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William Zepeda Stops Jaime Arboleda In 2
Continuing his ascension through the lightweight division,
the still undefeated knockout artist and WBA Continental
Americas Lightweight Champion William “El Camarón” Zepeda
(28-0, 24 KOs) of San Mateo, Mexico made a resounding
statement with an awe-inspiring, second round victory over
Curundu, Panama’s Jaime “Jaimito” Arboleda (19-3, 14 KOs).
Zepeda went straight to the body and sent the resilient
Arboleda to the mat three times until the referee stopped
the match at 2:16 in the second round.
“We prepared for a complicated fight, he was hungry to make
a point,” said William “El Camarón” Zepeda. “We had planned
to go to the body the first couple of rounds and end it at
the top, but we were able to finish the job early with just
getting him at the body. I will prove to the world that I am
the best at 135. I want to fight the best world champions
out there. I signed up for boxing not ballet.”
Special guests of the night included Chairman and CEO of
Golden Boy Promotions Oscar De La Hoya, NFL Free Agent
Jaylon Smith, WBC Middleweight World Champion Jermall
Charlo, Professional Boxer Frank Martin, Blue-chip prospect
Floyd Schofield, and super flyweight prospect John “Scrappy”
Ramirez. The 12-round main event was presented in
association with Sampson Boxing and was broadcast live
worldwide on DAZN from College Park Center at The University
of Texas at Arlington campus.
In the co-main event, Victor “El Tornado” Morales, Jr.
(18-0-1, 9 KOs) pulled a stunning, upset win over household
name Diego De La Hoya (24-2, 11 KOs), handing De La Hoya his
second career loss to become the new WBA Intercontinental
Featherweight Titlist. Scheduled for 10-rounds, the fight
made it to 1:08 in the second round when Morales landed a
debilitating liver shot. De La Hoya attempted to get back
up, but the pain was too much, and the referee waved the
fight off.
“I wanted Diego to know that the power was there,” said
Victor "El Tornado" Morales, Jr. “We called him out because
I needed an opponent to bring out the best in me. I feel
like I’m one of the best in my division, but I needed a good
dance partner to prove it. I took the first round to figure
him out and check his chin because I knew he was dehydrated.
In the second I just hit the gas, no brakes. This title is
the first of many more titles I know I am going to fight
for.”
In an action-packed bout that led the crowd “oohing” and
“ahhing” Chicago’s Frederick “General Okunka” Lawson (30-3,
22 KOs) and Estevan “Manos De Oro” Villalobos (16-2-1, 12
KOs) of Mount Vernon, Washington went to work in a scheduled
10-round super welterweight bout. The judges scored the bout
unanimously in favor for Lawson with scores of 97-93, 96-94,
and 96-94.
Opening up the DAZN broadcast with eight-rounds of super
middleweight action, Reading, Pennsylvania’s David
“Dynamite” Stevens (13-0, 9 KOs) went the distance against
Marco Periban (26-7-1, 17 KOs) of Mexico City. The two went
toe-to-toe, Stevens managing to box from the outside well.
Stevens’ gloves hit the canvas in the third round due to a
combined punch/ headbutt that sent him to the mat. The
judges scored the fight 78-73, 77-74, and 78-73 unanimously
for Stevens.
On the preliminary card, Tristan “Sweet T” Kalkreuth (10-1,
7 KOs) of Duncanville, Texas went the distance against
Jonathon “The Reaper” Rice (2-3, 2 KOs) of Cleburne, Texas
in a six-round heavyweight fight. The fans in the arena
could hear the thundering blows being thrown by “Sweet T” in
the tight match up. All three judges scored the bout 59-55,
awarding Kalkreuth the unanimous decision win.
Also a part of the preliminary fights, another dazzling
young prospect Caleb Suniga (2-0, 1 KO) of Austin, Texas
knocked out his opponent, Chichigalpa, Nicaragua’s Carlos
Arroyo (5-23-1, 4 KOs), with a left uppercut at 0:41 in the
first round in a scheduled four-round super featherweight
fight.
Darius “DFG” Fulghum (4-0, 4 KOs) of Houston defeated Jay
Williams (4-11, 3 KOs) of West Monroe, Louisiana in a
scheduled six-round light heavyweight bout. Bendana tasted
the canvas several times throughout the fight due to losing
his balance from the power behind Fulghum’s punches. The
referee waved the fight off at 0:58 in the second round,
awarding Fulghum the TKO.
Opening the Zepeda vs. Arboleda fight night with fireworks,
Robert “El Terror de Cayey” Cruz (9-0, 5 KOs) of Killeen,
Texas defeated Houston’s Tyrone “Solja Black” Selders
(9-16-2, 6 KOs) via second round TKO at 1:48 in the
scheduled six-round middleweight bout. The referee stopped
the fight when Selders was overwhelmed by the flurry of
punches thrown by Cruz.
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