Free Boxing Tips > Read Our Expert's Analysis

Boxing Tips For Today

Sebastian Fundora by KO TKO or Disqualification

Sebastian Fundora vs Chordale Booker

8/13

Sebastian Fundora Round 7-9

Sebastian Fundora vs Chordale Booker

10/3

Sebastian Fundora Round 10-12

Sebastian Fundora vs Chordale Booker

22/5

Sebastian Fundora vs Chordale Booker Fight Preview

Sebastian ‘The Towering Inferno’ Fundora (21-1-1 13 KOs) defends his WBC and WBO world super-welterweight titles to challenger Chordale ‘The Gift’ Booker (23-1 11KOs) this Saturday night in Las Vegas, live on Prime Video.

The champion from California finally became a world champion in his last fight in March 2024 after a long wait as Interim champion between April 2022-April 2023.

It was Brian Mendoza who shocked Fundora and the rest of the world when the brought ‘The Towering Inferno’ crashing down in the seventh round of their WBO world interim title fight almost two years ago now.

It was meant to be a ‘keep-busy’ fight for Fundora, who was in control of the contest until the stunning the stunning stoppage.

Despite being 6’5 ½” tall with an 80” reach, Fundora and Mendoza fought in a phone box, with the champion landing copious uppercuts al night. But then when he went to throw yet another backhand uppercut early into the seventh round, he copped a huge chopping left hook from Mendoza that staggered him onto the back of his heels and another opportune right hand sent him crashing to the canvas where he sat upright to be counted out.

Just under a year later, the 27-year-old southpaw came back in a huge fight with Australian superstar Tim Tszyu, which ended in a bloody split decision win for Fundora, who lifted the WBC and WBO world super-welterweight titles with the win.

Cut on his forehead, Tsyzu battled bravely, but the taller man controlled the action from behind his rangy limbs, using his right jab to full effect.

Now, he must defend his brace of belts to WBO #5 Chordale Booker. Also a southpaw, the 33-year-old from Stamford, Connecticut, has just one loss on his record, to the then-unbeaten, up-and-coming Austin Williams, back in April 2022. The fight only lasted 145 seconds.

Booker has since won six on the spin, four by KO, collecting the WBC USA super-welterweight title in the process.

He is muscly, big and powerful, opting to box behind a Philly Shell stance. He likes to throw big hooks in close, so Fundora will have to watch out for those, as he fell victim to a single, big left hook once before.

Fundora only fought once in 2023 and 2024, after chasing fights that wouldn’t materialise for him, and Booker has been out six times in that same timeframe, so will have the advantage in momentum. However, it’s his first world title fight and first fight up at this highest level, so even though he has been more regular recently and fought more fights in his career, he will be lacking experience in this double title fight.

Sebastian Fundora vs Chordale Booker Prediction

Booker has only lost once, similarly to Fundora, and is ranked in the top five in the world, yet I believe there’s a difference in levels between these two.

Booker lacks speed and urgency. Against ‘Ammo’ Williams, it was all one-way traffic, as Booker was overwhelmed early and unable to throw anything back.

Fundora could either make this fight long and sensible, keeping Booker at the end of his long levers, or he could step in close and land his big uppercuts on the slower opponent.

If Fundora goes long, I can see him jabbing Booker’s head off, then landing big backhands whenever the opportunity is there. I actually think Fundora could be very successful and effective with his rangy jab. And if they fight head-to-head, then I can see Fundora landing even bigger shots to speed up the outcome.

Booker is experienced and capable and his style looks rather tricky to box against, covering up well behind that protective shell, plus his left hook is always a danger. However, I also think he is hittable.

In his trio of world and interim title fights, Fundora has won one by KO after nine rounds and the most recent two on points, so history suggests this could go for a fair few rounds.

Prediction: Fundora to win by KO after the first few rounds have passed, most likely in rounds 7-12.

bet365

Bet on Boxing with Bet365

Bet £10 Get £50 in Free Bets

Claim Offer

For new customers at bet365. Min deposit requirement. Free Bets are paid as Bet Credits and are available for use upon settlement of bets to value of qualifying deposit. Min odds, bet and payment method exclusions apply. Returns exclude Bet Credits stake. Time limits and T&Cs apply. Registration required. 18+ gambleaware.org #ad

Free Boxing Betting Tips

Tim Rickson is the WhichBookie boxing analyst who joined the team midway through 2022 and will be providing boxing betting tips throughout the year for all of the big fights.

How Much Do The Boxing Tips Cost?

All of the boxing tips currently published on WhichBookie are completely free of charge. Remember to check back regularly and subscribe to our social media channels to be notified of when new free boxing tips are published.

Are Past Tips Archived?

Yes. All tips remain live here on WhichBookie. You can view all past boxing tips here on this page.

Which Bookie Should I Place The Tips With?

If you’d like to back any of the selections, we recommend a bookmaker to do so with. These are usually the bookies offering the best odds on the selection at the time of posting the tip but it may be worth checking other bookies in case the odds have changed. There may also be betting offers associated with the tip that are only available with specific bookmakers that are worth taking into consideration.

What Stakes Should I Use?

We never recommend an actual stake to use for each bet as this will vary between people depending on the size of their betting bank. Never bet more than you can afford to lose and always stick to your staking plan.

How Regularly Are Boxing Tips Published?

WhichBookie boxing analyst Tim Rickson will publish tips whenever he finds value in a bet. If there is a big fight coming up, it’s likely that he will cover it but generally, they’ll be posted whenever a good bet comes about.

Can You Watch Boxing Online?

Many of the big boxing matches are only available via Pay Per View. However, you may be able to find streams of some of the less-popular fights via the Bet365 Live Streaming service. Bet365 provides over 100,000 live streams of sporting events every year and is regarded as one of the best services for streaming sports online without charge.

How To Bet On Boxing

There are several options when it comes to betting on boxing, and the more you know, the better your chances of success. We will now go into more detail about some of the different betting markets that you will find, and discuss a few potential strategies you could use.

Outright / To Win Fight

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.

Fight Outcome / Method of Victory

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:

• By KO (knockout), TKO (tecnhical knockout) or DQ (opponent disqualified).
• By Decision (on points) or Technical Decision.

So because there are more possible outcomes in this market, the odds are higher than just the outright win market.

Round Betting

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.

To Go The Distance

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:

• Are the fighters evenly matched?
• Do they have a reputation for durability and rarely having been stopped in the past?
• If there is a favourite, is he/she an aggressive boxer or does he/she prefer to wear their opponent down?
• How many of their previous fights have gone the distance?

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.

Total Rounds Over/Under

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:

• If you think the fight will last for 3 rounds or less, you would bet on Under.
• If you think it will last for 4 rounds or more, you would be on Over.

You will find that similar markets are available for Over/under 4.5, Over/Under 5.5, Over/Under 6.5 etc.

Where To Get The Best Odds On Boxing

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.

We studied the odds for outright bets on every professional boxing match over a period of three months. We wanted to find the best bookies for boxing odds over a prolonged period of time.

As you would expect, Betfair and Bet365 are better than most of the competition. But the results showed that Betfred have the highest odds overall and came out well in some of the other markets like round betting.

Betfred were consistently best or equal best odds on nearly every outright market we recorded. They blew some of the other online bookies away in terms of the value they offered on boxing, and their user ratings are good too. So if you don’t have an account with them yet, we would definitely recommend joining.

Best Bookies For Boxing
	Betfred	Visit
	Bet365	Visit
	Betfair	Visit