Zepeda seeks decisive knockout against the farmer ‘gatekeeper’ in Cancun’s rematch

Golden Boy Boss, Oscar de la Hoya, says that he hopes that the WBC’s interim light weight champion William Zepeda will be on a higher march to score a knockout against the “goalie” Tevin Farmer in his 12 round rematch on March 29 in Cancun, Mexico. The event will be shown Live in Dazn.

The “tricks” of the farmer

Zepeda (32-0, 27 kos) beat the farmer (33-7-1, 8 kos) for a divided decision of ten rounds on November 16 on the Latin night in Riad. The fight was close enough for the demand of the rematch to be made by fans, but it was one of those parties that would have been unilateral if a different set of judges was assigned.

Zepeda dominated with the shots of his body, but the judges were marked only in shots at the head. That’s where Farmer had the advantage. The original idea was to use the farmer to help Zepeda prepare for an opportunity for the title against the complicated CMB lightweight champion Shakur StevensonBut given how close the contest was scored, a rematch made necessary.

If Zepeda fights in this fight, you need to take a different course to the AMB or IBF belt. Going after an elegant boxer who is only interested in playing and running is not a good style for Zepeda. He likes to throw hard blows in volume, and cannot do it against the combatants who use the blow and leak style that Shakur uses.

Zepeda will be better prepared for revenge with the farmer to deal with his slippery style, and probably knocked out. From there, Shakur is the fight to do. It is a less powerful version of Farmer and Giovanni Cabrera.

“I thought the first fight was excellent. Late nights in Riad were incredible, the entire card from top to bottom, ”said Oscar de la Hoya to Gold boy About the first contest between the WBC’s interim light weight champion William Zepeda and Tevin Farmer on November 16 of last year.

Zepeda-Farmer was entertained last November, especially in the championship rounds when Zepeda really started putting it in Farmer. That was interesting to see. If it had been a 12 round round, Zepeda would probably have knocked out Farmer because he seemed exhausted by all the body shots that had hit him with the whole fight.

Zepeda’s Progression

“William Zepeda, we are preparing him to fight the unifications, the world titles and Tevin Farmer is a fighter, who is complicated, a door guard, who will test him and take him to the limit,” said De la Hoya. “That is exactly what he did against Zepeda in Riad. Then, it requires a rematch.

“I thought the style of the farmer with Zepeda was a perfect fight. It will be a great fight again, but I am looking for William Zepeda to intensify and possibly knock Tevin Farmer. It is not easy. The farmer is a mechanic in the ring.

“He is a fighter who knows how to solve you. He is a fighter who does not give up. So, I am looking for this revenge to be one of those wars, one of those fights of the year, ”said De la Hoya.