Subsequent month’s combat between William Zepeda and Tevin Farmer may have the WBC interim light-weight title at stake for his or her 10-round conflict on Latino Evening on November sixteenth at The Venue in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Salvador Rodriguez experiences that the World Boxing Council has accepted the WBC interim 135-lb belt for the Zepeda vs. Farmer combat, which can be proven dwell on DAZN. Having the WBC interim title at stake for the Zepeda-Farmer combat will make it slightly extra attention-grabbing. Zepeda is rated #1 by all 4 sanctioning our bodies at light-weight and is seen by many as the largest risk to Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis’ reign.
If Zepeda defeats Farmer and Shakur in 2025, he can be coming for the Baltimore native Tank Davis’ Kingship, seeking to knock him off the mountain to take his rigorously protected throne.
The previous IBF tremendous featherweight champion Farmer (33-6-1, 8 KOs) didn’t need the combat to be a 12-rounder, which is comprehensible. Farmer is a mover within the Shakur Stevenson mildew, and it’ll be simpler for him to maneuver for ten rounds.
The 34-year-old Farmer doesn’t possess the ability, output, or youth to face and commerce with the high-pressure quantity puncher Zepeda (31-0, 27 KOs). It is going to be troublesome for Farmer to final even six rounds on the tempo Zepeda will set on November sixteenth.
This combat is a warmup for Zepeda earlier than his title problem in opposition to WBC light-weight champion Shakur Stevenson on February twenty second. Farmer desires to derail that combat by defeating Zepeda, however his possibilities of doing which can be slim.
It’ll be attention-grabbing to see how lengthy Farmer can final utilizing his foot velocity with Shakur’s type of combating. Giovanni Cabrera and Maxi Hughes tried to maneuver in opposition to Zepeda however had been lately trapped and stopped by the Mexican warrior. These two are youthful fighters than Farmer and are combating on the next stage than him. He might want to rediscover his misplaced youth so he can have an opportunity in opposition to Zepeda.
Shakur can be scouting out Zepeda’s combat. He is aware of that that is by far the hardest combat of his profession that he’ll be coping with in February. A knockout loss to Zepeda will completely damage Shakur’s dream of combating Gervonta Davis for mega-millions, and it will be unlikely that promoter Eddie Hearn will try to increase his contract with Matchroom after his present two-fight deal expires.
Hearn has visions of Shakur being remodeled into a worldwide famous person, however Zepeda might convey him all the way down to earth, shattering that dream. He’s not going to maintain the New Jersey native if he’s blown out of the water by Zepeda and is caught with a fighter who’s routinely booed in his fights within the U.S.
It’s secure to say that Hearn will give Shakur the bum’s rush if Zepeda obliterates him as a result of he gained’t need to preserve him on board and must pay him large cash for lesser fights. He’s not somebody Hearn can afford to do an costly four-fight rebuild job on as he did with Anthony Joshua.
