Tevin Farmer Promising More Knockouts in His Fights

By Ben Jacobs

A short amateur career, four defeats early in his professional career and a perceived lack of power.  Some may have given up hope that Tevin Farmer (20-4-1, 5 KOs) would go on to achieve big things in the sport, but recent performances and results show a highly capable fighter who may not be far away from reaching the goals he has set himself.

“I think I got the fans’ attention when I fought Emanuel González last year, but I think this last fight put the icing on the cake,” a confident Farmer told BoxingScene.com.

“They’ve seen two good performances back-to-back.  I fought an undefeated guy, Ángel Luna on ESPN and then Prescott.  I think this fight really opened peoples’ eyes up.”

His eighth round knockout of Daulis Prescott was his third fight this year after competing four times in 2014.  The New Jersey based boxer hopes to fit one more bout in before the end of this year.

“Staying active keeps you sharp, focused and in shape.  You’re always in the gym, in camp, so that’s the good thing about that.  Starting off I trained in Philly but all my recent wins I’ve been training and living in Jersey,” he explained.

With only five knockout victories to his name thus far, Farmer believes that opponents probably still underestimate his punching power.

“I think so.  Some people may take my power for granted still, but people that know better do know that I can punch.  It was late in the fight and I could still score a one punch knockout.  That says a lot.  I think now people will take notice.  I had a short amateur career (16 fights), I was always strong but I never knew how to sit on my punches, everything is coming along now.  People can expect more knockouts from now on.”

‘American Idol’ may go on to prove a classic example of a fighter who can achieve without boasting an undefeated record.  Indeed, most would have already been written off.

“It is overrated,” he said, matter-of-factly.

“Most undefeated guys haven’t been tested and once they get tested they fall short.  Lately I’ve been taking away some zeros because I’m more experienced.  I have faced adversity early in my career.  I didn’t have a manager or promoter, I was doing it all by myself.  Once I got with a manager, Mark Cipparone, who has been a friend of the family for a long time, he got me to a point where I could sign with a good promoter which is Lou DiBella.”