The Mexican, in his style, imposed a high pace of battle from the first gong and forced the opponent to defend. Zepeda struck in different planes and easily broke through the defense of an opponent who did not know how to deal with the style of an opponent from Mexico.
Within the same evening Diego De La Hoya (24-2, 11 KOs) lost early in the second round to Victor Morales (18-0-1, 9 KOs).