Tevin Farmer (born July 30, 1990) is an American professional boxer who held the IBF super featherweight title from 2018 to 2020. Farmer, who is right handed but fights in a southpaw stance, is known for his excellent boxing skills and speed.
Professional boxing career Farmer started his boxing career when he was 19 admitting that in his early pro career he wasn't taking boxing seriously enough which lead to some early career losses.
However having have no losses on his record since his 12th fight in 2012 he earned his way to a world title shot and in his 31st professional bout in December 2017 he fought Kenichi Ogawa for the IBF super featherweight world title, which he lost at the time but it was later switched to a no contest due to the fact his opponent had tested positive in a drugs test pre fight.
Farmer travelled to Australia in August 2018 to land the title in the backyard of Sydney's Billy Dib. It was announced in August 2018 Tevin Farmer had signed a co promotional deal with Dibella Entertainment and Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing USA with his first bout being aired on the new sports streaming platform DAZN.Kenichi Ogawa Vs Tevin Farmer ordered to fight for IBF crown! HE WAS ROBBED – Asian Boxing
On 15 March 2019, Tevin Farmer was slated to defend his IBF super featherweight title against Jono Carroll. Carroll proved to be a tough opponent and the fight was close. Farmer, however, would win the fight convincingly in all three judges' scorecards, who scored the fight 117-111, 117-111 and 117-110 in favor of the champion.
His fourth title defence came against Guillaume Frenois. Farmer had another convincing unanimous decision win, winning on all three scorecards, 119-108, 116-111 and 116-111.
On 30 January 2020, Farmer defended his title against former title challenger Joseph Diaz Jr. Things went badly pretty early for Farmer, as after the first round he reported to his corner that he broke his hand. Diaz Jr took advantage of the situation and outboxed Farmer throughout most of the fight, earning the unanimous decision victory to win his first world title.
Personal life Farmer's great uncle is Joe Gans who was the first native born black American to win a world title. In July 2017 Farmer suffered a career threatening injury when he was shot in the hand during an altercation at his niece's birthday party where he attempted to disarm the person holding the gun and was told by doctors he would never box again.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes45WinYonfrez ParejoKO2 (10), May 22, 202644LossFloyd SchofieldKO1 (10), Jun 28, 202543Loss33–8–1 William ZepedaMD12Mar 29, 202542Loss33–7–1 William ZepedaSD10Nov 16, 202441Loss33–6–1 Raymond MuratallaUD10Jul 13, 202440Win33–5–1 Alan CastilloKO1 (8), Mar 2, 2024 39Win32–5–1 Oscar BarajasKO6 (8), Sep 29, 2023 38Win31–5–1 Avery SparrowUD10Jun 24, 2023 37Loss30–5–1 Joseph DiazUD12Jan 30, 202036Win30–4–1 Guillaume Frenois UD12Jul 27, 2019 35Win29–4–1 Jono Carroll UD12Mar 15, 2019 34Win28–4–1 Francisco FonsecaUD12Dec 15, 2018 33Win27–4–1 James TennysonKO5 (12), Oct 20, 201832Win26–4–1 Billy DibUD12Aug 3, 201831NC25–4–1 Kenichi OgawaNC12Dec 9, 201730Win25–4–1Arturo Santos ReyesUD10Apr 29, 201729Win24–4–1Dardan ZenunajUD10Dec 2, 201628Win23–4–1Orlando RizoUD8Oct 14, 201627Win22–4–1Ivan RedkachUD10Jul 30, 201626Win21–4–1Gamaliel DiazUD10Mar 30, 201625Win20–4–1Daulis Prescott8 (10), Aug 8, 201524Win19–4–1Angel LunaUD8Apr 17, 201523Win18–4–1Viktor ChernousUD8Jan 9, 201522Win17–4–1Dominic CocaTKO1 (8), Oct 11, 201421Win16–4–1Emanuel GonzalezUD10Jun 13, 201420Win15–4–1Noel EchevarriaUD8Jan 31, 201419Win14–4–1Carlos Vinan6 (8), Dec 11, 201318Win13–4–1Camilo PerezUD8Oct 25, 201317Win12–4–1Johnny FrazierUD8Jul 20, 201316Win11–4–1Victor VasquezTKO8 (8), Jun 15, 201315Win10–4–1Jesus BayronUD4Apr 26, 201314Win9–4–1Esteban RodriguezUD6Mar 15, 201313Win8–4–1John WilloughbyUD6Feb 16, 201312Loss7–4–1José PedrazaTKO8 (8), Oct 12, 201211Win7–3–1Rasool ShakoorUD8Jul 28, 201210Win6–3–1Tyrone Luckey4Jun 1, 20129Win5–3–1Kareem CooleyUD6May 12, 20128Loss4–3–1Kamil ŁaszczykUD8Mar 24, 20127Win4–2–1Tim Witherspoon Jr6Jan 13, 20126Win3–2–1Ian JamesTKO2 (4), Dec 15, 20115Draw2–2–1Frank De Alba4Nov 18, 20114Loss2–2Josh BowlesUD4Oct 21, 20113Win2–1Joshua ArochoUD4Sep 9, 20112Win1–1Angelo Ward4Apr 15, 20111Loss0–1Oscar Santana4 (4), Feb 10, 2011
See also List of world super-featherweight boxing champions
References
External links
Tevin Farmer - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live