Tevin Farmer needs to fight someone real

[jujigatame]

It's getting annoying watching him beat on no-hopers while the announcers talk about him like he's the next Mayweather. It's ridiculous that he's even a beltholder. He beat Billy Dib for a vacant title which is just about the weakest BS title win I've ever heard of.

Give him a real top 10 opponent next time or I'm not bothering to watch.

[jamamb]

i agree

how about francisco vargas. or at least someone like jason sosa

[jujigatame]

Yea Sosa's no world-beater but he's at least a legit contender and not some anonymous Costa Rican who never beat anyone halfway decent, ever.

Cuellar, Rakhimov, Quigg, Roman, any of these guys would be fine.

[Cent0089]

If it can be make in February or sooner i dont mind seeing this man against Lomachenko. Should be a fun match

[Best Coast]

It's getting annoying watching him beat on no-hopers while the announcers talk about him like he's the next Mayweather. It's ridiculous that he's even a beltholder. He beat Billy Dib for a vacant title which is just about the weakest BS title win I've ever heard of.

Give him a real top 10 opponent next time or I'm not bothering to watch.

Farmer will eventually face legit challengers, but his lack of amateur career (12-4) means he is still learning on the job. As a rookie pro he Farmer only won 2 of his first 5 pro bouts vs mediocre opposition. Eddie Hearn will put him in against tougher comp as he continues to develop. The hype from the TV commentators does get annoying though!!

http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Tevin_Farmer

Amateur Record: 12-4.
"I only had 16 amateur fights. I wasn’t really into boxing; I hardly knew anything about it. I just started learning about boxing. I fought 16 fights and went pro...It was learning on the job."

[Boxing Prospect]

Carroll or Frenois next IN A MANDATORY... The IBF are complicit in this shit level of competition... Active champions get a bit of leeway from me but... Lets have him facing stiffer competition now

[Onetimeonly]

He's had 3 fights in 4 months. Activity catches a lot of shit in modern boxing. I'd obviously like to see a better opponent but I'm not going to complain yet.

[jamamb]

activity should catch poo if there isnt a decent opponent in there , hes fought no one good really since pedraza stopped him.

zenunaj, santos reyes, ogawa, shot dib, tennyson, fonseca,redkach, etc...being angled toward jono carrol on next

[oogiebe]

activity should catch poo if there isnt a decent opponent in there , hes fought no one good really since pedraza stopped him.

Maybe that's why he fights poo. He may not have the confidence (or his handlers don't) to fight any top competition.

[jamamb]

he had very limited am career so i think they just tried to slow things down instead of throwing him to the wolves like that

but make no mistake, its not just some recent 3 fights in 4 months thing, hes not fought anyone good in years and was being guided toward jon carrol next.hes obviously above those guys and its about time we at see a sosa, quigg, etc.

[oogiebe]

he had very limited am career so i think they just tried to slow things down instead of throwing him to the wolves like that

but make no mistake, its not just some recent 3 fights in 4 months thing, hes not fought anyone good in years and was being guided toward jon carrol next.hes obviously above those guys and its about time we at see a sosa, quigg, etc.

So really what you're saying, if I may, is that they threw him in with Pedraza too soon. Yes?

[Cent0089]

activity should catch poo if there isnt a decent opponent in there , hes fought no one good really since pedraza stopped him.

zenunaj, santos reyes, ogawa, shot dib, tennyson, fonseca,redkach, etc...being angled toward jono carrol on next

Man i dont know Pedraza fought Farmer :O

[oogiebe]

activity should catch poo if there isnt a decent opponent in there , hes fought no one good really since pedraza stopped him.

zenunaj, santos reyes, ogawa, shot dib, tennyson, fonseca,redkach, etc...being angled toward jono carrol on next

Man i dont know Pedraza fought Farmer :O

I just looked. KO8, six years ago.

[Cent0089]

activity should catch poo if there isnt a decent opponent in there , hes fought no one good really since pedraza stopped him.

zenunaj, santos reyes, ogawa, shot dib, tennyson, fonseca,redkach, etc...being angled toward jono carrol on next

Man i dont know Pedraza fought Farmer :O

I just looked. KO8, six years ago.

Farmer has nice wins over decent guys, but he has not faced elite yet. He is champion, he should do that

[Onetimeonly]

activity should catch poo if there isnt a decent opponent in there , hes fought no one good really since pedraza stopped him.

zenunaj, santos reyes, ogawa, shot dib, tennyson, fonseca,redkach, etc...being angled toward jono carrol on next

Nah, if he fights 6 times in a year and has 2 quality opponents that is perfectly fine.

[oogiebe]

activity should catch poo if there isnt a decent opponent in there , hes fought no one good really since pedraza stopped him.

zenunaj, santos reyes, ogawa, shot dib, tennyson, fonseca,redkach, etc...being angled toward jono carrol on next

Nah, if he fights 6 times in a year and has 2 quality opponents that is perfectly fine.

