Zepeda faces Lundy two days before Monday

WBC Press

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

Zepeda won one of the best 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 defeat the brave Baranchyk towards the end of that fifth round.

Lundy, is an experienced fighter who has fought Terence Crawford, Viktor Postol, Thomas Dulorme, among others. 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.