By Francisco Salazar

Junior lightweight contender Tevin Farmer was victorious Saturday night, but is likely out of action for the next several months.

Farmer won a 10 round unanimous decision over Arturo Reyes at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Farmer improves to 25-4-1, with 5 KOs, while Reyes drops to 19-8, with 5 KOs.

Promoter Lou DiBella told BoxingScene.com Farmer likely ruptured his right bicep during the fight.

“Tevin suffered the injury early in the fight,” said DiBella. “He had to fight with one hand from the third round on.”

Farmer would grind out a unanimous decision, winning by scores of 98-94, 97-93, and 96-94.

Asked how long Farmer could be out of action, DiBella responded, “He’s likely out at least four months. He’s likely going to have surgery right away.”

Saturday’s fight was a tune-up for Farmer while he is awaiting an opportunity to fight for a world title belt. The southpaw Farmer is ranked number three by the WBC and number six by the IBF.

Also on the Hard-Hitting Promotions card, hard-hitting bantamweight Christian Carto (9-0, with 9 KOs) stopped Samuel Gutierrez (14-18-5, with 5 KOs) after the fifth round.

Lightweight Samuel Teah (10-1-1, with 4 KOs) knocked out Efrain Cruz (4-4-1, with 1 KO) at 1:40 of the fourth and final round.

In junior welterweight action, 17-year-old Branden Pizarro (5-0, with 2 KO) won a four round unanimous decision over Chris Gutierrez (0-3). Scores were 40-36, 40-36, and 39-37 in favor of Pizarro, who was the 2016 Junior Olympic gold medalist and is a junior at Swenson Arts and Technology High School in Philadelphia, where he reportedly has a 4.0 grade point average.

Light heavyweight David Murray (6-1-1, with 5 KOs) stopped Sam Horowitz (6-3-1, with 5 KOs) at 1:20 of the fourth and final round.

Francisco A. Salazar has written for Boxingscene.com since September of 2012 and has covered boxing in Southern California and abroad since 2000. Francisco also covers boxing for the Ventura County (Calif.) Star newspaper, RingTV.com, and Knockout Nation. He can be reached by email at santio89@yahoo.com or on Twitter at FSalazarBoxing