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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Alex Pattle

World champion boxer Tevin Farmer reveals Tourette’s diagnosis amid fan ‘concern’

Former world champion Tevin Farmer has revealed he has fought his whole career with Tourette’s syndrome, saying “the rabbit is out of the hat”.

Farmer held the IBF super-featherweight belt from 2017 until 2020, and as recently as Saturday, he challenged for the WBC interim lightweight belt. In that bout, he lost to William Zepeda via majority decision, having dropped the Mexican en route to an even closer decision loss in November.

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