Tevin Farmer insists that William Zepeda received’t make it to the Shakur Stevenson struggle in February. He intends to defeat the #1 rated light-weight contender Zepeda (31-0, 27 KOs) of their struggle 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 towards WBC light-weight champion Shakur.
Farmer has a considerably comparable model to Shakur however is just not as cell, younger, and defensive-minded. This can be a struggle that may present whether or not Zepeda is able to go to the subsequent degree towards Shakur or not.
If he struggles towards Farmer, it could be a sign that he’s not going to do properly towards the unbeaten Shakur, who is tough to hit and strikes rather a lot.
Farmer is coming off a slim 10-round unanimous determination loss to Raymond Muratalla on July thirteenth in Las Vegas. That was presupposed to be a simple win for Muratalla, however Farmer confirmed that he nonetheless has rather a lot left within the tank at 34.
“I’m a veteran, and on November sixteenth, I’ve obtained 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 towards the unbeaten #1 ranked William Zepeda. “I’m going to be in the most effective form of my life.
“For a reality, I do know that is going to be a struggle as a result of they are saying me, and Shakur have comparable kinds. I’m the man that they need 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 just like Shakur, however he’s undoubtedly slower and has extra pop in his punches. He’s not going to exit of his technique to keep away from exchanges with Zeped in the identical approach that Shakur would.
“On November sixteenth, reside on DAZN, your favourite fighter is again in motion. I really feel like this can be a do-or-die for me. The final struggle was do-or-die for me, nevertheless 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 now we 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 rather a lot harder struggle than Muratalla, and Farmer won’t make it previous the sixth spherical on this struggle as a result of he’s coping with a man that throws quite a lot of punches and that i a superb physique puncher.
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