By Francisco Salazar

Junior lightweight Tevin Farmer has been eager to get back in the ring for the last several months.

He gets his wish as he will return to the ring on March 30, promoter Lou DiBella told BoxingScene.com Wednesday morning.

Farmer will fight Gamaliel Diaz in a 10 round bout at BB King Blues Club & Grill in New York City, N.Y. Both fighters will be vying for the vacant NABF title.

Farmer (20-4, 5 KOs) has not fought August 8, when he scored an impressive eighth round knockout win over Daulis Prescott.

There was talk of Farmer, who had no amateur bouts, possibly fighting Edner Cherry this Friday night on Showtime in what could have been an action-filled bout, but the fight never materialized.

The Philadelphia, Penn. resident has won his last 13 bouts in a row since an October 2012 loss to Jose Pedraza. During that span, he has defeated three unbeaten fighters.

Diaz (39-13-3, 18 KOs) is a former world junior lightweight titleholder who resides in the Mexico City area.

Diaz has lost four of his last six fights after winning 14 bouts in a row.

In recent action, Diaz lost a 10 round unanimous decision to Petr Petrov in April of last year. In his last bout on August 1, Diaz lost a 12 round decision to lightweight contender Emiliano Marsisi.

Also on the New York City card, middleweight Chris Galeano (10-0, 1 KO) will square off against Deveun Lee (6-2, 3 KOs) in a 10 round bout. Light heavyweight Travis Peterkin (15-0-1, 7 KOs) will fight Larry Pryor (9-12, 5 KOs) in an eight round bout.

Francisco A. Salazar has written for Boxingscene.com since September of 2012 and has covered boxing in Southern California and abroad since 2000. Francisco also covers boxing for the Ventura County (CA) Star newspaper, RingTV, and Knockout Nation. He can be reached by email at santio89@yahoo.com or on Twitter at FSalazarBoxing