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Coach Greg Hackett says he thinks William Zepeda will go for an early knockout of Tevin Farmer this Saturday, March twenty ninth, of their 12-round rematch in Cancun. Hackett feels that Zepeda (32-0, 27 KOs) is aware of that it might be “bad” for him if it goes the 12-round distance in opposition to Farmer (33-7-1, 8 KOs).
Zepeda will defend his WBC interim light-weight title in opposition to the previous IBF tremendous featherweight champion Farmer. Saturday’s Zepeda-Farmer rematch might be proven reside on DAZN. The occasion time is 8:00 p.m. ET, and ring walks are at roughly 11:00 p.m. ET.
Zepeda defeated Farmer by a 10-round break up resolution on November sixteenth final yr in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. One of many judges scored the battle 95-94 in favor of Farmer. It didn’t seem like the 34-year-old Farmer did almost sufficient to deserve a win.
Hackett is satisfied that Zepeda will battle within the later rounds quite than Farmer, which doesn’t make sense. Final time, it was Farmer who wore down within the final three rounds and had nothing left.
Tevin got here alive within the tenth, however solely as a result of it was the ultimate spherical, and he might afford to empty his gasoline tank. Zepeda landed the higher photographs in that spherical, too.
Early KO?
“I think Zepeda will be in better shape and will be pushing a lot more. I think he’s going to try and knockout Tevin in this fight. I think he’s going to go after him early and right at Tevin,” mentioned coach Greg Hackett to YSM Sports activities Media, predicting that WBC interim light-weight champion William Zepeda will try to attain an early KO of Tevin Farmer of their rematch this Saturday night time.
“He [Zepeda] knows if it goes the distance, it might be bad for him. I love this fight. The style match-ups are crazy. Tevin definitely showed that he has a lot more in the tank. It’s going to be a good fight,” mentioned Hackett about Saturday’s rematch.
