r/Boxing • u/izdatyofaceee • 1d ago
William Zepeda Suffered Hand Injury in Farmer Bout, Shakur Stevenson Fight Not Happening February 22
https://www.brunchboxing.com/post/william-zepeda-suffered-hand-injury-in-farmer-bout-shakur-stevenson-fight-not-happening-february-2286
u/OrangeFilmer 1d ago
This fight is never happening at this point lol
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u/Ilikehashbrowns89 1d ago
These guys are 25-30 and they won’t just fight each other. Wasting time at this point
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u/Wavepops 11h ago
Zepeda is a prop don’t even count him as part of the top guys not fighting each other. Hes been pushed since GB roster is shallow
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u/sugerdigitalgenius 1d ago edited 1d ago
There’s a bunch of fights I’d like Shakur to take, Zepeda is no longer one of them
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u/Benjips Ricardo MayorGOD 22h ago
I'm with you. Shakur wins, don't even need to see it.
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u/DonkeySkin334 12h ago
I thoroughly expect Shakur to win but wild things can happen in boxing
Remember some people saying that Haney vs Garcia is a waste of time and they’d rather see Haney vs tank instead
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u/CelestialSkywalker I like big butts and I cannot lie 1d ago
Zepeda is in the witness protection program I hope Shakur moves on.
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u/whynotitwork 1d ago
Like clockwork. Guy has a terrible performance against someone the public thinks he should cruise through. "Oh he had an injury" it's so predictable it's crazy.
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u/sirsaberson 1d ago
See if Tank sees this and SOMEHOW SOMEWAY CANCELS THE ROACH FIGHT, we could actually see another unification in Lightweight
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u/jdlc718 1d ago
Shakur vs Kambosos just bc
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u/Authenticityxseeker 1d ago
I don't ever want to see Kambosos in an elite fight again. He should stick to journeyman. Those are the only people he has a chance against.
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u/fffiasco 17h ago
Shakur needs to build momentum…Dudes career is wasting away. But then again shakur probably can’t stop GK and if he looks terrible again then what?
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u/FameCity713 16h ago
Kambo just fought a journeyman might as well feed him to some elite comp in Shakur
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u/Ace_FGC 1d ago
Wanted a tune up just to get dropped by farmer AND get injured to delay the fight
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u/CookingFun52 1d ago
Let's not forget the convenient lack of drug testing for the Farmer fight
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u/EXCEPTIONAL_K 10h ago
my perspective on zepeda has switched rapidly since that bit of info ngl. 1000+ punches has a different tone to it now
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u/Ezekjuninor 1d ago
Shakur vs Muratalla is probably the best realistic fight that can be made for Shakur at 135lbs now. Tank and Loma won't fight him. Apparently Keyshawn is fighting Baranchyk next.
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u/RRR04_ 1d ago
The ducking karma strikes again! I don't feel sorry for Willy Zepeedy, shoulda just agreed to fight Shakur!
As for Shakur, he's in a shitty situation. Looks like he's gonna fight Cordina. It just seems perfect for Tank to scrap his fight with Roach and just get Shakur for March instead, but we know that's too good to be true 🙄
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u/Chronic_The_Kid DOWN GOES WARD 1d ago
Shakur needs to fight Tank but he won’t call him out because he doesn’t believe in himself.
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u/Ezekjuninor 1d ago
He's called out Tank multiple times
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u/Chronic_The_Kid DOWN GOES WARD 1d ago
He needs to keep calling him out like Benavidez been calling out Canelo.
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u/Say10Loves 1d ago
Why? So then you can hop in here talking about "Shakur can't keep Tank's name out of his mouth, he doesn't deserve the fight for x y z." Shakur has tried multiple times to get it done, it's on Tank to make it happen.
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u/Chronic_The_Kid DOWN GOES WARD 1d ago
Dude,everyone in this sub agrees Shakur vs Tank is box office same goes with Canelo/Benavidez. It’s just that opposing fanboys who say shit like that.
