Chon aims to land “Sunday Punch” on Lundy

WBC Press

José “Chon” Zepeda (33-2, 26 KOs, 2 NC) will defend his World Boxing Council Silver super lightweight title, against veteran Hank Lundy (31-8-1, 14 KOs), May 22 in Las Vegas, on the same card that José Ramírez and Josh Taylor will headline.

Zepeda won one of the most extraordinary fights of last year by knocking out Ivan Baranchyk in the fifth round on October 9 at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas.

That fight included eight knockdowns in total. Zepeda somehow survived two knockdowns in the first round and one knockdown each in the second and fifth rounds to arise, fight back and overcome the brave Baranchyk towards the end of the fifth round.

Lundy is an experienced fighter who has faced a great level of opposition including Terence Crawford, Viktor Postol, and Thomas Dulorme. Hank is coming off a unanimous decision to win over Argentina’s Ezequiel Fernández (28-4-1, 3 KOs, 1 NC) 14 months ago in Hockessin, Delaware.
ESPN will air this great card presented by Top Rank.