Murodjon Akhmadaliev (13-1, 10 KOs) looked outstanding, stopping Ricardo Espinoza (30-5, 25 KOs) in the third round to win the interim WBC super bantamweight title on Saturday night at the Salle des Étoiles in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
Tonight on Eddie Hearn’s card in Monaco, a lightweight clash that was widely looked at by plenty as a 50-50 affair turned into a one-sided masterclass.
San Mateo Atenco’s own William Zepeda, the knockout artist with an unblemished record, orchestrated a relentless barrage of punches, effectively dismantling his adversary, the resilient former IBO World Champion Maxi Hughes from Yorkshire, UK.
Maxi Hughes (26-7-2, 5 KOs) revealed that it wasn’t the headshots from William Zepeda (30-0, 26 KOs) that resulted in his fourth-round TKO loss to the Mexicao knockout artist on Saturday night in Las Vegas.
William Zepeda (30-0, 26 KOs) was a pure knockout machine on Saturday, winning a fourth-round TKO against an overmatched Maxi Hughes (26-7-2, 5 KOs) in an IBF/WBA lightweight title eliminator at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
In an impressive performance, lightweight contender William Zepeda (30-0, 26 KOs) defeated Maxi Hughes (26-7-2, 5 KOs) by a fourth-round TKO on Saturday night in their headliner at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Nevada.
William Zepeda weighed 133.8 lbs, and Maxi Hughes weighed 134.6 lbs on Friday at their weigh-in for this Saturday night’s 12-round lightweight headliner on DAZN at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
William Zepeda (29-0, 25 KOs) is confident of victory over Maxi Hughes (26-6-2, 5 KOs) in their 12-round headliner this Saturday, March 16th.
Unbeaten lightweight contender William Zepeda is ready for his 12-round headliner contest this Saturday night against Maxi Hughes, live on DAZN at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
Another month, another boxing “robbery” – or at least another hugely controversial decision. Last night’s majority decision win picked up by former lightweight champion George Kambosos Jr over Maxi Hughes, has served to anger a number of people – fans, pundits, and fellow fighters.