Boxing Predictions
Boxing Odds – Lara vs. Alvarez July 12 from Las Vegas!
Erislandy Lara has quietly emerged as a bona fide light middle weight contender that poses a danger to anyone that he faces. Canelo Alvarez will continue his quest to get another shot at the title belt as the taste of his only career defeat to Floyd Mayweather Jr last September is still bitter. Saul Alvarez will take on Erislandy Lara at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on July 12, 2014. Canelo Alvarez opened as a -175 favorite with the Boxing odds while Erislandy Lara opened as a +145 dog.
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez
Saul Alvarez is 23 years of age and a native of Mexico where he still resides. He is the top ranked Mexican as well as number one ranked in the world for the light middleweight division. Alvarez stands at 5 feet 9 inches tall with a reach of 70 and one half inches with an orthodox stance. Canelo has a career record of 43 wins, 1 loss, and 1 draw. Out of Alvarez’s 43 career wins 31 have come by knockout. He has never suffered a knockout defeat. Canelo is coming off a technical knockout win over Alfredo Angulo in the 10th round of a 12 round bout that took place on March 8, 2014 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV. That was Canelo’s first bout that followed his 12 round MD loss to Mayweather that took place on September 14, 2014.
Erislandy “The American Dream” Lara
The 31 year old Erislandy Lara stands at 5 feet 9 inches tall with a reach of 75 inches and a southpaw stance. Lara is a native of Cuba that now resides in Houston, TX. Lara has a career record of 19 wins, 1 loss, and 2 draws. Out of Lara’s 19 career wins 12 have come by knockout while he has never suffered a knockout loss. He is ranked 1st in Cuba and 2nd in the world. Lara is coming off a unanimous decision win over Austin Trout in a 12 round bout that was for the WBA world light middleweight title in a bout that took place on December 7, 2013 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY.
The Pick
Canelo gets the call here!
Boxing Predictions
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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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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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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