Most of the time, the sequels doesn’t live up to what the first fight produced, but WBC interim lightweight champion William Zepeda (33-0, 27 KOs) and his opponent Tevin Farmer (33-8-1, 8 KOs) tried their best on Saturday night to erase that stigma. Zepeda and Farmer fought for 12 grueling rounds, and in the end, the interim WBC champion came out victorious with a majority decision live on DAZN. The judge’s scorecards were 114-114, 116-112, and 115-113, indicating the type of fight it was in Cancun, Mexico on Saturday night.
Zepeda brought the pressure early on in the opening round as Farmer could not keep him off. Farmer flicked the right jab to both Zepeda’s body and head, which stopped him in his tracks. Farmer appeared hurt from a body shot by Zepeda but made it through the round.
In the second round, Zepeda swarmed Farmer with dozens of body shots, and one hit Farmer in the left elbow. Farmer didn’t react well and lowered his hands as Zepeda began to tee off on him. Somehow, Farmer made it to the end of the round after nearly being stopped.
Farmer roared back in the third round with huge left uppercuts and maintained his distance with the right jab. Zepeda kept moving forward as he sucked all of Farmer’s oxygen. In the fourth round, Zepeda continued his relentless attack, but it was Farmer who landed a left uppercut that stunned Zepeda.
Farmer continued to land big left uppercuts as Zepeda swarmed him with punches. Zepeda’s relentless attack continued in the .
