In the co-main event of the “Ring III” card at Louis Armstrong Stadium in New York City, Shakur Stevenson outpointed the game William Zepeda.
Zepeda came into this fight averaging 94 punches thrown and 31 punches landed per round over his past 11 fights. Against Stevenson, Zepeda averaged 82 and 23. Stevenson's previous 11 opponents landed just 5.4 punches per round. It looked like Zepeda was going to match his previous output after he threw 103 punches in back-to-back rounds in the second and third. Stevenson spent less time fighting off of the ropes after the third round and was able to average more landed punches per round (25) while averaging 47 punches thrown.
Stevenson connected on 56 percent of his power punches and landed 56 more than Zepeda. Both fighters were hit with a career high for total punches.
The judges scored the bout 119-109 and 118-110 twice – all for Stevenson.
