Oscar De La Hoya says William Zepeda might face Tevin Farmer in a rematch earlier than he takes on WBC light-weight champion Shakur Stevenson if he defeats Floyd Schofield on February twenty second.
Shakur received’t be comfortable when he hears that Zepeda is preventing a rematch with Farmer. He hoped to defend in opposition to the favored Mexican star subsequent. The New Jersey native Stevenson wants that battle in opposition to Zepeda to create curiosity in getting the unification match in opposition to WBA light-weight champion Gervonta Davis.
Zepeda-Farmer II?
#1 ranked 135-lb contender Zepeda (32-0, 27 KOs) defeated Farmer (33-7-1, 8 KOs) by a 10-round cut up resolution on November sixteenth in Riyadh. It’s a waste of time to have a rematch. Zepeda clearly was the higher fighter and would have knocked out a really tired-looking Farmer if it had been a 12-round contest.
Farmer’s engine was on empty by the ninth spherical from the quick tempo and the quite a few physique pictures that Zepeda had hit him. The Mexican expertise was throwing near 100 punches per spherical and focusing so much on the physique.
It was spectacular to see Farmer take all these pictures, however on the finish of the battle, he appeared like he’d crawled out of a battle zone.
The previous IBF tremendous featherweight champion Farmer had his moments within the battle, scoring a flash knockdown of Zepeda within the fourth. Zepeda got here on sturdy to dominate Farmer, 34, within the second half of the battle, touchdown quite a few physique pictures that sapped the power.
Curiously, the judges appeared to disregard all of the physique pictures Zepeda landed on Farmer when scoring the battle, which ought to have been one-sided in Williams’ favor. The scores had been 95-94 for Williams, 95-94 for Zepeda, and 95-94 for Farmer.
“We’ve to attend as a result of this can be a actual battle. Shakur Stevenson and Floyd Schofield is an actual battle, a harmful battle for Shakur,” stated Oscar De Hoya to Battle Hub TV when requested if William Zepeda will battle Shakur Stevenson subsequent after his protection in opposition to Floyd Schofield on February twenty second.
“I’ve to go along with my man. I believe my man, Child Austin, will pull off the upset, after which we’ll it from there. William Zepeda, will get him a battle within the meantime.
“There’s probably talks of a rematch with Tevin Farmer. It was such a great battle,” stated De La Hoya about Zepeda’s 10-round cut up resolution victory over Farmer on November sixteenth in Riyadh. “I believe Tevin Farmer is a terrific fighter. I like the way in which he handles himself outdoors the ring. He’s a great child.
Farmer has taken a number of punishment in his final two fights in opposition to Zepeda and Raymond Muratalla. We’re most likely not going to see the identical effort from him in a rematch with Zepeda. He received beat up too badly, and Zepeda goes to pour it on proper from the begin to get him out of there.
“So, yeah, it’s a matter of sitting down with Zepeda’s crew and carving out a plan for him. However I do love the rematch,” stated De La Hoya a few second battle between Zepeda and Farmer.
