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Boxing Odds –Keith Thurman vs. Julio Diaz for Interim WBA World Welterweight Title Saturday!

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The Interim WBA world welterweight title will be on the line on Saturday from the StubHub Center in Carson, CA as Keith Thurman will face Julio Diaz. Keith Thurman opened as a -1750 favorite with the Boxing odds while Julio Diaz was a +1050 dog.

Keith Thurman

The 25 year old Keith Thurman stands at 5 feet 7 and one half inches tall and fights from an orthodox stance. Also known as “One Time” Thurman is a native of Clearwater, FL where he still resides. Thurman is the 5th ranked American for the welterweight class and is ranked 9th in the world. Thurman has a career record of 22 wins and 0 losses with 20 career knockouts. Thurman has scored 20 knockouts in his 22 career wins. Thurman is coming off a technical knockout win over Jesus Soto Karass on December 14, 2013 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas which was for the interim WBA world welterweight title. Thurman scored the TKO in the 9th round of a scheduled 12 round bout. Prior to that Thurman scored a knockout win over Diego Gabriel Chaves in the 10th round of a scheduled 12 round bout that took place on July 27, 2013 at the AT&T Center in San Antonio which was also for the interim WBA world welterweight title. Check out video of the weigh-in today here.

Julio Diaz

The 34 year old Julio Diaz stands at 5 feet 8 inches tall and fights from an orthodox stance. Also known as “The Kidd” he hails from Mexico and now resides in Coachella, California. Diaz is the 5th ranked welterweight from Mexico and is ranked 41st in the world. Diaz has a career record of 40 wins, 9 losses, and 1 draw. Out of his 40 career wins 29 have come by knockout while 5 out of his 9 losses have come by knockout. Diaz is coming off back to back unanimous decision losses to Shawn Porter on September 12, 2013 and Amir Khan on April 27, 2014.

The Pick

It’s a big price but a price we are willing to pay and we’ll go with Keith Thurman in this bout!

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Boxing Odds – Beterbiev vs. Page for NABA / Vacant WBO NABO Light Heavyweight Title / Vacant IBF North American Heavyweight Title Friday!

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Colisee de Quebec is the place to be on Friday night with four main card bouts on the board. In one of the best bouts on that card Artur Beterbiev will face Jeff Page Jr for the NABA / Vacant WBO NABO Light Heavyweight Title / Vacant IBF North American Heavyweight title. Beterbiev opened as a -3500 favorite with the Boxing odds while Page opened as a +1200 dog.

Artur Beterbiev

The 29 year old Artur Beterbiev stands at six feet and one half inches tall with an orthodox stance. Beterbiev is a native of Russia and now resides in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He has a career record of six wins, no losses, and no draws. Out of his six wins all of them have come by knockout. Beterbiev is ranked third in Russia and 17th in the world.

Beterbiev is coming off a knockout win over Tavoris Cloud in the second round of a scheduled 12 round bout that took place on September 27, 2014 at the Bell Centre in Montreal for the vacant NABA Light Heavyweight title.

Prior to that Beterbiev scored a technical knockout win over Alvaro Enriquez in the first round of a scheduled six round bout that took place on August 22, 2014 at the Complexe Sportif Sportscene, Mont Saint Hilaire, Quebec, Canada.

Jeff Page Jr

The 24 year old Jeff Page Jr resides in Andover, Kansas, USA and is ranked 13th in the USA and 56th in the world. Page has a career record of 15 wins, no losses, and no draws. Page has scored a total of 10 knockouts out of his 15 career victories.

Page is coming off a knockout win over Maxell Taylor in the fifth round of a scheduled 10 round bout that took place on October 11, 2014 at the Beech Activity Center, Wichita, Kansas, USA.

Prior to that Page scored a knockout win over Dominique Alexander in the sixth round of a scheduled 10 round bout that took place on June 14, 2014 also at the Beech Activity Center.

The Pick

Beterbiev is a highly regarded that comes with a big but understandable price. Page has an underwhelming track record of opponents and we’ll take Beterbiev to win !

