WBC interim lightweight champion William Zepeda (33-0, 27 KOs) defeated Tevin Farmer (33-8-1, 8 KOs) by a 12-round majority decision in their rematch on Saturday night at the Poliforum Benito Juárez in Cancún, Mexico.
Zepeda had Farmer close to being knocked out in rounds two and four. Farmer got away with a lot of clinching in every round that should have resulted in point deductions. He was holding Zepeda all night to shut down his offense.
The scores were 114-114, 116-112, and 115-113. Boxing News 24 had it for Zepeda 9-3. Farmer fought well enough to win rounds 6, 10, and 12. However, it was holding, and two instances of tape repair played a big factor in Farmer coming back in the later rounds. Without the clinching, it would have been a different fight. The referee was negligent.
“He’s one of the toughest in the division because of his output. I have terepsec t for the fighter but not for boxing. How come I don’t get the advantages?” said Farmer after the fight. “I dominated the last five rounds. I can’t get the decision. I don’t what’s going to happen. I can’keep not getting the decision and getting robbed.
114-114, 116-112 and 115-113
“I knew he was going to start a little slow becaue it’s a 12 round fight, but I did what i had to do to win,” said Zepeda after the fight.
Undercard Results
– WBO World Minimumweight champion Oscar Collazo (12-0, 9 KOs) knocked out Challenger Edwin Cano Hernandez (13-3-1, 4 KOs) in the fifth round. Collazo dropped him with a body shot. The fight was then stopped. Collazo connected on 125 of 360 shots for a 35% connect rate. Cano landed 34 of 254 for 13%. Those numbers show how one-sided this fight was. Collazo needs to fight better opposition because he’s yet to face a live body.
– Former IBF light flyweight champion Yokasta Valle (33-3, 10 KOs) defeated Marlen Esparza (15-3, 1 KOs) by a competitive ten-round split decision in a fight held in the flyweight division.
The scores
96-94 – Esparza
97-93 – Valle
97-93 – Valle