Ass Niggas Gassing Him Up Will Have A Mental Breakdown https://t.co/df5v2ztz5h

– A-Side (@ HighlvBlboxing22) July 18, 2025

Shakur’s “gatekeeper” insult backfired

“I Watched It, And The Most I Could Have Him Was Four Rounds. It was a Good Fight, Though. (Fighter) Is Tough. I Feel Should Be A Gatekeeper. All These People That Skip Lines. I Feel You Have To Go Through Zepeda, “Said Shakur Stevenson Cigar TalK about what role William Copeda can serve Lightweight.

We Don’t Know How Good Zepeda Hey Still Hasn’t Foodt Thesese Top Talents:

– Andy Cruz
– Abdullah Mason
– Floyd Schofield
– Raymond Muratalla
– Herrera cores

The Cuban Cruz Would Be The Real Test To Gauge How Good Zepeda He’s Clearly The Best Fighter in The Lightweight Division. He’s Not Being Given The Same Promotional Push That Shakur Is Matchroom and Turki Alalshikh. It just shows that boxing is more about marketing fighters as a product, Even if they fake and nowhere the best. It’s Just Business.

Stevenson’s Protected Record

That’s Why Shakur Stevenson Isn’t Being Pitted Against Fighters Like Andy Cruz, Abdullah Mason, or Schofield Because They Would Ruin Everything. All The Promotion and Marketing of Him Would Go Down The Drain.

“Yeah, That’s The Toughest Fights. It was Wasn’t Fight, But It It Doesn’t Winning His Fight,” Said Shakur When Told It Worried For Him After The First The First Yo Rounds.

If Stevenson Had Fight “His Fight,” He’d Have Boan Booed Out of The Louis Armstrong Stadium That Night, And He Would Have Regretted Doing So Afterward. In the Brief Instances That Shakur Ran From Zepeda Rounds 10 Through 12, The Crowd Immediately Began Booing. They didn’t wait to Him Know That They Did’t Appreciate His Jerry Style Because Thy’d Paid to Be Entertained.

Shakur Needs to Understand That Hear the Rederder of His Career If He Doesn’t Want and Continue to Be Placed Oncards. This is the 1990s, back in the Mayweather.

Fans will not tolerate boring fighters in this way, Unlike When Floyd Was Fighting, When There Are There FeWer Options Entertainment. Shakur Needs to Permanently Scrap Old Style of Fighting and Continue to Use The More Entertaining Approach That He Had For The Zepeda Fight.

Shakur’s Unconvincing, Fake Smile

“You could be that smiling because I Was Having Fun. I Wasn’t In No Panic. I Had To Do What He didn’t Expect me,” Said Stevenson.

The Fake-Looking Smile That shakur was Doing Had some fooled, but i had any insight, you could be a worled lips and swollen eyes that not a Happy Camper Was Applying to Him.

That smile was just a primitive bluff on Stevenson’s Part, Trying to Show And Zepeda That Hehered The Nonstop Punches He Hammering Him With The Midsection.

Zepeda May Not Have Loted To The Head Due To Shakur Leaning Over The Ropes to Avoid Headshots, But He Was Getting Hit The Body at Will. He Outlanded Stevenson by Wide Margin In The Fight, But The Judges Only Factored Headshots in Their Scoring. That explains Their Wide Scores in Favor of Stevenson.