This Saturday night at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, former IBF junior lightweight world champion Tevin Farmer (30-5-1, 6 KOs) returns to action when he takes on Avery Sparrow (11-4, 4 KOs) in a ten round lightweight bout between popular Philly fighters. Farmer, 32, will be making his first appearance in nearly three-and-a-half years. He won the world title in August 2018 against Billy Dib and made four successful before being dethroned by JoJo Diaz 18 months later.
On the undercard in six-round bouts, Dezmond Lucas (6-1, 3KOs) of Bronx, NY fights Elijah Vines (5-0, 5 KOs) of Philadelphia in a super welterweight bout.
Romuel Cruz (8-0-1, 3 KOs) of Philadelphia fights Jenn Gonzalez (9-19-1, 5 KOs) of Santa Teraza, Nicaragua in a featherweight contest.
Derrick Webster (29-4, 14 KOs) of Glassboro, NJ fights an opponent to be named in a super middleweight contest.
In four-round bouts:
Gustavo Morales (1-0, 1 KO) of Allentown, PA battles Najee Belcher (0-2) of Las Vegas in a welterweight contest.
Luis Gonzalez Colon (5-1, 4 KOs) of Aibomito, Puerto Rico faces off against Efrain Cruz (4-6-1, 1 KO) of Viequez, Puerto Rico in a super lightweight bout.
Trinidad Vargas (2-0, 1 KO) of Grand Prairie, Texas boxes Artimus Sartor (4-3, 1 KO) of Cincinnati, Ohio in a bantamweight fight.
The card is promoted by Hard Hitting Promotions.
Tecin Farmer was never an elite fighter, rather average and making a comeback after such long absence at lightweight, he better stay away from the rop guys under Gervonta and Haney, because he doesn’t carry a punch. Guys like William Zepeda or Isaac Cruz would decimate him
Good luck champ. Avery is better than his record. Set the tone and quickly!
Farmer has good basic skills as a fighter that has laid his foundation as a former champion. However, he lacked KO power. My concern now is with a lack of KO, advancing age, and a long lay-off coming back, will his offense even be enough to keep younger fighters off him? I wish him the best.
Meh, just an average fighter. Will never we a world champion unless he can keep his eyes straight.
Could be a good match; Sparrow is a solid fighter.
Another easy fight for Tevin step it up please !
Shitty undercard too..
Maybe not so easy-depends on which one is more past their best.
These fights are in my local area in South Phila.
Thinking about going…..