Thomas Faure v Dan Azeez – Azeez to win in spherical 5-8
Tony Yoka v Carlos Takam – Yoka to win in spherical 7-8
Robbie Davies Jr v Darragh Foley – Davies on factors or decison
Diego Pacheco v Jack Cullen – Pacheco on factors or resolution
Tim Tszyu v Tony Harrison – Harrison on factors or descision
9PM SATURDAY: THOMAS FAURE V DAN AZEEZ – AZEEZ TO WIN IN ROUND 5-8
Azeez has blown away the home opposition and now he’s able to take down the continental titleholder. Faure has the belt however he hasn’t actually bought the résumé – the Frenchman has solely competed in opposition to his comparatively weak compatriots, and he has 21 wins however 4 losses, with the final loss coming by KO.
The fact for Azeez is that he has already crushed higher gentle heavyweights than Faure, and he’s nonetheless enhancing. Within the final 4 years he’s crushed Rocky Fielding, Reece Cartwright, Hosea Burton and Andre Sterling, all in rounds 7-9.
I feel each males will look to ascertain dominance with the jab, and the taller Faure may need some success early on. However the champ’s flashy combos are sluggish and arching, and Azeez will land along with his exhausting, straight pictures.
The person from Chateauroux is hard, and he’ll have the Parisian crowd behind him, however with solely two KO wins in 26 bouts he doesn’t have the facility to maintain the Londoner off him. I feel Azeez can clear out Faure a bit faster than his British rivals, so I’m backing the challenger to take the title in rounds 5-8.
10PM SATURDAY: TONY YOKA V CARLOS TAKAM – YOKA TO WIN IN ROUND 7-8
Yoka was the 2016 Olympic heavyweight champion destined for enormous issues, however final Might he bumped into Scottish-based Congolese boxer Martin Bakole and misplaced his valuable unbeaten file. So, after 12 skilled bouts, Tony is on the rebuild, however he hasn’t gone after a comfortable contact, he’s taking up French-Cameroonian veteran Carlos Takam.
Carlos has been in with Joyce, Joshua and Povetkin, and the 42-year-old remains to be teak contact – as he demonstrated in September when he went 10 rounds with rising Russian monster Arslanbek Makhmudov. Sadly for the skilled massive man, he’s arising in opposition to a person who’s too massive, too fast, and too contemporary – I feel the ref or the doc will cease the competition with Takam busted up.
9.15PM SATURDAY: ROBBIE DAVIES JR V DARRAGH FOLEY – DAVIES ON POINTS OR DECISION
Davies’ profession has stuttered up up to now – he has notched up respectable wins in opposition to Joe Hughes for the British strap, and Hank Lundy for some wishy-washy continental bauble – however he’s additionally misplaced massive fights to Lewis Ritson and Gabriel Valenzuela. That doesn’t imply the Liverpool tremendous light-weight can’t headline his residence area, and this weekend he faces Eire’s Foley.
The Sydney-based Irishman has a stable file of 21 wins and 4 losses, and he’s pushed stalwarts Tyrone Mckenna and Akeem Ennis Brown the gap and by no means been stopped. Davies has solely three KO wins in his final 9 bouts, and I see this as one other resolution victory for the house fighter.
10PM SATURDAY: DIEGO PACHECO v JACK CULLEN – PACHECO ON POINTS OR DECISION
The most effective combat in Europe this weekend is the tremendous middleweight scrap between Pacheco and Cullen on the undercard in Liverpool. Pacheco is a sizzling prospect from America – the 21-year-old tremendous middleweight is rangy and he can bang – however “Little Lever’s Meat Cleaver” can also be rangy, and he can be blissful to duke it out on the within.
Cullen has wins in opposition to Avni Yildirim and John Docherty however he’s misplaced in opposition to fringe world-level guys like Felix Money – actually, he’s misplaced thrice and every one was by KO. We all know what stage Jack is, and this can be a step up for Pacheco – Cullen is ridiculously lengthy odds to win and is nicely value a punt, however the very best guess is Pacheco on factors.
4AM SUNDAY: TIM TSZYU V TONY HARRISON – HARRISON ON POINTS OR DECISION
If Pacheco-Cullen is an excellent combat, this can be a nice one. There isn’t a title connected, however this is sort of a final-final eliminator. Tszyu was set to scrap for a belt however the titleholder pulled out with harm, so to the Australian’s huge credit score he took on the hardest check outdoors of the tremendous welterweight champions.
Tszyu, son of the legend who confronted Ricky Hatton, remains to be enhancing and has energy, velocity, and a fan-friendly fashion. Harrison has the expertise – the American has been the champ, and he has crushed some superb guys together with Jermell Charlo.
Harrison has been stopped thrice late on and there’s a actual chance that Tszyu overwhelmes him, however I feel he has the abilities and sufficient know-how to get the away fighter one other signature win – and large returns from Paddy!
BOXING TIPS
Thomas Faure v Dan Azeez – Azeez to win in spherical 5-8
Tony Yoka v Carlos Takam – Yoka to win in spherical 7-8
Robbie Davies Jr v Darragh Foley – Davies on factors or resolution
Diego Pacheco v Jack Cullen – Pacheco on factors or resolution
Tim Tszyu v Tony Harrison – Harrison on factors or resolution
*All costs are bang updated with our snazzy widgets, whereas odds in copy are correct at time of publishing however topic to alter.
