Who will William Zepeda 🇲🇽 fight next?
Short answer
Most likely next opponent: Jadier Herrera🇨🇺 (55%, sanctioning-body order).
Confidence: Medium · Updated (UAE time)
Forecast: likely next opponents NextSmash estimate
Each percentage is the estimated chance of being William Zepeda's next opponent. These are not chances of winning.
- 55%chance next opponentWilliam Zepeda beat Lamont Roach Jr. on 1 Aug 2026 (UD). WBC ordered Zepeda to defend against interim champion Herrera.Purse bid 20 Oct 2026 if no deal
Field / other: 45%. This covers everyone not listed above.
- Last fight
- Win vs Lamont Roach Jr. · UD · 1 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- Medium (High = officially booked · Medium = credible report, sanctioning-body order, talks or a boxer's own claim · Low = model only)
- Boxing factors
- Mandatory challengers, vacated belts, rematch clauses, Riyadh Season / The Ring events, promoter and network ties, and crossover fights
- Last updated
- (UAE time)
Rankings note: belts are labelled by the body that awards them (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO or The Ring). The order of boxers on these pages is a NextSmash list, not an official ranking.
William Zepeda: frequently asked questions
When is William Zepeda's next fight?
No fight is officially booked as of 2 Oct 2026. The leading option is Jadier Herrera (Purse bid 20 Oct 2026 if no deal).
Who did William Zepeda fight last?
William Zepeda beat Lamont Roach Jr. on 1 Aug 2026 (UD). Source: Wikipedia.
Who is William Zepeda likely to fight next?
NextSmash estimate of the next opponent: Jadier Herrera (55%), field / other 45%. These are chances of being the next opponent, not chances of winning. Updated 2 Oct 2026.
What is William Zepeda's record?
34–1 (wins–losses–draws, no-contests in brackets) after the fight on 1 Aug 2026, as listed on Wikipedia.
What titles does William Zepeda hold?
WBC lightweight. Each belt is named with the body that awards it.
Other lightweight boxers
- Jadier Herrera🇨🇺 · WBC interim lightweight · next: William Zepeda 55%
- Abdullah Mason🇺🇸 · WBO lightweight · next: Joe Cordina 25%
- Floyd Schofield🇺🇸 · No world title listed · next: Lucas Bahdi Booked
- Gervonta Davis🇺🇸 · No world title listed · next: Lucas Bahdi 4%
More: Lightweight belts and next fights · All boxing
Sources
- Wikipedia: William Zepeda · record and last fight (revision 1373852130)
- The Ring: WBC orders Zepeda to defend lightweight title against Herrera
- BoxingNews24: WBC orders William Zepeda to face Jadier Herrera
- Wikipedia: List of current world boxing champions (revision of 1 Oct 2026) · 1 Oct 2026
Percentages are NextSmash estimates from the reports and factors above, not facts and not betting advice. Records and last fights come from Wikipedia. We do not use BoxRec data. Anything we could not verify is left out.