William Zepeda will have too much offensive firepower for slick veteran Tevin Farmer to handle in their 10-round lightweight fight over 24 days on November 16 at The Venue in Riyadh Season. The fight will be shown live on DAZN.
Zepeda averages 100+ punches thrown per round, which is an absurd number, especially with the power he throws his punches with.
Farmer to use Shakur defensive approach
It will be almost impossible for Boer to survive for long under that kind of steady bombardment without the Shakur Stevenson approach: move non-stop for 12 rounds, try not to get hit, and hope to win by decision with some pot shots.
It’s probably not going to be effective in stopping Zepeda because he focuses his punches on the body against fighters who move a lot. Farmer will have to stand and fight against Zepeda because using the safety-first Shakur style will not be effective. Zepeda has fought many runners in his native Mexico and knows how to get them.
#1 ranked Zepeda is using Farmer as an adjustment to prepare himself to challenge the undefeated Shakur (22-0, 10 KOs) for his WBC lightweight title in February 2025. Shakur recently signed a two-fight deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing closed.
Zepeda could ruin Hearn’s plans
British promoter Hearn’s grand vision is for Shakur to defeat Zepeda and then face WBA champion Gervonta Davis in a unification fight. Zepeda could ruin those plans by defeating Shakur and possibly facing Tank Davis in 2025 if the Baltimore native’s management at PBC agrees to that fight.
Farmer, 34, is the underdog, and his only chance to defeat Zepeda is to stop his offense. It’s not going to be easy. During his nine-year career, no one has ever done that, and he looks better with every fight.
The 28-year-old Zepeda comes into his fight against Farmer having knocked out his last four opponents and destroyed these fighters:
– Giovanni Cabrera: KO 3
– Maxi Hughes: RTD 4
– Mercito Gesta: TKO 6
– Jaime Arboleta: KO 2
Cabrera and Hughes are arguably better fighters than Farmer, and neither of those guys made it to the halfway mark of the contest.
Zepeda (31-0, 27 KOs) and former IBF super featherweight champion Farmer (33-6-1, 8 KOs) are the headliners in the cruiserweight unification bout between WBA champion Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez and WBO champion Chris Billiam- Smith.
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