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Boxing Odds – Bizier vs. Ion in IBF Welterweight Title Eliminator Friday!

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Friday night at the Fights features one of the most even and important matchups of the year as Kevin Bizier will face Ionut “Jo Jo Dan” Dan Ion in an IBF Welterweight title eliminator at Colisee de Quebec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada on Friday night. Bizier opened as a -160 favorite with the Boxing odds while Ion was a +130 dog.

Kevin Bizier

The 30 year old Kevin Bizier stands at five feet nine inches tall with a reach of 64 inches and fights from an orthodox stance. Bizier is a native of Saint Emile, Quebec, Canada where he still resides. Bizier is ranked second in Canada and 22nd in the world. Bizier has a career record of 23 wins, one loss, and no draws. Out of his 23 career wins Bizier has a total of 16 knockouts. He has never suffered a knockout loss.

Bizier is coming off a technical knockout win over Laszlo Fazekas in the first round of a scheduled eight round bout that took place on September 27 at the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Prior to that Bizier scored a technical knockout win over Carlos Leonardo Herrera in the second round of a scheduled eight round bout that took place on May 24, 2014 at the Bell Center in Montreal.

Ionut “Jo Jo Dan” Dan Ion

The 33 year old Ionut Dan Ion stands at five feet 11 inches tall and fights from a southpaw stance. Ion hails from Romania but now resides in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is ranked first among Romanians and is ranked 20th in the world. Ion has a career record of 33 wins, two losses, and no draws. Out of his 33 career wins a total of 18 have come by knockout. Ion has never suffered a knockout loss.

Ion is coming off a technical knockout win over Lukasz Janik in the fifth round of a scheduled eight round bout that took place on May 22, 2014 at Holiday Inn, Plointe Claire, Quebec, Canada.

Prior to that Ion scored a split decision win in a 12 round bout against Kevin Bizier that took place on November 30, 2013 at Colisee de Quebec for the NABA Welterweight title.

The Pick

The underdog Ion gets our call !

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Boxing Odds – Ruiz Jr vs. Liakhovich Saturday!

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Andy Ruiz Jr continues to be undefeated for his career and continuing his climb towards a shot at the heavyweight title. Andy “The Destroyer” Ruiz Jr will face Siarhei “White Wolf” Liakhovich in a heavyweight bout on Saturday at the Celebrity Theater in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Ruiz opened as a -3000 favorite while Liakhovich was a +1100 dog with the Boxing odds.

Siarhei “White Wolf” Liakhovich

The 38 year old Siarhei Liakovich stands at six feet four inches tall with a reach of 74 and one half inches and fights from an orthodox stance. Liakhovich is a native of Belarus and now resides in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. Liakhovich is ranked first in Belarus and 133rd in the world. He has a career record of 26 wins, six losses, and no draws. Out of Liakhovich’s 26 career wins a total of 16 have come by knockout. Liakhovich has suffered five knockout losses in his career.

Liakhovich is coming off a unanimous decision over Chad Davis in an eight round bout that took place on February 22, 2014 at the Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix. The win snapped a three bout losing streak for Liakhovich and run in which he lost five out of seven bouts prior to the matchup.

Andy “Destroyer” Ruiz Jr

The 25 year old Andy Ruiz Jr stands at six feet two inches tall with a reach of 74 inches and fights from an orthodox stance. Ruiz is a native of Mexico and now resides in Imperial, California. Ruiz is ranked number one in Mexico and ranked 14th in the world. Ruiz has a career record of 23 wins, no losses and no draws. Out of his 23 career wins a total of 17 have come by knockout.

Ruiz is coming off a technical knockout win over Kenny Lemos in the first round of a scheduled eight round bout that took place on October 25, 2014 at the Selland Arena in Fresno, California.

Ruiz scored a technical knockout win over Manuel Quezada on May 17, 2014 in the second round of a scheduled ten round bout that took place at the Selland Arena for the NABF Heavyweight title and the WBO Inter Continental Heavyweight title. Quezada was knocked down in rounds one and two.

The Pick

We’ll ride the undefeated streak of Ruiz in this one!

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