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WBC interim light-weight champion William Zepeda and Tevin Farmer are finalizing negotiations for a rematch on March twenty ninth in Cancun, Mexico.
Farmer (33-7-1, 8 KOs) is being given a rematch after dropping to Zepeda (32-0, 27 KOs) by a 10-round cut up resolution on November sixteenth in Riyadh on the Latino Evening card.
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Tevin complained bitterly afterward that he ought to have been given the choice. It didn’t look that approach, however it’s comprehensible why he can be sad. Now, he will get one other payday, however his possibilities of successful the rematch are nonexistent.
The scores
95-94 – Zepeda95-94 – Farmer95-94 – Farmer
Some boxing followers thought-about it a controversial resolution, as they felt Farmer, 34, deserved the victory. Farmer scored a knockdown within the fourth spherical and primarily landed headshots.
“They are about to finalize the rematch between William Zepeda and Tevin Farmer for March 29 in Cancun. The fight will now be 12 rounds for the interim Lightweight championship [for WBC],” mentioned Salvador Rodriguez on X.
Zepeda centered virtually totally on the physique of Farmer, nailing him with highly effective photographs that ought to have simply resulted in him successful a large resolution.
The scoring mirrored what this set of judges felt was necessary to them. Many would have scored it vast for Zepeda primarily based on his punishing work to the physique. It wasn’t shut.
I had it 9-1 for Zepeda. Farmer received the fourth resulting from his flash knockdown of Zepeda, however aside from that spherical, it was one-sided. Zepeda pounded Farmer’s physique in each spherical of the struggle and had him wanting worn out by the eighth spherical.
Farmer had the identical look to him as different Zepeda opponents once they’ve taken an excessive amount of punishment and have to be pulled out for their very own good. It was valiant that Farmer stayed in there however wasn’t aggressive from the eighth spherical. It was exhausting to observe the outdated veteran get crushed up like that.
The previous IBF tremendous featherweight champion Tevin was gone and was the equal of a punching bag within the remaining three rounds. If this had been a 12-round struggle, Farmer would have been knocked out as a result of he was absorbing horrible punishment within the final two rounds.
It was comparable when Farmer fought Raymond Muratalla on July 13, 2024. Farmer was aggressive for seven rounds however took a beating from the eighth spherical on and was fortunate to see the ultimate bell.
Within the final two rounds, Zepeda threw 100+ punches per spherical, and Farmer appeared like a sufferer getting labored over. Surprisingly, the judges had this mismatch shut. A rematch isn’t wanted, however it will quiet the followers who felt Farmer was robbed.
Zepeda must win this struggle and look good to arrange a title problem towards WBC light-weight champion Shakur Stevenson, offered he’s victorious in his conflict towards Floyd Schofield on February twenty second.
