On Friday night, former junior lightweight champion Tevin Farmer gets back into the ring for the second time in three months when he takes on Oscar Barajas in an eight-round lightweight bout at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia. The seven-bout card is promoted by R & B Promotions. Farmer, from Philadelphia, is 31-5-1 with six knockouts. On August 3, 2018, Farmer, age 33, traveled to Australia and defeated Billy Dib (44-4) to win the IBF 130-pound championship. Farmer defended the title four times with wins over James Tennyson (22-2), Francisco Fonseca (22-1-1), Jono Carroll (16-0-1) and Guillaume Frenois (46-1-1). He came back after a three-and-a-half-year hiatus with a ten-round unanimous decision over Avery Sparrow on June 24th at the 2300 Arena.
Barajas of Zamora, Mexico has a record of 19-8-1. The 33-year-old Barajas has wins over Roxie Lam (7-1) as well as three big upset wins over Philly fighters Jerome Conquest and Damon Allen (16-1-1) as well as a decision win over Roberto Gomez (5-1) on March 4th in Newtown, PA.
In six-round bouts Oluwafemi Oyeleye (13-0, 7 KOs) of Los Angeles takes on Jimmy Williams (18-12-2, 6 KOs) of New Haven, CT in a junior middleweight bout; and
Carlos Rosario (9-3, 4 KOs) of Somerdale, NJ fights Phillip Davis (3-6-2) of Worcester, MA in a lightweight bout.
In four-round bouts, Joshua Jones (7-0-1, 3 KOs) of Philadelphia battles Colombia's Jonathan Perez (41-37, 33 KOs) in a lightweight contest.
In a battle of undefeated middleweights, Allen Otto (2-0, 2 KOs) of Pennsauken, NJ fights James Abraham (2-0, 2 KOs) of Queens, NY.
Daniel Bean (2-1, 2 KOs) of Old Bridge, NJ scraps with Rob Perez (1-0) of Worcester, MA in a a heavyweight tussle, and
Gandi Romain (0-1) of Irvington, NJ takes on debuting Beni Beguy of New York in a welterweight contest.
