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\u201cI think if William would have went out and just followed the game plan, he probably would have had a better fight or put Shakur in trouble or even hurt Shakur at times,\u201d said Najar.<\/p>\n While giving Stevenson credit for the victory, Najar said there were no excuses for the loss.<\/p>\n \u201cAt the end of the day, we faced a great fighter. There\u2019s no excuses. Anything I think we could have done would have not made a difference in that fight. You\u2019re facing probably a future Hall of Famer in Shakur. He\u2019s an incredibly smart fighter,\u201d said Najar.<\/p>\n Zepeda (33-1, 27 KOs) returns on August 1 when he faces Lamont Roach Jr. for the vacant WBC lightweight title at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. The winner could move into position for a future unification fight in the lightweight division.<\/p>\n The 30-year-old Zepeda said he used the time away from the ring to work on areas he felt were lacking in the Shakur fight, including explosiveness, counterpunching, punch consistency, and head movement. The Mexican contender also said the layoff was planned after several years of staying active against quality opposition.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Ken Woods has been a senior writer at Boxing News 24 since 2013, covering the sport from every angle. With years of ringside reporting, he delivers fight news, results, and analysis that cut through the noise. Ken\u2019s work consistently spotlights champions, contenders, and rising prospects, giving fans a sharp, knowledgeable view of the global boxing scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n Click here to subscribe to our FREE newsletter<\/a>Related Boxing News:<\/p>\n \t\t\tCategories Shakur Stevenson<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n Boxing News 24<\/a> \u00bb Shakur Stevenson<\/a> \u00bb William Zepeda\u2019s Trainer Believes He Could\u2019ve Hurt Shakur Stevenson<\/p>\n Last Updated on 2026\/06\/20 at 5:55 PM \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"William Zepeda\u2019s trainer, Jay \u201cPanda\u201d Najar, believes his fighter could have given Shakur Stevenson far more problems had…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":750766,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-750765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=750765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/750766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=750765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=750765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=750765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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