Tim Bradley thinks extremely ranked light-weight contender William Zepeda may lose to Tevin Farmer subsequent month of their ten-round battle on ‘Latino Evening’ on November sixteenth at The Venue in Riyadh.
The 34-year-old Farmer (33-6-1, 8 KOs) is a artful former IBF tremendous featherweight champion who’s coming off a aggressive ten-round unanimous choice loss to Raymond Muratalla on July thirteenth in Paradise, Nevada.
WBC light-weight champion Shakur Stevenson is anticipated to be subsequent for Zepeda if he’s victorious in opposition to Farmer and appears good in doing so. If he loses, then that battle is off the desk.
Zepeda has seemed spectacular just lately, scoring knockouts in opposition to these fighters:
– Giovanni Cabrera
– Maxi Hughes
– Mercito Gesta
– Jaime Arboleda
I might favor Hughes and Cabrera over Farmer. These guys could be an enormous downside for him in his profession. Commentator Bradley believes Farmer has sufficient at this level in his 13-year profession to presumably defeat Zepeda (31-0, 27 KOs). I disagree with that.
That is going to be one other demolition job for Zepeda that is likely to be over by the fourth until Farmer strikes nonstop. That’s not how Farmer fights.
That might be an enormous blow to the Golden Boy-promoted Zepeda’s profession as a result of he’s ranked #1 by all 4 sanctioning our bodies at light-weight and poised to problem WBC champion Shakur Stevenson subsequent February.
“If Zepeda can blow away Farmer, it’s a brilliant assertion as a result of I don’t suppose Farmer is simply exhibiting up for a payday. Farmer continues to be exhibiting as much as win. It’s how he’s constructed and the character he has. He’s not spineless, and when he reveals up within the ring, he reveals as much as win,” mentioned Paulie Malignaggi to Probox TV, speaking about William Zepeda’s battle in opposition to Tevin Farmer on the November sixteenth ‘Latino Evening’ in Riyadh.
Earlier than Farmer’s loss to the extremely hyped Raymond Muratalla final July, he’d gained three consecutive wins since shedding to Joseph Diaz in 2020. Farmer continues to be in his prime. However his downside is he’s combating outdoors his pure weight class and in opposition to an enormous puncher in Zepeda.
“I like this battle as a result of it might probably present us any deficiencies in Zepeda’s fashion. Yeah, he’s a two-fisted destroyer, however can he be extra in opposition to a man with the craftiness and character of Tevin Farmer? That’s why this battle is admittedly fascinating,” mentioned Malignaggi.
Farmer will make Zepeda look dangerous at occasions within the early going, however as soon as he will get warmed up by the third, that is going to finish quickly after. Farmer gained’t have the ability to take the photographs that Zepeda is heating him with with out falling aside.
“You count on Zepeda to win as a result of Farmer is on the opposite facet of his prime,” mentioned Malignaggi. “However you don’t count on it to be as a lot of a walk-through as Zepeda has been doing to those different guys.
“If he is ready to blow proper by Farmer like he’s been doing in opposition to these different guys, then it makes it extra of a profound assertion. He’s pounding on the door for a title shot. He’s the necessary in all 4 [sanctioning bodies]. So a title shot must be across the nook quickly,” mentioned Malignaggi about Zepeda.
“This might backfire. I do know what Golden Boy is making an attempt to do, however Farmer is difficult,” mentioned Tim Bradley, who thinks Zepeda may lose. “This dude may win this battle. I may see it.”
There’s nothing that Farmer has that can maintain Zepeda from strolling him down and chopping him aside on this battle early. Farmer is simply too weak to battle at light-weight in opposition to a puncher like Zepeda.
“Zepeda is the type of shrimp [Mantis] that kills you. I noticed it on one of many Nationwide Geographic specials,” mentioned Malignaggi, speaking about Zepeda’s nickname, ‘Camaron.’ “Zepeda is a kind of sorts of shrimps. He’s a striker. I’m not large on science, however there’s a shrimp that’s straight demise [Mantis Shrimp]. I’m speaking a few shrimp the place you die. Zepeda is that type of shrimp.”
Zepeda shouldn’t have any issues with the 34-year-old Farmer, but it surely’s going to take just a few rounds for him to get warmed up earlier than he begins unloading on him with combos.
