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Undefeated pugilist William “El Camaron” Zepeda (27-0, 23 KOs) of San Mateo, Mexico will return to the ring after pulling an upset against Joseph Diaz, Jr. last October 2022 and is now scheduled to defend his WBA Continental Americas lightweight title against former world champion challenger of Curundu, Panama Jaime “Jaimito” Arboleda (19-2, 14 KOs).

The two fighters will participate in a 12-round lightweight fight that is presented in association with Sampson Boxing.

The event, originally announced as Eimantas Stanionis versus Vergil Ortiz, Jr., will still take place at College Park Center at The University of Texas at Arlington campus and will be broadcast worldwide on DAZN.

“I am very excited for the opportunity to showcase my talents to all my Texas fans,” said William Zepeda. “You don’t want to miss April 29th, get ready to see who ‘El Camarón’ is live!”

“I can't predict the outcome of a fight, but one thing's for sure: I'm stepping into that ring with everything I've got,” said Jaime Arboleda. “I am ready to give it my all and leave it all in the ring. Bring it on.”

In the co-main event, Diego De La Hoya (24-1, 11 KOs) will participate in a 10-round featherweight fight against stablemate Victor Morales (17-0-1, 8 KOs). De La Hoya was last seen December 2022 with a victory against Jose Santos Gonzalez. Morales is coming off of a win against Diuhl Olguin last November 2022.

“In an absolutely stacked lightweight division, I don’t think there is anyone I would favor over Zepeda,” said Chairman and CEO of Golden Boy, Oscar De La Hoya.

“But other fighters have been favored over Arboleda before and ended up tasting defeat. To get to the next level, Zepeda must continue to use the volume of punches and relentlessness that have made him a force to be reckoned with.”

Guadalajara’s Raul “El Cugar” Curiel (12-0, 10 KOs) will participate in a 10-round welterweight bout against Chicago’s Fredrick Lawson (29-3, 22 KOs). Curiel is coming in hot after an explosive, second-round victory against Brad Solomon last December 2022.

In the night’s special female championship presentation, the WBA, WBC flyweight world champion of Houston, Texas, Marlen Esparza (13-1, 1 KOs) will defend her titles against Merlo, Argentina’s Gabriela Alaniz (14-0, 6 KOs). The fight is scheduled for 10-rounds.

Opening up the DAZN broadcast with eight-rounds of super middleweight action, Reading Pennsylvania’s David Stevens (12-0, 9 KOs) will face off against Marco Periban (26-6-1, 17 KOs) of Mexico City. Opening up fight night, Caleb Zuniga (1-0) of Austin, Texas will participate in a four-round super featherweight fight against a soon to be announced opponent.

zep is an absolute freak of nature, last fight averaged like 150 punches a round over 12 rounds, i think it was compubox's all time record. they werent piddling arm punches either and he didnt lose any steam on them from round 1 to 12. man has insane stamina

Next weekend!

Not the best weekend, considering we could have had a new undisputed HW champion.

Looking forward to seeing Zepeda again, loved that beating he served up on Diaz

zepeda with the most unreal gas tank in boxing

handsofstone wrote: ↑24 Apr 2023, 15:58 Looking forward to seeing Zepeda again, loved that beating he served up on Diaz

It’s the only boxing we have this weekend.. so we’ll make the most of it.

Zep vs Garcia would be unreal one day.

Press Release

The countdown continues towards the title showdown between undefeated knockout artist William “El Camarón” Zepeda (27-0, 23 KOs) of San Mateo, Mexico who will defend his WBA Continental Americas Lightweight Title against former world champion challenger of Curundu, Panama Jaime “Jaimito” Arboleda (19-2, 14 KOs). The 12-round main event is presented in association with Sampson Boxing, and will be broadcast live worldwide on DAZN from College Park Center at The University of Texas at Arlington campus. Doors to College Park Center open at 5:00 p.m. CT, the opening bout begins at 5:05 p.m. CT, and the DAZN broadcast will begin at 7:00 p.m. CT/ 8:00 p.m. ET.

In the co-main event, Diego De La Hoya (24-1, 11 KOs) will participate in a 10-round featherweight fight against stablemate Victor Morales, Jr. (17-0-1, 8 KOs). The two will now be fighting for the WBA Intercontinental Featherweight Title.

Chicago’s Frederick “General Okunka” Lawson (29-3, 22 KOs) will fight Estevan “Manos De Oro” Villalobos (16-1-1, 12 KOs) of Mount Vernon, Washington in a 10-round super welterweight bout. Opening up the DAZN broadcast with eight-rounds of super middleweight action, Reading, Pennsylvania’s David “Dynamite” Stevens (12-0, 9 KOs) will face off against Marco Periban (26-6-1, 17 KOs) of Mexico City.

Also on the card, Tristan “Sweet T” Kalkreuth (9-1, 7 KOs) of Duncanville, Texas is scheduled for a six-round heavyweight fight against Jonathon “The Reaper” Rice (2-2, 2 KOs) of Cleburne, Texas. Caleb Suniga (1-0) of Austin, Texas will participate in a four-round super featherweight fight against Chichigalpa, Nicaragua’s Carlos Arroyo (5-22-1, 4 KOs).

Darius “DFG” Fulghum (3-0, 3 KOs) of Houston will face Julio Bendana (6-6, 3 KOs) of Managua, Nicaragua in a six-round light heavyweight bout. Opening the fight night, Robert “El Terror de Cayey” Cruz (8-0, 4 KOs) of Killeen, Texas is scheduled for a six-round super middleweight fight against Houston’s Tyrone “Solja Black” Selders (9-15-2, 6 KOs).

