William Zepeda vs Maxi Hughes main events a Golden Boy card taking place live in Las Vegas. The promotion’s fourth event of 2024 sees Zepeda vs Hughes in a WBA/IBF Super Lightweight title Eliminator, with the winner granted a choice of world title shot.
William Zepeda vs Maxi Hughes
Unbeaten Mexican William Zepeda boasts a record of 29-0, with 25 KO’s. The knockout specialist picked up two of those KO’s last year, making short work of Jaime Arboleda and stopping Mercito Gesta on his feet.
Maxi Hughes (26-6-2) is a former IBO world champion coming off a controversial loss to George Kambosos. The British fighter lost via Split Decision to Kambosos with many fans online believing he did enough to secure a win.
Maxi Hughes is aged 34 and with 6 defeats already on his record he needs to secure victory more than Zepeda does. Maximus has had a good career holding World IBO gold, but another defeat will mean a long road back to the top of the major rankings.
Rest of the Zepeda Hughes Card
Unbeaten Darius Fulghum (10-0) competes for the second time in 2024 as he faces Norberto Gonzalez (24-15) . Fulghum scored a 10 round Majority Decision over Alantez Fox in January with scorecards ranging from 100-90 to 95-95, and faces an opponent with 5 losses in his last 6.
Floyd Schofield (16-0) challenges Esteuri Suero (13-1), having also picked up a victory in January.
📅Dates📅
The date for William Zepeda vs Maxi Hughes is Saturday 16 March 2024. For UK viewers, Zepeda vs Hughes will begin on Sunday morning on 17 March 2024.
⏰Start Times⏰
Start time for the Zepeda vs Hughes card is midnight in the UK on Sunday morning. It will begin at 8:00 p.m ET/USA.
Main event start time is expected 3 – 4 hours later, from 2:30 a.m UK / 10:30 p.m ET/USA.
🏟️Venue🏟️
Golden Boy’s boxing event is being held at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, in Las Vegas USA.
📺TV Channels📺
William Zepeda vs Maxi Hughes will air live on DAZN.
🥊Undercard🥊
A 6-fight card has been announced by Golden Boy for William Zepeda vs Maxi Hughes.
Here is the full card:
William Zepeda vs Maxi Hughes
WBA/IBF Super Lightweight title Eliminator
Floyd Schofield vs Esteuri Suero
Eric Priest vs Jose Sanchez Charles
Tristan Kaltreuth vs Marquice Weston
Joel Iriarte vs Levy Josue Garcia
❌Cancellations❌
Darius Fulghum vs Norberto Gonzalez
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