| Jose Zepeda | |
| Nickname: | Chon |
| Weight: | |
| Height: | 5 ft 8 in |
| Reach: | 70+1/2 in |
| Nationality: | American, Mexican |
| Birth Date: | May 24, 1989 |
| Birth Place: | Long Beach, California, U.S. |
| Style: | Southpaw |
| Total: | 44 |
| Wins: | 37 |
| Ko: | 28 |
| Losses: | 5 |
| No Contests: | 2 |
Jose Encarnacion Zepeda (born May 24, 1989) is a Mexican-American professional boxer who challenged for the WBO lightweight title in 2015 and twice for the WBC light welterweight title in 2019 and 2022. As of August 2020, he is ranked as the world's fifth best active light welterweight by BoxRec,[1] seventh by The Ring[2] and ninth by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board.[3]
Jose began his professional career in 2009.
In December 2010 Jose began working with famed boxing trainer Robert Alcazar former trainer for World Champion Oscar De La Hoya.
In July 2013 he fought former title contender Ricardo Dominguez and won by TKO in the 3rd round.
On 11 July, 2015, Zepeda fought Terry Flanagan in Manchester, England, for the vacant WBO lightweight title. The fight started off entertaining, however, Zepeda was unfortunate enough to injure his shoulder while throwing a punch in the second round, The fight was stopped at the end of the round due to the injury awarding Flanagan the victory.[4]
In February 2019, he unsuccessfully challenged WBC Super lightweight champion Jose Ramirez for his title, losing a Majority decision in a very competitive fight.[5]
In his bout against Jose Pedraza, Zepeda started off fast and built up an early lead on the scorecards. Pedraza would show some signs of a comeback, starting in the fifth round. In the end, Zepeda was too much for his opponent, and was awarded a clear unanimous decision victory.[6]
On March 23, 2024 in Sheffield, England, Zepeda was scheduled to face Dalton Smith.[7] [8] He lost the fight by knockout in the fifth round after being hit with a body shot.[9]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Loss | 37–5 | Dalton Smith | KO | 5 (12), | Mar 23, 2024 | |||
| 42 | Loss | 37–4 | Richardson Hitchins | UD | 12 | Sep 23, 2023 | |||
| 41 | Win | 37–3 | Neeraj Goyat | UD | 10 | Mar 25, 2023 | |||
| 40 | Loss | 36–3 | Regis Prograis | KO | 11 (12) | Nov 26, 2022 | |||
| 30 | Win | 36–2 | Francisco Javier Perez | TKO | 2 (10), | Mar 19, 2022 | |||
| 39 | Win | 35–2 | Josue Vargas | TKO | 1 (10), | Oct 30, 2021 | |||
| 38 | Win | 34–2 | Hank Lundy | UD | 10 | May 22, 2021 | |||
| 37 | Win | 33–2 | Ivan Baranchyk | KO | 5 (10), | Oct 3, 2020 | |||
| 36 | Win | 32–2 | Kendo Castaneda | UD | 10 | Jul 7, 2020 | |||
| 35 | Win | 31–2 | José Pedraza | UD | 10 | Sep 14, 2019 | |||
| 34 | NC | 30–2 | Eleazar Valenzuela | NC | 3 (10), | May 18, 2019 | |||
| 33 | Loss | 30–2 | José Ramírez | MD | 12 | Feb 10, 2019 | |||
| 32 | Win | 30–1 | Domicio Rondon | TKO | 7 (10), | Oct 20, 2018 | |||
| 31 | Win | 29–1 | Carlos Diaz Ramirez | KO | 5 (10), | Jun 16, 2018 | |||
| 30 | Win | 28–1 | Abner Lopez | TKO | 6 (10), | Nov 4, 2017 | |||
| 29 | Win | 27–1 | Miguel Zamudio | TKO | 6 (10), | Jun 17, 2017 | |||
| 28 | Win | 26–1 | Jesus Silveira | TD | 5 (10), | Apr 1, 2017 | |||
| 27 | Win | 25–1 | Pedro Navarrete | UD | 10 | Apr 16, 2016 | |||
| 26 | Win | 24–1 | Ammeth Diaz | TKO | 1 (10), | Jan 23, 2016 | |||
| 25 | NC | 23–1 | José Alfaro | NC | 1 (10), | Oct 31, 2015 | |||
| 24 | Loss | 23–1 | Terry Flanagan | RTD | 2 (12), | Jul 11, 2015 | |||
| 23 | Win | 23–0 | Armando Robles | KO | 1 (10), | Apr 25, 2015 | |||
| 22 | Win | 22–0 | Orlando Vazquez | KO | 2 (8), | Jan 17, 2015 | |||
| 21 | Win | 21–0 | Victor Cayo | KO | 1 (10), | Nov 8, 2014 | |||
| 20 | Win | 20–0 | Adrian Rodriguez Garza | KO | 3 (8), | Aug 9, 2014 | |||
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | Robert Frankel | UD | 8 | Apr 26, 2014 | |||
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Johnnie Edwards | TKO | 2 (8), | Mar 1, 2014 | |||
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Emanuel Lopez | KO | 3 (10), | Dec 21, 2013 | |||
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Luis Arceo | TKO | 3 (6), | Oct 11, 2013 | |||
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Ricardo Domínguez | TKO | 3 (8), | Jul 13, 2013 | |||
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Rodolfo Quintanilla | TKO | 5 (8), | Nov 24, 2012 | |||
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Jovany Javier Gomez | TKO | 1 (8), | Oct 20, 2012 | |||
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Cristian Favela | TKO | 6 (8), | Sep 21, 2012 | |||
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Roberto Hernandez | TKO | 1 (8), | Sep 8, 2012 | |||
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Abraham Alvarez | TKO | 6 (8), | Jun 2, 2012 | |||
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Sergio Joel De la Torre | TKO | 2 (6), | Mar 16, 2012 | |||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Luis Rey Campoa | KO | 1 (6), | Dec 10, 2011 | |||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Arron Robinson | KO | 1 (4), | Sep 23, 2011 | |||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Yakub Shidaev | UD | 6 | May 19, 2011 | |||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Manuel Delcid | UD | 4 | Dec 18, 2010 | |||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Alejandro Alonso | RTD | 1 (4), | May 28, 2010 | |||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Manuel Ruiz | TKO | 1 (4), | May 7, 2010 | |||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Jesus Gonzalez | KO | 1 (4), | Feb 12, 2010 | |||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Ignacio Mondragon | KO | 1 (4), | Dec 25, 2009 |