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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Guillermo Rigondeaux continues to impress the fight world with his undefeated record and pair of title belts that he will defend on New Year’s Eve. Guillermo “The Jackal” Rigondeaux will face Hisashi Amagasa for the WBO World Super Bantamweight title on December 31, 2014 at the Bodymaker Coliseum in Osaka, Osaka, Japan. Rigondeaux opened as a -10000 favorite with the Boxing odds while Amagasa was a +1600 dog.

Guillermo “The Jackal” Rigondeaux

The 34 year old Guillermo Rigondeaux stands at five feet four and one half inches tall with a reach of 66 inches and fights from an orthodox stance. Rigondeaux is a native of Cuba and resides in Miami, Florida, USA. Rigondeaux is ranked number one in Cuba and third in the world. Rigondeaux has a career record of 14 wins, no losses, and no draws. Out of his 14 career wins a total of nine have come by knockout.

Rigondeaux is coming off a knockout win over Sod Kokietgym in the first round of a scheduled 12 round bout that took place on July 19, 2014 at the Cotai Arena, Venetian Resort, Macao, Macao SAR, China for the WBA Super World Super Bantamweight title and the WBO World Super Bantamweight title.

Rigondeaux first won the WBA World Super Bantamweight title in a split decision win over Ricardo Cordoba on November 13, 2010 and has held the title belt ever since. He added the WBO World Super Bantamweight title on April 13, 2013 with a 12 round unanimous decision win over Nonito Donaire which he has held in two title defense bouts as well.

Hisashi Amagasa

The 29 year old Hisashi Amagasa stands at five feet ten and one half inches tall and fights from an orthodox stance. He is a native of Japan and currently resides in Tokyo. Amagasa is ranked first in Japan and ranked 11th in the world. He has a career record of 28 wins, four losses, and two draws. Out of his 28 career wins a total of 19 have come by knockout. Amagasa has never suffered a knockout defeat.

Amagasa is coming off a 12 round technical knockout win over Ryo Takenaka on October 15, 2014 in Tokyo fir the OPBF Featherweight title.

The Pick

Rigondeaux gets the call !

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