Tevin Farmer believes his fourth-round knockdown ought to’ve gained him an in depth determination over William Zepeda on Saturday.
Philadelphia’s Farmer, 34, misplaced a break up determination to 28-year-old Zepeda of Mexico in a WBC interim light-weight championship in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Judges scored the bout 95-94, 94-95, and 95-94 in favor of Zepeda.
Farmer, 33-7-1 (8 KOs), described the competition as an in depth one which may’ve been decided by the fourth-round knockdown.
“Completely,” admitted Farmer when requested if he thinks he deserved the choice. “I believe the knockdown edged me out for positive. That is why once you say 94-95, I simply knew I had it due to the knockdown. And fights like these, knockdowns undoubtedly make a distinction.”
The choice handed former IBF junior light-weight titleholder Tevin Farmer his second consecutive defeat this 12 months, following a loss to Raymond Muratalla in July. The Philadelphia native Farmer confronted two of the division’s hottest abilities in Muratalla and Farmer and believes he proved his mettle.
“It was good however you see, I dealt with it. However for a veteran like me, it was simply one thing that I’ve seen already. So, I introduced the struggle to him. Like I informed you, he would not have to search out me. I will be proper there.”
In the meantime, Zepeda, 32-0 (27 KOs), has gone 3-0 this 12 months, together with important victories over Giovanni Cabrera and Farmer. With the WBC interim title within the bag, Zepeda is in line to problem champion Shakur Stevenson subsequent 12 months.
When requested about his technique going into the struggle, Farmer stated “This man has been stopping his final 11, 12 opponents and also you see what I simply did. So, I imply, it’s what it’s. I’ll return with my household. I had a tough coaching camp. You see, we went to the battle corridor.
“My aim was to place strain on him. I believe if I might let him dictate the tempo, it’d most likely be an excessive amount of. That is what lots of younger fighters do not know. While you’re preventing in opposition to a man that comes ahead, you gotta kinda make them go backwards. As a result of the one factor they will do is go ahead.
“So, we made them go backwards. They actually cannot struggle that properly.”
Bernard Neequaye is a sports activities journalist with a specialty in boxing protection. He wrote a boxing column titled “From The Ringside” in his native Ghana for years. He could be reached on X (previously Twitter) at @BernardNeequaye, LinkedIn at Bernard Neequaye and thru e-mail at bernardneequaye@gmail.com.
