The July 12th New York City card has the following fights: Edgar Berlanga vs. Hamzah Sheeraz, Shakur Stevenson vs. William Zepeda, Aberto Puello vs. Subriel Matias, and David Morrell vs. Imam Khataev. This is a Ring Magazine card. The DAZN PPV is priced at $59.99 in the US / £24.99 in the UK
The night begins on DAZN at 5pm ET / 2pm PT / 10pm BST, with Stevenson vs William Zepeda ringwalks likely at 9:50pm ET / 9:50 PT / 2.50am BST (Sunday).
The reaction from fans on social media has been favorable, except for the Berlanga-Sheeraz fight, which will be a WBC super middleweight title eliminator. That’s hard for many fans to digest because neither deserves to be fighting in an eliminator to become Canelo Alvarez’s mandatory challenger. It reeks of favoritism and has nothing to do with sport.
Hamzah (21-0-1, 17 KOs) has never fought at 168, is unranked in the division, and is coming off a questionable 12-round draw against WBC middleweight champion Carlos Adames.
It was thought that Sheeraz would clear up the controversy over the draw, which fans thought he lost, by fighting Adames in a rematch. But obviously that’s not going to happen now. It would be too risky for Sheeraz to fight Adames again ahead of a big-money fight against Berlanga to put himself in a position to challenge Canelo Alvarez for his unified super middleweight titles.
On paper, Shakur Stevenson’s defense of his WBC lightweight title against interim champion William Zepeda (33-0, 27 KOs) is by far the best of the bunch in terms of interest. That’s a competitive one too, and there’s potentially a lot on the line for Shakur.
What Time Does The Fight Start?
- Date: Saturday, July 12 – Live on DAZN
- Time: 5pm ET / 2pm PT / 10pm BST
- Shakur Stevenson vs William Zepeda ringwalks (approx): 9:50pm ET / 9:50 PT / 2.50am BST (Sunday).
Stevenson vs Zepeda fight card
- Shakur Stevenson vs William Zepeda; Lightweight, for the WBC title
- Edgar Berlanga vs Hamzah Sheeraz; Super middleweight
- Alberto Puello vs Subriel Matias; Super lightweight, for the WBC title
- David Morrell vs Imam Khataev; Light heavyweight
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