Shakur Stevenson defends his WBC light-weight title towards William Zepeda on Saturday at Louis Armstrong Stadium in Queens, New York (DAZN PPV, 5 p.m. ET).
The battle is the chief assist to the primary occasion, a 12-round tremendous middleweight bout between Edgar Berlanga and Hamzah Sheeraz.
Stevenson (23-0, 11 KOs) is coming off a ninth-round TKO win over Josh Padley in February. In that battle, Stevenson dropped Padley 3 times with physique photographs in Spherical 9.
Zepeda (33-0, 27 KOs), the WBC interim titlist, has gained back-to-back selections over former junior light-weight champion Tevin Farmer — a cut up resolution in November and a majority resolution in March. In his earlier 20 fights, Zepeda had 18 KOs.
Berlanga (23-1, 18 KOs) began his profession with 16 consecutive wins by KO within the first spherical however has solely two stoppage victories in his final eight fights. His solely loss is a unanimous resolution to Canelo Alvarez final September.
Sheeraz (21-0-1, 17 KOs) is transferring up in weight to face Berlanga. He was carrying a 15-fight KO streak earlier than his battle towards WBC middleweight champ Carlos Adames resulted in a cut up attract February.
Keep right here for outcomes and round-by-round evaluation all through the primary card.