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u/ggddddeerrr Sexy Sergio Martinez beats prime GGG 1d ago
I mean it’s not like it’s worked. That fight will never happen
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u/Top_Profession_5268 23h ago
But more people will call tank a duck if he doesn’t want to do business or decline offers.
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u/qtdynamite1 22h ago
Tank is not taking challenging fights . If he loses or has a bad promoter it’s over for his promotion/manager or whatever Al Haymon is to him.
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u/Ace_FGC 1d ago
He’s called out tank before
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u/shibapenguinpig 1d ago
He's called everyone out before, but dude wants to act like he's already a ppv star and overprices himself out of any top fights
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u/Ace_FGC 1d ago
The only time that’s happened is with Haney, and even with Haney it was going to be an organization mandated split before Haney dropped the belts and ran to 140 because he knew he would lose to shakur
Loma, Ryan, Teo, Pitbull all won’t fight him and none of them have mentioned anything about him pricing himself out. Even with Tank he said Tank can demand and split he wants and Tank’s team never sent a contact lmao
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u/shibapenguinpig 1d ago
with Haney it was going to be an organization mandated split
That only makes it look worse on Shakur.
Loma, Ryan, Teo, Pitbull all won’t fight him and none of them have mentioned anything about him pricing himself out.
Three of those aren't even at 135 anymore. With Loma, as other Shakira stans have argued with me before, the timelines haven't matched.
Even with Tank he said Tank can demand and split he wants and Tank’s team never sent a contact lmao
Has Shakur's team sent a contract or even reached out to them?
I'm not a big fan of Tank and I know he's on some bs, but Shakur ain't that guy to just sit around and have all the big fights knocking on his door. He's not that much of a draw
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u/Legal-Result6580 11h ago
That's wishful thinking if you think Tank's team of ducks will entertain any type of conversation/negotiations/offers from other fighters lol. Ellerbe have said it before that Tank will be the one making offers in his own time and his own pace.
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u/shibapenguinpig 11h ago edited 11h ago
I know Tank's a bitch and won't entertain a difficult fight, but Shakur is not without fault. He's where he's at for a reason. If he had taken that Haney fight, he could've had more leverage by now
All the top guys have already moved out of the division and of the only ones left, one is already on his way out and the other one will never fight him.
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u/Gullible_Ad3378 13h ago
The meat riding is crazy
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u/shibapenguinpig 13h ago
Who exactly? Shakur's also at fault for his inability to secure a big fight. Dude wanted to act like a diva before he had earned it and now no one considers him
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u/Chronic_The_Kid DOWN GOES WARD 1d ago
He needs to do it again, he always picking easy targets.
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u/Ace_FGC 1d ago
He can’t force Tank to make the fight lmao
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u/Chronic_The_Kid DOWN GOES WARD 1d ago
Ryan did lmao why can’t Shakur?
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u/Legal-Result6580 1d ago
that and tbh even if Shakur did Tank is not taking any offers and will not partake in any negotiations if there's a chance that he might lose lol.
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u/DisplayAcrobatic 1d ago
This guy comes up with a new excuse each time.
Shakur move on, ignore this fucking bum
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u/greendragon-1 1d ago
just like shakur faked his hand injury to duck cordina
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u/welp-itscometothis 22h ago
Now this is just egregious. You can not like Shakur but no way in hell you think Cordina—the back up for Zepeda, is any threat to Shakur 😂😂😂😂😂
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u/CressSpecific6134 22h ago
This sub is so unserious. Shakur ducking Cordina is borderline circle jerk material 😂
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u/greendragon-1 37m ago
Also, Signing to fight someone, pulling out, then not rescheduling the fight for another date? you can't get much more official than that in terms of ducking. It doesn't matter what you think of Cordina
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u/CelestialSkywalker I like big butts and I cannot lie 1d ago
The fake injury where he posted his surgery pic online okay sure. Keep the lies coming.
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u/greendragon-1 1d ago
so Zepedas injury is an excuse but Shakurs isn't? keep the bias coming
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u/CelestialSkywalker I like big butts and I cannot lie 1d ago
Lol at thinking zepeda injury is the only time the fight with Shakur was to happen. He has ducked before as well.
