| Tevin Farmer | |
| Nickname: | American Idol |
| Weight: | |
| Height: | 5 ft 6 in |
| Reach: | 67 in |
| Birth Date: | 30 July 1990 |
| Birth Place: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Style: | Southpaw |
| Total: | 41 |
| Wins: | 33 |
| Ko: | 8 |
| Losses: | 6 |
| Draws: | 1 |
| No Contests: | 1 |
Tevin Farmer (born July 30, 1990) is an American professional boxer who held the IBF super featherweight title from 2018 to 2020. Farmer, who is right handed but fights in a southpaw stance, is known for his excellent boxing skills and speed. [1]
Farmer started his boxing career when he was 19 admitting that in his early pro career he wasn't taking boxing seriously enough which lead to some early career losses.
However having have no losses on his record since his 12th fight in 2012 he earned his way to a world title shot and in his 31st professional bout in December 2017 he fought Kenichi Ogawa for the IBF super featherweight world title, which he lost at the time but it was later switched to a no contest due to the fact his opponent had tested positive in a drugs test pre fight.
Farmer travelled to Australia in August 2018 to land the title in the backyard of Sydney's Billy Dib. It was announced in August 2018 Tevin Farmer had signed a co promotional deal with Dibella Entertainment and Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing USA with his first bout being aired on the new sports streaming platform DAZN. [2]
On 15 March, 2019, Tevin Farmer was slated to defend his IBF super featherweight title against Jono Carroll. Carroll proved to be a tough opponent and the fight was close. Farmer, however, would win the fight convincingly in all three judges' scorecards, who scored the fight 117-111, 117-111 and 117-110 in favor of the champion.[3]
His fourth title defence came against Guillaume Frenois. Farmer had another convincing unanimous decision win, winning on all three scorecards, 119-108, 116-111 and 116-111.[4]
On 30 January, 2020, Farmer defended his title against former title challenger Joseph Diaz Jr. Things went badly pretty early for Farmer, as after the first round he reported to his corner that he broke his hand. Diaz Jr took advantage of the situation and outboxed Farmer throughout most of the fight, earning the unanimous decision victory to win his first world title.[5]
Farmer's great uncle is Joe Gans who was the first ever native born black American to ever win a world title.[6] In July 2017 Farmer suffered a career threatening injury when he was shot in the hand during an altercation at his nieces birthday party where he attempted to disarm the person holding the gun and was told by doctors he would never box again.[7]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Loss | 33–6–1 | Raymond Muratalla | UD | 10 | Jul 13, 2024 | |||
| 40 | Win | 33–5–1 | Alan Castillo | KO | 1 (8), | Mar 2, 2024 | |||
| 39 | Win | 32–5–1 | Oscar Barajas | KO | 6 (8), | Sep 29, 2023 | |||
| 38 | Win | 31–5–1 | Avery Sparrow | UD | 10 | Jun 24, 2023 | |||
| 37 | Loss | 30–5–1 | Joseph Diaz | UD | 12 | Jan 30, 2020 | |||
| 36 | Win | 30–4–1 | Guillaume Frenois | UD | 12 | Jul 27, 2019 | |||
| 35 | Win | 29–4–1 | UD | 12 | Mar 15, 2019 | ||||
| 34 | Win | 28–4–1 | Francisco Fonseca | UD | 12 | Dec 15, 2018 | |||
| 33 | Win | 27–4–1 | James Tennyson | KO | 5 (12), | Oct 20, 2018 | |||
| 32 | Win | 26–4–1 | Billy Dib | UD | 12 | Aug 3, 2018 | |||
| 31 | NC | 25–4–1 | Kenichi Ogawa | NC | 12 | Dec 9, 2017 | |||
| 30 | Win | 25–4–1 | Arturo Santos Reyes | UD | 10 | Apr 29, 2017 | |||
| 29 | Win | 24–4–1 | Dardan Zenunaj | UD | 10 | Dec 2, 2016 | |||
| 28 | Win | 23–4–1 | Orlando Rizo | UD | 8 | Oct 14, 2016 | |||
| 27 | Win | 22–4–1 | Ivan Redkach | UD | 10 | Jul 30, 2016 | |||
| 26 | Win | 21–4–1 | Gamaliel Diaz | UD | 10 | Mar 30, 2016 | |||
| 25 | Win | 20–4–1 | Daulis Prescott | 8 (10), | Aug 8, 2015 | ||||
| 24 | Win | 19–4–1 | Angel Luna | UD | 8 | Apr 17, 2015 | |||
| 23 | Win | 18–4–1 | Viktor Chernous | UD | 8 | Jan 9, 2015 | |||
| 22 | Win | 17–4–1 | Dominic Coca | TKO | 1 (8), | Oct 11, 2014 | |||
| 21 | Win | 16–4–1 | Emanuel Gonzalez | UD | 10 | Jun 13, 2014 | |||
| 20 | Win | 15–4–1 | Noel Echevarria | UD | 8 | Jan 31, 2014 | |||
| 19 | Win | 14–4–1 | Carlos Vinan | 6 (8), | Dec 11, 2013 | ||||
| 18 | Win | 13–4–1 | Camilo Perez | UD | 8 | Oct 25, 2013 | |||
| 17 | Win | 12–4–1 | Johnny Frazier | UD | 8 | Jul 20, 2013 | |||
| 16 | Win | 11–4–1 | Victor Vasquez | TKO | 8 (8), | Jun 15, 2013 | |||
| 15 | Win | 10–4–1 | Jesus Bayron | UD | 4 | Apr 26, 2013 | |||
| 14 | Win | 9–4–1 | Esteban Rodriguez | UD | 6 | Mar 15, 2013 | |||
| 13 | Win | 8–4–1 | John Willoughby | UD | 6 | Feb 16, 2013 | |||
| 12 | Loss | 7–4–1 | José Pedraza | TKO | 8 (8), | Oct 12, 2012 | |||
| 11 | Win | 7–3–1 | Rasool Shakoor | UD | 8 | Jul 28, 2012 | |||
| 10 | Win | 6–3–1 | Tyrone Luckey | 4 | Jun 1, 2012 | ||||
| 9 | Win | 5–3–1 | Kareem Cooley | UD | 6 | May 12, 2012 | |||
| 8 | Loss | 4–3–1 | Kamil Łaszczyk | UD | 8 | Mar 24, 2012 | |||
| 7 | Win | 4–2–1 | Tim Witherspoon Jr | 6 | Jan 13, 2012 | ||||
| 6 | Win | 3–2–1 | Ian James | TKO | 2 (4), | Dec 15, 2011 | |||
| 5 | Draw | 2–2–1 | Frank De Alba | 4 | Nov 18, 2011 | ||||
| 4 | Loss | 2–2 | Josh Bowles | UD | 4 | Oct 21, 2011 | |||
| 3 | Win | 2–1 | Joshua Arocho | UD | 4 | Sep 9, 2011 | |||
| 2 | Win | 1–1 | Angelo Ward | 4 | Apr 15, 2011 | ||||
| 1 | Loss | 0–1 | Oscar Santana | 4 (4), | Feb 10, 2011 |
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