Tevin Farmer entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 25-4-1 (5 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.26 super featherweight in the world. He suffered his last defeat in 2012, against Jose Pedraza, but then he has won 19 consecutive fights beating Arturo Santos Reyes and Kenichi Ogawa in 2017 (Kenichi Ogawa vs Tevin Farmer).
His opponent, the former Ibf Fw and Ibo super-Fw champion Billy Dib, has an official record of 43-4-0 (24 knockouts) and he entered as the No.69 in the same weight class. He lost to Takashi Miura in 2015 (Takashi Miura vs Billy Dib) but then he has collected four victories and one no-contest. Farmer vs Dib is valid for the vacant IBF World super featherweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Date: 2018-08-03
Where: Technology Park , Redfern, Australia
Division: super featherweight (130 lbs, 59.0 kg)
Title: vacant IBF World super featherweight title
Farmer’s previous fight: Kenichi Ogawa vs Tevin Farmer
Farmer’s next fight: Tevin Farmer vs James Tennyson
Farmer vs Dib full fight video:
(Free embeddable video hosted on Youtube and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights)
Farmer has a terrific left hook.
Farmer’s an excellent technician. He was bobbing and weaving, landing hooks and uppercuts around / between the guard of Dib all night.