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Shakan Pitters vs Bradley Rea

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Shakan Pitters vs Bradley Rea

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Shakan Pitters (20-2, 7 KOs) and Bradley Rea (20-1, 10 KOs) finally meet for the elusive European light-heavyweight title on Saturday, June 28, headlining a GBM Sports show in Hull, live on DAZN.

Both boxers have experienced false starts for this now-vacant EBU belt. Pitters was mandated to challenge the previous champion Daniel Blenda Dos Santos in February, but the Frenchman wasn’t cleared to fight on medical reasons just days before.

Then, disaster struck again when Pitters was hospitalised on April 1 at the start of their rescheduled fight week, so Brad Rea stepped in to replace him, only for his fight to be cancelled days before when Dos Santos decided against fighting him.

So, both boxers probably already feel a claim to this blue belt, having prepared to challenge for it and visualised winning it and wearing it around their waists.

35 from Birmingham, Pitters is a former English and British light-heavyweight champion. He has only been defeated by Craig Richards and Dan Azeez, who are both above British and European level. His match with Richards was very close until he got caught cold in the ninth, and his challenge against Azeez was highly commendable, not looking out of place in either defeat, making both fights close contests and fascinating affairs.

27 from Manchester, Rea is an English middleweight title contender, who lost to Tyler Denny in 2022, just as the West Midlander was midway through his meteoric rise where he defeated a who’s who of top talent, including five unbeaten foes, such as River Wilson-Bent, Brad Pauls, and Felix Cash.

Rea struggled with Tyler Denny’s movement for 10 rounds, but then came agonisingly close to turning the fight he was losing around in the ninth round courtesy of a powerful body shot, but the southpaw bravely survived the onslaught from Brad.

Since that sole loss, Stretford’s Rea has won six on the spin, his last five all ending in knockouts within three rounds.

Rea has defeated a few decent domestic fighters, such as Lee Cutler, Jez Smith and Craig McCarthy, but he hasn’t yet fought up at the same level as Pitters.

Shak has respectable scalps over Joel McIntyre, Reece Cartwright, Chad Sugden, Dec Spelman; who are all represent tough competition, but are not entirely impressive names. Craig Richards and Dan Azeez would have been very notable names to go on the resume, but he was stopped in nine rounds by the former and unanimously outpointed by the latter.

Pitters is very tall for the weight, at 6’6”, but doesn’t always use his height and reach advantage, preferring to fight within range a lot of the time, where he can land big shots to the body.

Rea isn’t quite as tall, but he prefers to box at range. He is calm, composed and patient, very economical, throwing shots – with speed and vim – only when he sees fit.

Pitters and Rea are closely matched in skill and ability, but Shak possesses the far greater experience at championship level, which could prove to be a key factor in this fight.

Rea has boxed a total of 80 professional rounds compared to Shak’s 118, which might not appear to be a huge difference, but Brad has only boxed to 10 rounds once, whereas Pitters has competed in five championship contests.

It’s close to call, but someone has to be crowned champion. Let’s find out who…

Shakan Pitters vs Bradley Rea Prediction

This could be a very fun fight, with both boxers sharing many similarities, in terms of stature, style and skill. Both Brits possess speed, and they each like to come forward and target the body with their long levers.

This potentially could start as quite a technical chess match, but could eventually become a shootout, as each one tries to land their stinging body shots and sharp jabs up top. Their rangy arms and stand-up-tall styles could see a real battle of jabs.

For me, Pitters’ experience at the higher lever, being a former British champion, lasting 12 rounds with the likes of Dan Azeez and matching Craig Ricards for nine rounds, just gives him the edge in this European championship clash.

He can be hurt though, Richards caught him cold with a big right hand then knocked him out with a single left hook to the head, so Rea has a puncher’s chance throughout. And Rea’s ability to turn a fight around with a single shot will present a constant danger for Pitters to always be aware of. Switching off for one second could be disastrous for Shak, and that can be mentally draining, especially over the course of 12 rounds.

Rea could be the fresher fighter being eight years younger, but Pitters is a consummate professional, always in top condition, and has never given a reason for anyone to question his advanced age in the sport.

It’s set to be a very close British battle, but one that I feel the more experienced man is just going to have the edge in. I could imagine Rea taking the front foot as Pitters jabs sharply from the outside, taking most of the close rounds at ringside to collect a narrow points victory. But, expect this contest to see-saw back and forth!

Prediction: Pitters to win.

Extra Tips: Pitters to win on points.

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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.

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