He's fought three times in 2018 (twice in 2017) against less than stellar opposition, to Jam's point.

[jamamb]

activity should catch poo if there isnt a decent opponent in there , hes fought no one good really since pedraza stopped him.

zenunaj, santos reyes, ogawa, shot dib, tennyson, fonseca,redkach, etc...being angled toward jono carrol on next

Nah, if he fights 6 times in a year and has 2 quality opponents that is perfectly fine.

i agree, im fine with 10 cans a year if there are also 2 solid opponents that year

but really for several years now i dont really see any quality opponents and it looks like next was going to be carrol or frenois

whose the best he fought since pedraza stopped him?

[Onetimeonly]

activity should catch poo if there isnt a decent opponent in there , hes fought no one good really since pedraza stopped him.

zenunaj, santos reyes, ogawa, shot dib, tennyson, fonseca,redkach, etc...being angled toward jono carrol on next

Nah, if he fights 6 times in a year and has 2 quality opponents that is perfectly fine.

He's fought three times in 2018 (twice in 2017) against less than stellar opposition, to Jam's point.

He's fought 3 times in 4 months. I won't complain about vacant title fights either.

[Onetimeonly]

activity should catch poo if there isnt a decent opponent in there , hes fought no one good really since pedraza stopped him.

zenunaj, santos reyes, ogawa, shot dib, tennyson, fonseca,redkach, etc...being angled toward jono carrol on next

Nah, if he fights 6 times in a year and has 2 quality opponents that is perfectly fine.

i agree, im fine with 10 cans a year if there are also 2 solid opponents that year

but really for several years now i dont really see any quality opponents and it looks like next was going to be carrol or frenois

whose the best he fought since pedraza stopped him?

I'm not one to care about guys fighting less than stellar opp until they're close to headlining cards. Ibf enforce their mandatories so after that if it's another can I'll listen.

[oogiebe]

Nah, if he fights 6 times in a year and has 2 quality opponents that is perfectly fine.

i agree, im fine with 10 cans a year if there are also 2 solid opponents that year

but really for several years now i dont really see any quality opponents and it looks like next was going to be carrol or frenois

whose the best he fought since pedraza stopped him?

I'm not one to care about guys fighting less than stellar opp until they're close to headlining cards. Ibf enforce their mandatories so after that if it's another can I'll listen.

That's fine OTO, however this guy is supposed to be IBF SFW Champion. So Jam's point is well taken and the last several years, he hasn't fought anyone really decent. In fact several unranked fighters are on the list. That's all. Farmer isn't worth this much attention.

[BroughtonRulesRefuge]

- Lessee, Farmer and Fonseca in the crowd pleasing fight of the nite with punches flying everywhere from every angle, and we got some moaners here?

Impossible to score from all the back and forth, but instinctually I'd give it to Farmer by a couple of rds, not the wider hometown decision. Fonseco would've had him out but for lacking power and vice versa, so I hope for more barnburners and solid purses from them and congrats.

You deserve bonuses.

[ezhmael]

I think they're just building him up for a future match with Gervonta Davis. All of Davis' opponents were nobodies as well. So why not give him someone that will have low chance of winning but with more decent resume. Farmer suits that description.

[Onetimeonly]

i agree, im fine with 10 cans a year if there are also 2 solid opponents that year

but really for several years now i dont really see any quality opponents and it looks like next was going to be carrol or frenois

whose the best he fought since pedraza stopped him?

I'm not one to care about guys fighting less than stellar opp until they're close to headlining cards. Ibf enforce their mandatories so after that if it's another can I'll listen.

That's fine OTO, however this guy is supposed to be IBF SFW Champion. So Jam's point is well taken and the last several years, he hasn't fought anyone really decent. In fact several unranked fighters are on the list. That's all. Farmer isn't worth this much attention.

My point is he just recently won the 'title', and has defended it in consecutive months. I'm fine with shit defenses as opposed to not fighting for 6 months. I don't think jam and I are even disagreeing.

[oogiebe]

I'm not one to care about guys fighting less than stellar opp until they're close to headlining cards. Ibf enforce their mandatories so after that if it's another can I'll listen.

That's fine OTO, however this guy is supposed to be IBF SFW Champion. So Jam's point is well taken and the last several years, he hasn't fought anyone really decent. In fact several unranked fighters are on the list. That's all. Farmer isn't worth this much attention.

My point is he just recently won the 'title', and has defended it in consecutive months. I'm fine with poo defenses as opposed to not fighting for 6 months. I don't think jam and I are even disagreeing.

Yeah, I guess. No worries.

[jujigatame]

Personally I'd much rather wait 6 months for a real opponent than have a "champ" defending his belt against a new cab driver every few weeks.