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Zepeda vs. Arboleda is a 12-round fight for the WBA Continental Americas Lightweight Title and is presented by Golden Boy Promotions in association with Sampson Boxing. The event is sponsored by “BetOnline – Your Online Sportsbook Experts.” The fight will take place on Saturday, April 29 at College Park Center in Arlington, Texas and will be streamed live worldwide on DAZN.

Tickets are on-sale and are priced at $150, $90, $60, $45 and $30 not including applicable service charges. Tickets will be available for purchase at UTATickets.com, AXS.com or GoldenBoyPromotions.com.

For more information, visit www.goldenboypromotions.com and DAZN.com. Follow on Twitter @GoldenBoyBoxing and @DAZNBoxing. Become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/GoldenBoy and https://www.facebook.com/DAZN. Follow on Instagram @GoldenBoy and @DAZNBoxing. Follow the conversation using #ZepedaArboleda

Press Release

This Saturday night, undefeated knockout artist William “El Camarón” Zepeda (27-0, 23 KOs) of San Mateo, Mexico will defend his WBA Continental Americas Lightweight Title against former world champion challenger of Curundu, Panama Jaime “Jaimito” Arboleda (19-2, 14 KOs).

The 12-round main event is presented in association with Sampson Boxing, and will be broadcast live worldwide on DAZN from College Park Center at The University of Texas at Arlington campus. Doors to College Park Center open at 5:00 p.m. CT, the opening bout begins at 5:05 p.m. CT, and the DAZN broadcast will begin at 7:00 p.m. CT/ 8:00 p.m. ET.

In the co-main event, Diego De La Hoya (24-1, 11 KOs) will participate in a 10-round featherweight fight against stablemate Victor Morales, Jr. (17-0-1, 8 KOs). The two will now be fighting for the WBA Intercontinental Featherweight Title.

Chicago’s Fredrick “General Okunka” Lawson (29-3, 22 KOs) will fight Estevan “Manos De Oro” Villalobos (16-1-1, 12 KOs) of Mount Vernon, Washington in a 10-round super welterweight bout. Opening up the DAZN broadcast with eight-rounds of super middleweight action, Reading, Pennsylvania’s David “Dynamite” Stevens (12-0, 9 KOs) will face off against Marco Periban (26-6-1, 17 KOs) of Mexico City.

Also on the card, Tristan “Sweet T” Kalkreuth (9-1, 7 KOs) of Duncanville, Texas is scheduled for a six-round heavyweight fight against Jonathon “The Reaper” Rice (2-2, 2 KOs) of Cleburne, Texas. Caleb Suniga (1-0) of Austin, Texas will participate in a four-round super featherweight fight against Chichigalpa, Nicaragua’s Carlos Arroyo (5-22-1, 4 KOs).

Darius “DFG” Fulghum (3-0, 3 KOs) of Houston will face Julio Bendana (6-6, 3 KOs) of Managua, Nicaragua in a six-round light heavyweight bout. Opening the fight night, Robert “El Terror de Cayey” Cruz (8-0, 4 KOs) of Killeen, Texas is scheduled for a six-round super middleweight fight against Houston’s Tyrone “Solja Black” Selders (9-15-2, 6 KOs).

Fight Night!!

Date: Saturday April 29, 2023
Location: College Park Center - Arlington, TX
TV/Stream: DAZN

Start Times
Youtube: 6 pm ET | 3 pm PT | 11 pm BST (Preliminary Card)
DAZN: 8 pm ET | 5 pm PT | 1 am BST (Main Card)

Promoted by: Golden Boy Promotions

Main card

WBA Continental Americas Lightweight Championship
William Zepeda vs. Jaime Arboleda

WBA Intercontinental Featherweight Championship
Diego De La Hoya vs. Victor Morales

10 Round Super Welterweight Bout
Fredrick Lawson vs. Estevan Villalobos

8 Round Super Middleweight Bout
David Stevens vs. Marco Antonio Periban

Prelims

6 Round Heavyweight Bout
Tristan Kalkreuth vs. Jonathan Rice

4 Round Super Featherweight Bout
Caleb Suniga vs. Carlos Arroyo

6 Round Light Heavyweight Bout
Darius Fulghum vs. Julio Bendana

6 Round Super Welterweight Bout
Roberto Cruz vs. Tyrone Selders

There’s no YouTube card.

The prelims are non-televised.

DAZN starts 8pm ET and 1am UK!

Just a heads up it’s not the real johny rice.

lol that fooled me too

You reprobates staying up for this...

Periban a good test vs David Stevens first up.

that's an old looking 22

stevens with tree trunk legs.............foot work a bit plodding and little head movement, but nice compact power shots. landing good already in round 1

ooh, stevens starts lighting periban up a bit in the third, but gets a bit reckless and catches a left hook flash knockdown

3-1 DDS but MAP has a KD.

stevens ahead but not really impressive here, puts together some decent power shots but otherwise pretty basic stuff and getting tagged

Stevens has a very very long way to go. I was about to say he will never make it, but just saw he was only 22, so plenty of time.

Probably needs to pause at this level for a year or more and focus on defence. Taking way to much for this level, if he steps up much without addressing defence he will be stopped.

He should improve a lot from 8 rounds and a KD from Periban.
Good prospect @ 22

This next fight looks fun. Fairly even looking, just a low to mid level battle, kinda like a English title fight…

Good R1 - hard to score.

I like Villalobos.