Tevin Farmer insists that William Zepeda received’t make it to the Shakur Stevenson combat in February. He intends to defeat the #1 rated light-weight contender Zepeda (31-0, 27 KOs) of their combat on November sixteenth at The Venue in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The previous IBF tremendous featherweight champion Farmer (33-6-1, 8 KOs) has been picked out by Golden Boy Promotions because the opponent for Zepeda to assist him put together for his title shot in opposition to WBC light-weight champion Shakur.
Farmer has a considerably comparable type to Shakur however just isn’t as cell, younger, and defensive-minded. This can be a combat that may present whether or not Zepeda is able to go to the following degree in opposition to Shakur or not.
If he struggles in opposition to Farmer, it will be a sign that he’s not going to do nicely in opposition to the unbeaten Shakur, who is tough to hit and strikes quite a bit.
Farmer is coming off a slender 10-round unanimous resolution loss to Raymond Muratalla on July thirteenth in Las Vegas. That was imagined to be a straightforward win for Muratalla, however Farmer confirmed that he nonetheless has quite a bit left within the tank at 34.
“I’m a veteran, and on November sixteenth, I’ve received to go on the market and beat the boy that everybody is afraid of, and that’s William Zepeda,” mentioned Tevin Farmer about his conflict in opposition to the unbeaten #1 ranked William Zepeda. “I’m going to be in the most effective form of my life.
“For a truth, I do know that is going to be a combat as a result of they are saying me, and Shakur have comparable kinds. I’m the man that they wish to see how good he do to know if he’s going to be prepared for Shakur. I can promise you he received’t make it to Shakur.”
Farmer is considerably much like Shakur, however he’s undoubtedly slower and has extra pop in his punches. He’s not going to exit of his solution to keep away from exchanges with Zeped in the identical approach that Shakur would.
“On November sixteenth, dwell on DAZN, your favourite fighter is again in motion. I really feel like this can be a do-or-die for me. The final combat was do-or-die for me, however it didn’t go my approach, sadly. However I really feel like this time, it’s do-or-die for actual. We’re going to die if we now have to. We’re coming to placed on a present. So tune in on November sixteenth in Saudi Arabia. See you quickly,” mentioned Farmer.
Zepeda is quite a bit harder combat than Muratalla, and Farmer won’t make it previous the sixth spherical on this combat as a result of he’s coping with a man that throws lots of punches and that i a superb physique puncher.
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