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Date published: July 27, 2024
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Joe ‘The Juggernaut’ Joyce (16-2, 15KO) will clash in the capital with Derek ‘WAR’ Chisora (34-13, 23KO) on Saturday, July 27 at the O2 in Greenwich, live on TNT Sports.
Just over a year ago, this fight wouldn’t have had any other outcome other than a Joyce win, having stopped 14 from 15 foes and riding high as an unbeaten WBO Interim heavyweight title list and mandatory contender to unified world champion Oleksandr Usyk.
But then a disastrous five months during 2023 saw his encouraging career come completely crashing down.
Chinese powerhouse, Zhilei Zhang, managed to do what other big punchers, such as Daniel Dubois and Carlos Takam, couldn’t – he was able to hurt and halt the durable Londoner.
Aptly named ‘Big Bang’, Zhang stopped Joyce in a surprise upset win in April 2023 in six rounds, after closing shut the right eye of his foe under a constant barrage of backhand lefts from his southpaw stance.
Then, Joyce came out in the rematch five months later moving to his left to avoid than big backhand, but it didn’t go to plan as he was felled in the third-round by a one-punch KO, courtesy of a short right hook. Once again, Zhang was too quick and powerful for him.
Joyce had two main attributes – his relentlessness and chin – and now one of those has been taken away. Invincibility shattered, Joyce went away to lick his wounds for a while then came back six months on with a 10th round KO over domestic-level fighter Kash Ali in March this year.
Joyce was his usual non-stop, unrelenting, advancing self, but that overhand right he’s susceptible to got through copiously, and that’s Chisora’s signature punch. But not once did it trouble the Putney puncher. Anything clean from Ali just bounced off the dome and didn’t even cause a reaction. Joyce’s engine and endurance, pressure and persistence once again prevailed to stop Ali in the final 30 seconds of the 10th round.
Now 38, the Rio 2016 Olympic silver medallist is in a rush to get back in the world title mix where he was situated for such a long time before.
Ranked WBC #9, IBF #11, WBO #14, IBO #13, his stock has clearly dropped, but he’s still very much in the mix, and a big win against veteran Chisora could see him claw his way back up the rankings into contention again.
Wearing bright pink shorts and gloves, Chisora won his last fight against American Gerald Washington in August last year. Delboy stalked his man and brought the pressure, as he always does, and took the American’s best shots, although cut over the right eye caused by a head clash.
Washington slowed down in the later rounds, whereas Chisora kept coming forward relentlessly. All three judges scored it to the Brit to get back to winning ways after his one-sided beatdown at the hands of Tyson Fury in December 2022.
It’s just his second win within his last six fights. The ageing heavyweight has experienced over 300 rounds as a pro and closing in on 50 fights, and he has absorbed a lot of punishment during that time.
He is still a respectable force in the blue-ribbon division, but he hasn’t been a credible contender for many years, but still the colourful character, who is so well loved by fight fans, refuses to hang up his gloves and call time on his career.
The interesting thing about this fight is that both boxers are slow and cumbersome, they take way too many shots due to their slow feet and lack of head movement unable to get them out of the line of fire, but have an admirable engine and perseverance which means they bring the action and refuse to stop advancing forwards and throwing punches, so spectators will be in for a treat.
My Prediction
Now 40-years-old, Chisora is as tough as they come, but he has become a punchbag for the heavyweight division, yet he’s still able to offer good competition to test his opponents.
I’m quite sure Joyce will be viewing every single fight he has from here as the last roll of the dice, so he is a man on a mission. There’s so many big fights out there for him still, such as the Daniel Dubois rematch, which would be welcomed by everyone regardless of whether he wins or loses against Anthony Joshua in September.
I can see Joyce landing at will to break the tenacious veteran down to eventually force a stoppage or retirement. Chisora is solid and seasoned enough to take this to points, and that overhand right of his does have a good chance of finding the target to trouble Joyce, should it keep landing through the fight.
Both boxers are there to be hit, but it’s Joyce who should have more in the tank to outland and outwork Chisora. As it edges closer to the championship rounds, that should become Joyce’s preferred territory to turn up the heat and wear Chisora down.
My Verdict
Joyce to Win By Decision/Technical Decision 9/2
Joe Joyce to win in rounds 9-10 at 13/2
Fight fans are in for a treat this Saturday night as super-bantamweight warriors Dennis McCann (15-0-1, 8KO) and Ionut Baluta (16-4-1, 3KO) clash for the European title at the O2 Arena on July 27, live on TNT Sports.
Not only are this pair familiar sparring partners, but they’re also former opponents having met 11 months ago in August 2023 at the iconic York Hall.
That night, these talented 122-pounders produced a high-octane, dramatic thriller that ended in a bloodbath after Dennis ‘The Menace’ was badly cut by an accidental head clash in round seven.
Despite the horrendous injury and the blood flowing from his head like a fountain, the Maidstone man showed his heart and bravery to battle on for another two rounds until referee Marcus McDonnell rightfully ended the fight in the ninth.
Baluta initially ran to the corner to celebrate what he thought was the biggest win of his career, but the nature of the stoppage meant the decision was taken to the cards where scores of 86-86 twice and 86-85 to McCann was ruled as a technical draw.
