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Video: Ak, Barak ask Tevin Farmer about his immediate future

Tevin Farmer lost his junior lightweight title to Joseph Diaz Jr. by a unanimous decision on Jan. 30 and hasn’t fought since. Farmer knows the fight he wants next: a second meeting with Diaz. And he says that Diaz is obligated to give it to him …

Tevin Farmer lost his junior lightweight title to Joseph Diaz Jr. by a unanimous decision on Jan. 30 and hasn’t fought since.

Farmer knows the fight he wants next: a second meeting with Diaz. And he says that Diaz is obligated to give it to him because there was a rematch clause in the original contract.

In this episode of The Ak & Barak Show, courtesy of DAZN, hosts Akin Reyes and Barak Bess discuss that and other topics with Farmer.

Here’s what he had to say.

The Ak & Barak Show is available on DAZN and Sirius XM Fight Nation, Channel 156.

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Video: Ak, Barak ask Tevin Farmer about his immediate future

Tevin Farmer lost his junior lightweight title to Joseph Diaz Jr. by a unanimous decision on Jan. 30 and hasn’t fought since.

Farmer knows the fight he wants next: a second meeting with Diaz. And he says that Diaz is obligated to give it to him because there was a rematch clause in the original contract.

In this episode of The Ak & Barak Show, courtesy of DAZN, hosts Akin Reyes and Barak Bess discuss that and other topics with Farmer.

Here’s what he had to say.

The Ak & Barak Show is available on DAZN and Sirius XM Fight Nation, Channel 156.

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Video: Tevin Farmer remains confident after loss to Jo Jo Diaz

In this episode of The Ak & Barak Show, Tevin Farmer discusses his loss to Joseph Diaz Jr. and where he goes from here.

The last time we saw Tevin Farmer in the ring he lost a unanimous decision and his junior lightweight title to Joseph Diaz Jr. this past January in Miami.

In this episode of The Ak & Barak Show, courtesy of DAZN, hosts Akin Reyes and Barak Bess asked the popular Philadelphia fighter about his disappointing performance and where he goes from here.

Farmer made one thing clear during the interview: He remains confident in his ability. He wants another shot at Diaz.

Here’s what he had to say.

The Ak & Barak Show is available on DAZN and Sirius XM Fight Nation, Channel 156.

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Jo Jo Diaz outworks, outpoints Tevin Farmer to finally win title

Jo Jo Diaz outworked Tevin Farmer to capture a unanimous decision and the IBF junior lightweight championship Thursday in Miami.

Jo Jo Diaz picked a good time to put everything together.

Diaz, who failed in two previous attempts to win titles, outworked Tevin Farmer to capture a unanimous decision and the IBF junior lightweight championship Thursday in Miami.

The judges scored it 116-112, 115-113, 115-113. Boxing Junkie scored it 116-112 for Diaz.

“I’m very excited,” an emotional Diaz said afterward. “I’ve been dreaming about this moment for a long time.”

Diaz (31-1, 15 KOs) ran into trouble in the second round, when an accidental head butt caused a horrible cut above his left eye that seemed to portend an early end to the fight. However, his cut man managed the gash well and Diaz fought as if it never happened even though it bled into his eye in the following rounds.

“I pretended it wasn’t there,” he said.

Diaz was simply busier than Farmer, who claimed to have injured his right hand in the first round. The challenger pushed the action, threw more punches, landed more punches and connected on more eye-catching shots than Farmer. That’s a tough formula to overcome.

On top of that, Farmer didn’t seem to be himself. Known for his quickness and athleticism, he was unusually flatfooted and relatively easy to hit. The now-former champion said the hand injury prevented him from jabbing as he would’ve liked but he had no answer when asked why he looked lethargic.

Farmer (30-5-1, 6 KOs) certainly kept the fight competitive, often giving as much as he took inside, but he couldn’t do enough to slow down a Diaz determined to finally win a world title.

“He put up a hell of a fight. No excuses,” Farmer said. “I couldn’t use the jab like I wanted but he capitalized on it. That’s what a world champion does. He must’ve have seen it and he won the fight.”

The fight was likely only the first installment of a burgeoning rivalry. Farmer said afterward that he planned to exercise a rematch clause in the contract they signed.

