Tevin Farmer vs. Jonathon Baresford

Carroll will win this walking away. And by stoppage.

 

Yes... but. That's not why I'm choosing Carroll to win. I'm choosing him because I genuinely think he will. I'll explain why later. I'm eating something at the moment, that requires a fork.

 

By the way, for anyone who cares.
Jono Carroll: The Celtic Warrior-King Kong The Super Featherweight Dublin Buzzsaw.

 

I view this as a very winnable fight for Jono, obviously I'm a fan, hence why I did the thread on him, but.... although I didn't say much at the time, I was quietly terrified he was going to be beaten by Frenois, I thought he was going to give Jono hell. Frenois, is as tough as nails, and slippery as hell, I rate him so highly I think he could possibly beat Farmer himself. He's another one of those super slick Frenchmen like Mimoune, Attou, N'Dam, Vitu, Oubaali and Soro, that you and I have a soft spot for, although you're far more vocal about it. He has some pretty respectable wins himself, over guys like Ziani, who's a very solid pressure fighter well rounded Euro level guy and Gusev who's not bad either, Frenois beat him about as easily as GRJ. So I don't hold that close fight against Jono. Also you have to take into consideration, who has Farmer beaten as of late? Dib is awful, and Tevin got rocked to his core in that one, if Dib had the wherewithal to finish him, he could have. Also the lack of power is shocking. Miura another southpaw carved through Dib like a bullet through warm butter. Fonseca is not great, and he lost the last few rounds to him, quite frankly every round after the 6th was ridiculously competitive. Gervonta looked like hell in their fight and still managed to win almost every round and stop him. I thought Ogawa did enough to legit deserve the decision over Farmer and IIRC Pedraza chose to fight in the southpaw position when he managed to stop Farmer.


Tevin is up against it here, Jono has an underrated skillset, he brings a rugged inside game while in close, he's a consistent body puncher, has deceptive defense, good head movement, he slips punches quite well when he actually tries to, has a decent jab, and as you said, he's a swarmer, and a good one, he's hard to adequately prepare for, he's not as predictable as people seem to think. Carroll isn't as fragile or as one dimensional Tennyson, and is better than DIb who had his moments, and easily better than Fonseca, quite frankly, he's better than Ogawa. So... yeah, don't act like this is some foregone conclusion here. Farmer's recent list of "big wins"..... aren't. Put this match into its proper perspective. Just who exactly has Farmer beaten that's impressive? And don't say Ogawa, because he didn't. Carroll's draw against Frenois was better than anything Farmer has done to date.

 

Disagree. Watch more Jono if you haven't already. This is one of those "easy defenses" that go awry.