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Andreas HaleJul 12, 2025, 06:23 PM ET
- Andreas Hale is a combat sports reporter at ESPN. Andreas covers MMA, boxing and pro wrestling. In Andreas' free time, he plays video games, obsesses over music and is a White Sox and 49ers fan. He is also a host for Sirius XM's Fight Nation. Before joining ESPN, Andreas was a senior writer at DAZN and Sporting News. He started his career as a music journalist for outlets including HipHopDX, The Grammys and Jay-Z's Life+Times. He is also an NAACP Image Award-nominated filmmaker as a producer for the animated short film "Bridges" in 2024.
Shakur Stevenson defends his WBC lightweight title against William Zepeda on Saturday at Louis Armstrong Stadium in Queens, New York (DAZN PPV, 5 p.m. ET).
The fight is the chief support to the main event, a 12-round super middleweight bout between Edgar Berlanga and Hamzah Sheeraz.
Stevenson (23-0, 11 KOs) is coming off a ninth-round TKO win over Josh Padley in February. In that fight, Stevenson dropped Padley three times with body shots in Round 9.
Zepeda (33-0, 27 KOs), the WBC interim titlist, has won back-to-back decisions over former junior lightweight champion Tevin Farmer -- a split decision in November and a majority decision in March. In his previous 20 fights, Zepeda had 18 KOs.
Berlanga (23-1, 18 KOs) started his career with 16 consecutive wins by KO in the first round but has only two stoppage victories in his last eight fights. His only loss is a unanimous decision to Canelo Alvarez last September.
Sheeraz (21-0-1, 17 KOs) is moving up in weight to face Berlanga. He was carrying a 15-fight KO streak before his fight against WBC middleweight champ Carlos Adames ended in a split draw in February.
Stay here for results and round-by-round analysis throughout the main card.
