The undefeated lightweight contender, William Zepeda, continues his march towards a title shot, with his next bout against the Philippines' Mercito Gesta at The Commerce Casino & Hotel in Commerce, CA on DAZN
This fight will be the third consecutive main event for the 27-year-old southpaw from San Mateo Atenco, Mexico. Zepeda comes fresh off a two-round rout of Jaime Arboleda in April, a bout that was upgraded to the main event following Vergil Ortiz's withdrawal from a planned challenge of WBA ‘Regular’ welterweight titlist Eimantas Stanionis in Arlington, Texas.
Zepeda first made his mark in his initial DAZN main event, earning a one-sided twelve-round victory over the former IBF junior lightweight titlist Joseph ‘JoJo’ Diaz last October at Pechanga Arena in San Diego, California.
Gesta, on the other hand, is coming off his own win over Diaz in his most recent bout. The 35-year-old Filipino southpaw triumphed over Diaz in a ten-round makeshift main event in March at Walter Pyramid on the campus of California State University-Long Beach.
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In the co-main event, still unbeaten Victor Morales (18-0-1, 9 KOs) squares off against Edwin Palomares (18-4-2, 9 KOs) for the WBA Intercontinental featherweight title.
Main card:
▪️William Zepeda vs. Mercito Gesta, 12 rounds, for Zepeda’s WBA Continental Americas lightweight title ▪️Victor Morales vs. Edwin Palomares, 10 rounds, for Morales’ WBA Intercontinental featherweight title ▪️Yokasta Valle vs. Maria Santizo, 10 rounds, for Valle’s IBF/WBO women’s strawweight title ▪️Darius Fulghum vs. Ricardo Luna, 8 rounds, light heavyweight ▪️Eric Priest vs. Simon Madsen, 8 rounds, middleweight
Prelims:
▪️Daniel Garcia vs. Erick Benitez, 4 rounds, junior lightweight ▪️Pinpon Reyes vs. Roberto Gomez, 6 rounds, junior lightweight ▪️Gael Cabrera vs. Juan Centeno, 4 rounds, junior featherweight ▪️Jordan Cervantes vs. Giovanny Meza, 4 rounds, lightweight