“We’re going to do it again,” he said. “Absolutely.”

Jo Jo Diaz: ‘I can’t wait to shut this guy (Tevin Farmer) up’

Jo Jo Diaz has suggested that Tevin Farmer is looking past him and will make him pay on Thursday.

Tevin Farmer is looking to make a move, up the scale from junior lightweight to lightweight. Jo Jo Diaz might have another description for what Farmer is doing.

Looking up can sometimes mean looking past an immediate challenge.

That challenge is Diaz, who promises to make Farmer pay in a 130-pound bout for Farmer’s title Thursday on DAZN, a boxing preliminary before the Kansas City Chiefs-San Francisco 49ers Super Bowl in Miami this weekend.

“I can’t wait to shut this guy up,” Diaz (30-1 15 KOs) said in a conference call.

Lots of talk has been exchanged in the weeks before the fight at Meridian at Island Gardens was announced.

Diaz, Farmer says, is a tough fighter, yet he also says he would be “a good name on my resume.’’ It’s almost as if Farmer is applying for a job, a new role as a lightweight contender.

“After I win, I think I have one or two more fights at 130 pounds and then I’ll move up, especially if the big fights don’t happen,” said Farmer (30-4-1 6 KOs), who will make a fifth defense of a belt he won with a unanimous decision over Billy Dibb in August 2018 in Australia. “It’s not frustrating. I want the unification fights and I want to be undisputed. But as long as I am still fighting and feeding my family, I am OK with that.’’

Meanwhile, Farmer suggests that a fighter without a plan is just a fool without a future. He says he doesn’t overlook anybody.

“Talk about overlooking people is overused as you have to plan for the future, but it’s my future and I won’t let any other fighter determine my career,’’ said Farmer, a 29-year-old fighter from Philadelphia. “You don’t want to fight me, we move on. I will make my legacy with what I do and who I fight.

“I don’t care what anyone else does. It’s all down to me.’’

Diaz promises to do plenty.

“Trust me, I have got everything to capitalize and land the shots to hurt him, slow him down and land devastating shots,’’ said Diaz, who lost a decision to featherweight champ Gary Russell Jr. in his only other world title bid in May 2018. “I don’t see it going 12 rounds. I think I will hurt him and make him feel my shots.

“I’m happy and ready to go 12 rounds with him, though. I’m not going to go in swinging for the fence. That’s what he wants. I’ll fight a smart fight.”

Gary Russell Jr.: I’ll move up to 135 if I don’t get Leo Santa Cruz

Gary Russell Jr. wants to fight Leo Santa Cruz in a 126-pound title-unification bout. If it doesn’t happen, he’ll move up in weight.

Gary Russell Jr. is clear on who he wants to fight next, Leo Santa Cruz in a 126-poud title-unification fight.

If it doesn’t happen? Bye bye 126 pounds. Russell said he’ll vacate his featherweight title and move up in weight to pursue two other fighters on his radar — lightweights Gervonta Davis and Vasiliy Lomachenko, the latter of whom outpointed him in 2014.

Yes, that means he’d skip over 130 pounds.

Russell (30-1, 18 KOs) faces Tugstsogt Nyambayar (11-0, 9 KOs) on Feb. 8 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on Showtime.

“I definitely want Leo Santa Cruz,” Russell told The PBC Podcast. “The only reason why I’ve been still competing at 126 is because I want a title unification with Santa Cruz. If we can’t get Leo Santa Cruz within the time frame which we want, I plan on moving up in weight. I don’t really have any thought of stopping at 130; I want to go straight to 135.

“There are a couple of guys that I want. I want Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis, I definitely want a rematch with Vasyl Lomachenko. And I feel like the only way for me to make those fights happen is to put myself in the same weight division as these guys.”

There’s no chance he’d make a pit stop at 130?

“If Tevin farmer beats Jo Jo Diaz … I’m one of those guys, I answer any challenge,” Russell said. “I’m a real fighter, I’m a real warrior. You know, if someone says they want to fight me and they’re acting like they want that, I’m going to give it them.

“They have to be careful what they ask for. So if Tevin Farmer were to beat Jo Jo Diaz and we don’t get the Leo Santa Cruz fight, I wouldn’t mind stopping at 130 just to shut him up for mentioning my name.”