Dillian Whyte, 29 (20-1-0) vs Malcolm Tann, 38 (24-5-0)
This weekend Whyte will be making his US debut against the 38-year-old American Malcolm Tann. Whyte has already gone on record to say he is happy to fight Tann, opposed to the rematch with bitter rival Dereck Chisora as he says it will be a great fighting experience. Tann has fought just 2 fights in 10 years, winning one and losing the other. Everything about this fight screams a Whyte. Whyte has been in tremendous fighting form recently, winning all 4 bouts since his 2015 defeat to Anthony Joshua, which to this day is his one and only defeat. Tann has lost 3 fights out his last 4 and all of those defeats have come by way of knockout, one of which earlier this year to Russian boxer Sergey Kuzmin.
Both Paddy Power and Betway have Whyte as clear favorites at 1/100, a draw at 33/1 and a Tann win at 14/1 while both Ladbrokes and SkyBet have it as Whyte – 1/50, draw 33/1 and Tann 14/1. Betfair is offering 1/33 for Whyte to win by KO, TKO or DQ and evens if you choose to back against such. A Dillian Whyte win by decision, Betfair will offer you evens and it’s 1/50 for the fight to not to go the distance. Round by round odds of the scheduled 8, Betfair will offer you the following; Whyte – Round 1 (2/1), Round 2 (5/2), Round 3 (3/1), Round 4 (7/2), Round 5 (4/1), Round 6 (5/1), Round 7 (6/1), Round 8 (7/1). Personally, I predict Whyte will win the fight by KO in the 5th round.
Terence Crawford, 29 (31-0-0) vs Julius Indongo, 34 (22-0-0)
All of the super-lightweight belts will be at stake in this unification clash between Terence Crawford and Julius Indongo. Crawford has put his WBC and WBO titles on the line while Indongo has brought his WBA and IBF into the mix. Crawford is currently one of the best P4P fighters in the world right now with BoxRec putting the American in 3rd place behind fellow American Andre Ward (2nd) and Saul Alvarez (1st) while Julius Indongo is 37th on the same BoxRec list. He picked up the HBO back in 2014 with his victory over Ricky Burns and the WBC last year with his victory over Victor Postol. Indongo picked up the IBF just last year with his knockout victory over Eduard Troyanovsky and just one fight later he picked up the WBA by beating Ricky Burns. For me, Crawford will see off his opponent in this challenge. Crawford believes that if he wins this upcoming fight, he will be the P4P best boxer on the planet.
Over on Paddy Power, they are host to a lot of bets on this fight. They have Crawford as the favorites at 1/16, a draw at 33/1 and 7/1 for Indongo. For methods of victory, they have Terence Crawford to win by either points or decision at 15/8 and KO or TKO at 4/7 while a win by points or by decision win for Indongo is 20/1 and KO or TKO at 10/1. Betfair Crawford to win on points or decision at 2/1 and KO or TKO at 8/13 with Betfair offering the same as Paddy Power for Indongo to win by points/decision or KO/TKO. The fight to go the distance is at 5/4 on Betfair and 7/4 on Paddy Power while the fight not to go the distance is at 4/7 (bet fair) and 2/5 (Paddy Power.) My prediction is Crawford will get a knockout victory in the 10th round which is 14/1 at Paddy Power and Betfair.
Oleksandr Gvozdyk, 30 (13-0-0) vs Craig Baker, 33 (17-1-0)
The Ukrainian will be defending his NABF Light Heavyweight Title for the 4th time with Craig Baker being his new challenger. Baker’s only professional career defeat came at the hands of Edwin Rodriquez in 2015 by TKO and this fight will be his first title fight. Oleksandr may have had fewer fights, but he arguably has fought at a higher level than Baker and has done for a while, on the other hand, Baker hasn’t really completely stepped up a level yet. I’ve got the Ukrainian to win this bout to successfully defend the title.
The bookies have Gvozdyk as the favorite, with Paddy Power placing him at 1/40 and Baker at 14/1, Ladbrokes putting Gvozdyk at 1/66 and Baker at 14/1 and Coral and William Hill have the champion at 1/66 with Baker also at 14/1. Bookies seem to not be offering other markets other than outright winner but if you were to put trebles on the favorites mentioned so far, you would get 0.007/1 and a massive 2600/1 if you back all three underdogs to upset the odds and come away with the win.
