On March 23, 2024, a 34-year-old Jose Zepeda (36-4, 27 KOs) and a 27-year-old English boxer Dalton Smith (15-0, 11 KOs) met in the ring in a super-lightweight bout.
Zepeda came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 67% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months. Smith was on a 15-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 8 months and 22 days.
Dalton Smith stopped Jose Zepeda via KO in the 5th round. Smith improves his record to 16-0 (12 KOs), while Zepeda adds a loss to his record at 36-5.
On September 23, 2023, a 34-year-old Jose Zepeda (36-3, 27 KOs) and a 25-year-old Richardson Hitchins (16-0, 7 KOs) met in the ring in a super-lightweight bout.
Zepeda came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 69% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 29 days. Hitchins was on a 16-fight win streak with a 43% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months and 19 days.
Richardson Hitchins defeated Jose Zepeda via unanimous decision in the 10-round super-lightweight fight. Hitchins improves his record to 17-0, while Zepeda adds a loss to his record at 36-4.
On November 26, 2022, 33-year-old Jose Zepeda (35-2, 27 KOs) and 33-year-old Regis Prograis (27-1, 23 KOs) fought for the vacant WBC super-lightweight title.
Zepeda came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year and 27 days. Prograis was on a 3-fight win streak with a 82% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 8 months and 7 days.
Regis Prograis stopped Jose Zepeda via KO in the 11th round of the 12-round world-title fight. Prograis improves his record to 28-1 (24 KOs), while Zepeda adds a loss to his record at 35-3.
On February 10, 2019, a 29-year-old Jose Zepeda (30-1, 25 KOs) got a shot at the super-lightweight WBC title held by 26-year-old José Ramírez (23-0, 16 KOs).
Zepeda came in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 21 days. Ramírez was on a 23-fight win streak with a 69% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 27 days.
José Ramírez defeated Jose Zepeda via majority decision and successfully defended his WBC super-lightweight title. Ramírez improves his record to 24-0, while Zepeda adds a loss to his record at 30-2.
On July 11, 2015, 26-year-old Jose Zepeda (23-0, 20 KOs) and 26-year-old Terry Flanagan (27-0, 10 KOs) fought for the vacant WBO lightweight title.
Zepeda came in to the fight on a 23-fight win streak with a 87% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 16 days. Flanagan was on a 27-fight win streak with a 37% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 27 days.
Terry Flanagan made very easy work of Jose Zepeda, stopping Zepeda via RTD in the 2nd. Flanagan improves his record to 28-0 (11 KOs), while Zepeda adds a loss to his record at 23-1.