Shakur Stevenson Vs. William Zepeda Full Boxing Fight Card

Shakur Stevenson puts his perfect record and WBC lightweight title on the line on Saturday, July 12, against the also unbeaten William Zepeda. Stevenson vs. Zepeda headlines The Ring Magazine 3 event from Louis Armstrong Stadium in Queens, New York. The boxing card streams on DAZN.

Shakur Stevenson Vs. William Zepeda Full Fight Card

Shakur Stevenson (23-0-0) vs. William Zepeda (33-0-0) – 12 Rounds – For Stevenson’s WBC lightweight title

Alberto Puello (24-0-0) vs. Subriel Matias (22-2-0) – 12 rounds – For Puello’s WBC junior welterweight title

Edgar Berlanga (23-1-0) vs. Hamzah Sheeraz (21-0-1) – 12 rounds – Middleweight

David Morrell (11-1-0) vs. Imam Khataev (10-0-0) – 12 rounds – Light heavyweight

Shakur Stevenson Vs. William Zepeda

Shakur Stevenson (23-0 with 11 knockouts) was a silver-medal winner at the 2016 Olympics before turning pro. Stevenson won his first major title in 2019 when he captured the vacant WBO featherweight belt with a unanimous decision over Joet Gonzalez.

Stevenson didn’t stick around long at that weight, moving up to super featherweight without defending the WBO featherweight belt. After two victories at super featherweight, Stevenson won the vacant WBO interim super featherweight title with a decision victory over Jeremiah Nakathila.

In September 2021, Stevenson captured the WBO title with a 10th-round TKO win over Jamel Herring. He defended that title and added the WBC super featherweight title to his collection in April 2022 with a unanimous decision win over Oscar Valdez.

Then, in September 2023, Stevenson missed weight for his title fight against Robson Conceicao. Stevenson won the fight via decision, but he left the Prudential Center in Newark that night without a single title. After the win, Stevenson announced his move to the lightweight division.

He started his lightweight run with a TKO win over Shuichiro Yoshino and then captured the vacant WBC belt in his next outing, beating Edwin De Los Santos via decision.

In his first defense of the belt, the 27-year-old Stevenson defeated Artem Harutyunyan via decision in July 2024. Stevenson returned to action in February 2025 with a ninth-round TKO win over Josh Padley.

Although Stevenson got the stoppage in that fight, many were unhappy with the lack of action in the contest, especially since Padley accepted the fight during the week of the event, replacing Floyd Schofield.

ESPN has Stevenson ranked as the No. 2 lightweight behind Gervonta “Tank” Davis.

William Zepeda (33-0 with 27 knockouts) is the No. 4 135-pound boxer, according to ESPN. The 29-year-old is the interim WBC champion, having won that title in November 2024 with a split decision over Tevin Farmer. He defended the interim crown in March 2025, beating Farmer by majority decision in a rematch.

One of the most active punchers in the lightweight division, Zepeda landed 344 of 974 attempted punches in the second fight against Farmer.

Before winning the interim WBC championship, Zepeda won and defended (three times) the WBA Continental Americas lightweight title.

Stevenson marks the sixth consecutive fight for Zepeda against a southpaw foe.

Shakur Stevenson On William Zepeda Fight

“When you got a fighter that mastered their own style, they’re always the most dangerous fighter,” Stevenson told The Ring. “William Zepeda is a guy who mastered his style, he understands his style, he understands what he’s coming to do. But with July 12, they don’t know what I’m coming to do. I got different things to my game. I can box and move, I can stand there in the pocket and make you miss, I can do 100 different things to him to where he don’t know what’s happening July 12 so it’s going to be an amazing fight.

“It’s very possible [that I hurt Zepeda]. These people think I can’t crack, these people think ‘all you do is run.’ That’s the wrong logic of me. I’m a fighter at the end of the day. We get in there and I got to fight, I’m going to fight and I’m not coming there to lose. I’m not into that. William Zepeda is not a guy who’s just going to let you move all around the ring and not cut off the ring. He’s not a guy that’s going to allow you to not engage in the fight. So I’m not here to lose, I’m here to win.”

William Zepeda On Shakur Stevenson Fight

“I’ve heard some comments from Shakur Stevenson. I just want to tell him to keep training. Don’t get cocky. Take this fight seriously,” said Zepeda. “We have to put on a great show, because on July 12th, you’re going to hear, ‘And the new’ [champion William Zepeda].”

We will have more on the Shakur Stevenson Vs. William Zepeda fight card as fight night nears.