Southpaw McCann started the fight brightly taking the centre of the ring and landing at range on the Romanian. But Baluta began to find success from the second round landing flush on the evasive fighter. Baluta jumped in with long looping lefts and rights and rocked the home fighter’s head this way and that. McCann was equally as successful, able to score several eyecatching uppercuts and big one-twos, always looking the more powerful of the pair.
McCann was a 4/1 favourite going into the contest but what actually transpired was a back and forth 50-50 war of attrition.
So, almost one year on, the likeable duo are all set to lock horns again. Baluta hasn’t fought since, but 23-year-old McCann was back in the ring in March to win the British super-bantamweight title against top-level domestic opponent Brad Strand.
McCann knocked the unbeaten Strand down in the second with a flash right hook to the head, then went on to claim the vacant Lonsdale belt on points.
From a travelling background, McCann left his long-term trainer Alan Smith in Bromley, Kent in favour of Joe McNally in Liverpool to breathe new life and ideas into his game.
Aged 30, 16 victories from 20, Baluta has been reduced to a 5/2 underdog and the odds for a draw are as low as 14/1 with some bookies.
After the first display, Baluta’s stock and chances of springing the upset have clearly risen. But can the highly-regarded unbeaten British and Commonwealth champion McCann come back stronger in the return fixture to complete the set with EBU belt?
My Predictions
Straightaway, McCann has all the advantages going into this fight – a new trainer, 12 rounds experience against a very good opponent only four months ago, fighting out of the home corner and roared on by a big support on the night.
Baluta is as tough as they come and has never been stopped. He has defeated around half a dozen UK prospects already over the past five years. His nickname is ‘Il Capo’ but would be better suited to ‘The Upsetter’.
Liam Davies laid down the blueprint by staying out of range against Baluta, fighting on the inside only on occasions, quite often catching the European on his way in to win on points over 12 rounds.
Baluta’s shots are often wide and swiping, thrown with speed but not power, and they arrive in threes and fours, not single shots or one-twos. McCann will be educated on this after nine rounds together and you would expect him not to get caught out as often as he did before.
If he can follow what Davies did and stay on the outside, predicting and catching Baluta on his way in, then he can rack up the rounds on the scorecards to gain a lead.
With McCann in his southpaw stance and the way Baluta jumps in from afar, it’s likely there could be another head clash in this contest, which could, again, affect the outcome.
But fingers crossed that it’s a clean contest and as exciting as the first match.
My Verdict
Dennis McCann to win on points.
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As with most sports, the outright market is probably the simplest, because you’re just betting on who will win the fight. There are no other criteria to consider, other than the fact that with many of the best bookies for boxing, you can also bet on the draw. However, draws in boxing are very rare and not many people tend to back this outcome.
Bear in mind that in many fights, one boxer tends to be a heavy favourite and it’s usually quite easy to pick the winner. There don’t tend to be that many shock results. Therefore, the odds on the favourite are often very low, even if you use the bookie with the best odds as described earlier in the article.
If you’re happy betting at short odds, you can certainly get a good success rate simply by backing short price favourites in boxing. But many people prefer to look for bigger wins. So you may sometimes need to look at some of the other markets to get a better return on your bet.
This market lets you choose not only who will win the fight, but how they will win. Different methods of victory are usually grouped as follows:
So because there are more possible outcomes in this market, the odds are higher than just the outright win market.
The Round Betting market offers the opportunity to get the highest odds. Here you can bet on which fighter will win, and which round he/she will win in.
Options to bet on a fighter to win on points, or to bet on the draw, are both also included in this market. In a 12 round bout, that gives 27 different possible outcomes. Therefore, the odds on each one are naturally going to be much higher. Think of it as the equivalent of the correct score market in football betting.
So the round betting market offers the biggest potential wins when betting on boxing. But of course, it’s harder to predict the outcome. You do have the option to split your stake to cover more than one outcome though. So if you felt that a fighter would win within the first 3 rounds, you could split your stake to back him to win in round 1, round 2 and round 3. The odds would mean you’d get a good profit if any of those outcomes happened.
This is a simple market in which you decide whether the fight will last all 12 rounds or not. Therefore there are only two outcomes to bet on, Yes or No.
It’s possible to get a decent success rate when betting on this market. Check the stats and the history of each boxer and ask yourself the following:
The answers to these key questions should give you a good idea of whether the fight is likely to go the distance or not. There can still be surprises, but you’ll certainly win more bets than you lose.
This market allows you to bet on the total number of rounds the fight will last for. The advantage here is that you do not need to specify who will win, just how long it will last.
For example, let’s consider a market of Over/Under 3.5 Rounds. There are only two options to bet on, either Over 3.5 Rounds or Under 3.5 Rounds. Therefore, you would approach the market as follows:
You will find that similar markets are available for Over/under 4.5, Over/Under 5.5, Over/Under 6.5 etc.
As any professional punter will tell you, the key to making a profit is not knowing who will win every time. Because obviously, that is not possible. The real trick is making sure that when you do win, you get the best possible odds on your bet.
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