Brock Jarvis, 19 (10-0-0) vs Ghalatry Sonny (5-3-0)
Upcoming Australian prospect fighter Brock Jarvis will face Sonny. So far in his career, 90% of his wins have resulted in a Brock KO victory with 9 KO wins and has only fought 19 rounds from his 10 fights. Brock has racked up an impressive record at just 19-years-old after making his debut in late 2015, just after his 18th birthday and has a fight scheduled for just a month after his fight coming up. Brock is a hungry fighter with a knockout power which is why he is my man, for this bout. I predict an early knockout.
Brock is 1/14 favorite at Paddy Power with Sonny at 11/2 while Bet 365 have Brock at 1/16 and Sonny at 8/1. If you predict Sonny will be coming away from the fight as the winner, Ladbrokes and Coral both tie the best odds at 9/1. If you were to go for the favorites listed so far would land you the odds – 0.13/1 and if you favor the underdogs, you would land £24,308 to every £1 at bet365.
Andrew Moloney, 26 (13-0-0) vs Raymond Tabugon, 26 (20-7-1)
In a fight for the WBA Oceania Super Flyweight Title, a title held by Moloney at a different weight division, Moloney will face Tabugon of the Philipines. Andrew Moloney had previously picked up gold at the 2014 commonwealth games and has been racking up the wins ever since he turned pro. Tabugon has proven to be a tough competitor having previously picked up the PBF Super Flyweight title, the WBC Asian Boxing Council Continental Flyweight Title and the International Boxing Organization Inter-Continental Light Flyweight Title. Not as easy to predict the winner as it looks on paper but I am going to have to personally side with the favourite, and unbeaten Moloney.
Over at Bet Victor, Moloney is 1/16, a draw is at 15/2 and the Philippine is at 25/1. According to a few sites online, roughly 40% of bets have been placed on the underdog and out of all the underdogs from the fights mentioned before, Tabugon and Indongo are the only ones I would consider at all, and for me personally I can see Tabugon upsetting the odds that have him up to 33/1 (Betfair and Paddy Power) to win.
Jason Moloney, 26 (13-0-0) vs Lolito Sonsoa, 25 (21-1-4)
Jason Moloney is the twin of fellow boxer Andrew Moloney and they also share the same boxing record as well as their birth and occupation. Amazingly, the two even share fight dates across their entire careers with exception to their first two fights. The fight is for the WBA Oceania Super Bantamweight Title, which Jason picked up 6th fight early last year and has successfully defended 3 times so far in his career and will be hungry and desperate to make it a 4th on Saturday. Sonsoa recently picked up the vacant World Boxing Federation International Super Flyweight Title with his only defeat coming in the IBF Pan Pacific Youth Flyweight Title fight with Ardin Diale in 2011. Jason, who will be fighting at the same time as his twin, will have to be at his best to push aside his challenger but I believe that will be the case in the fight, but going all the way, being a close call on points/decision.
If you fancy the underdog in this fight, you could grab up to 9/1 on Coral but the best you will get for Jason is 1/14 over at Bet365. If you back both the Moloney twins as doubles on bet 365, you will get 0.12/1 and if you predict the highly unlikely double upset which would result in both of the twins losing their winning record, you would get 79/1.
Bryant Jennings, 32 (19-2-0) vs Daniel Martz, 26 (15-4-1)
Some tipped Jennings to be the future of the heavyweight division at one point and at 32, there is certainly, still time. His last two fights make up all of his career defeats and when looking at who he fought, it’s hard to knock him. His first defeat was to the recently retired Wladimir Klitschko which ended up going the distance and he was defeated by Luis Ortiz, both in 2015 and both title shots. Making his boxing return against Martz hasn’t been in the best of form with 1 win and 2 losses since the start of last year. Bryant is heavy favorites amongst all bookies and that’s the side I will be backing.
Bet365 have Jennings at 1/100 and Martz at 16/1 leading up to the fight with most bookies playing it safe for this one with similar odds. I predict it will be points or decision the way of victory in favor of Jennings which will bag me 4/7 at some bookies.
If you were to back the odds-on favorites on all the fights mentioned, at Bet365, you will be getting just 0.29/1 for all 7 fights and backing all underdogs across the weekend would bag you a jaw-dropping £31,836,239 from just £1 but the chance of this ever coming through is near impossible. All the favorites bar Crawford would get you 10.8/1 and all the favorites bar Jason Maloney will fetch you the odds of 8.65/1. Whatever you bet may bet on or watch, it should be an entertaining weekend of boxing and hopefully, you bang on a few bets to up the value of entertainment for yourself.
