Farmer to defend against Tennyson

Newly minted junior lightweight champion Tevin Farmer will defend his title against James Tennyson on October 20th in Boston, according to Dan Rafael of espn.com.

The fight will be stream on DAZN.

“Tevin wanted to be an active champion and fight as often as possible and the deal we were able to work out with Eddie (Hearn) was very favorable to Tevin’s career,” Farmer promoter Lou DiBella told ESPN. “Tennyson will make for an interesting clash of styles. He’s a big puncher, Tevin is a supreme boxer. It should be a fun fight.”