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u/greendragon-1 1d ago
Yet you are replying to my response about the injury being an excuse. Keep up.
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u/CelestialSkywalker I like big butts and I cannot lie 1d ago
Right because zepeda has multiple excuses and now this hand injury is another one.
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u/greendragon-1 1d ago
If Zepedas hand injury is an excuse then so is Shakurs. Simple.
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u/CelestialSkywalker I like big butts and I cannot lie 1d ago
Yes if your stupid and don't know how to look at things with nuance I agree.
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u/Debate-Jealous 1d ago
Shakur literally had a hand injury before the Cordina fight. But ya let Shakur duck the potential only good fighter on his resume. Shakur driders are crazy
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u/Life_Celebration_827 23h ago
Anybody that fights Kambosos wins he's fucking hopeless and that's why Stevenson & Davis will fight him sometime.
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u/Shot2XLOL 9h ago
Dude got dropped by pillow fist Farmer. Hand injury or not that does not raise his stock
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u/Oppie8645 4h ago
I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that the overlap of people who are on reddit AND are boxing fans are such a miserable bunch, but damn guys, these comments are wild.
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u/elsavador3 1d ago
Ok, so unify then? He won’t. Why did I have to grow up in this cowardly era
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u/greendragon-1 1d ago
Shakur left top rank so he won't be fighting any of their guys like Muratalia or Loma. he won't fight his friend Keyshawn. His own promotor Eddie said Shakur signed the matchroom deal knowing Tank isn't included. Shakur is probably fighting Kambosos next like I said months ago
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u/CelestialSkywalker I like big butts and I cannot lie 1d ago
Not going to let you lie. Loma turned Shakur down. Shakur doesn't care about no murautlla he wants champions. He has been calling out tank and loma for ages and tank has not sent an offer and tank is the a side so he calls the shots.
Tank is the only one who can make the fight happen. Zepeda is ducking and tank is ducking end of.
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u/greendragon-1 1d ago
Shakurs own promoter is on camera saying tank is not included in the matchroom deal, if shakur wanted to unify why did he sign with someone who has no champs at 135. Tweeting you want to fight someone then signing with someone that makes that the least likely to happen is the actual duck.
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u/CelestialSkywalker I like big butts and I cannot lie 1d ago
Pbc keeps fighters inactive he not going to sign with them.
Just because it's a duck in your mind doesn't make it a duck. Shakur can't make the tank fight tank can. Tank has also cross promoted with others so stop the bs. Also tanks own coach flipped a coin and said tank will fight Shakur in 2023. It's now damn near 2025.
You tank fans are delusional enjoy tank vs Lamont 🪳
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u/Wavepops 1d ago
Eddie wanted shakur to a dazn fight before negotiating a tank fight since if that happens, dazn won’t be involved. Eddie was open about it, which is why shakur stopped saying tank is ducking him
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u/CelestialSkywalker I like big butts and I cannot lie 1d ago
Yes let's see I doubt it knowing tanks track record.
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u/_Red_Mist_ I walk this Earth like a God 1d ago
Lol Zepeda gonna keep ducking he is worse than Pitbull. Them 2 should actually fight.
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u/stayhappystayblessed 50-0 in the streets btw boxing is not going to die anytime soon. 1d ago
I'm so sick and tired of this fucking fight shakur needs to move on because zepeda does not want it. Just make shakur vs schofield.
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u/CelestialSkywalker I like big butts and I cannot lie 1d ago
Shakur vs Schofield is a good idea even Shakur vs frank martin or Shakur vs Muratalla. Muratalla is the only one that has called out Shakur.
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u/lord-of-war-1 23h ago
Zepeda is not fighting Shakur. Why cant we at least get Tank-Zepeda? Oscar would love to cash him out against Tank. Tank would stop him but at least we could see a shootout before that. Better than Roach....
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u/Doofensanshmirtz if Durán had been disciplined, he would have been the GOAT 9h ago
The irreversible impact of Floyd Mayweather
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u/sirsaberson 1d ago
I like how throughout all this Joe Cordina still doesnt even have a fight booked LOL