IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston unearths the betting value in tonight’s fascinating super-middleweight clash between Mexican star Canelo Alvarez and Liverpool’s unbeaten Callum Smith. It’s the last major fight of the old year tonight (early hours of Sunday in the UK) when Canelo Alvarez challenges Callum Smith for the 168-pound title at […]
IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston looks for the betting value in tonight’s significant heavyweight encounter between WBA Super, WBO and IBF title-holder Anthony Joshua and Bulgarian challenger Kubrat Pulev at the SSE Arena in Wembley, London. Anthony Joshua is a firm favourite to beat Kubrat Pulev in tonight’s big heavyweight fight in […]
The Showtime network’s premiere of a documentary on Hector “Macho” Camacho — Macho: The Hector Camacho Story — was a reminder of the boxer’s talent and showmanship but also of human frailty. Camacho seemed to have the world at his feet, a champion in three weight divisions. The CBS network, which televised a number of […]
IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston seeks the betting value in this weekend’s long-awaited return of unified welterweight king Errol Spence against two-division champ Danny Garcia in Arlington, Texas. Errol Spence Jr looked in great shape at the weigh-in for tonight’s (early Sunday morning in UK) fight with Danny Garcia but questions remain […]
Ahead of tonight’s Golden Contract finals featuring Jazza Dickens vs Ryan Walsh and Ricards Bolotniks vs Serge Michel, IBHOF inductee Graham Houston looks back on a long history of pro boxing tournaments. Tournaments are a lot of fun and we’ve been seeing more of them lately. This year saw the final bout in the World […]
IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston looks for the betting value in tonight’s huge heavyweight fight between unbeaten Londoners Daniel Dubois and Joe Joyce. After postponements and uncertainty, it’s finally happening: Daniel Dubois and Joe Joyce meet in the big British heavyweight showdown today. Dubois opened as the clear favourite. He’s still the […]
IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston looks ahead to Mike Tyson’s high profile exhibition bout with Roy Jones at the weekend, after bookmakers withdrew all odds from the clash. We have what could be called a curiosity attraction in Los Angeles on Saturday, an eight (two-minute) rounds exhibition bout on pay-per-view featuring ageing […]
IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston unearths the betting value in this weekend’s intriguing step up for Conor Benn against the more seasoned and battle-tested Sebastian Formella. I like Benn in this fight. He’s younger, faster and more explosive. Formella is a cute boxer and durable but he doesn’t have a lot of […]
IBHOF inductee Graham Houston expresses his bemusement at the astonishing events that took place in Las Vegas on Saturday night as WBA Regular 115lbs champion Joshua Franco somehow escaped with his title in his rematch with Andrew Moloney. As one gets older, one tries to move with the times. But it is difficult not to […]
IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston looks for the betting value in this weekend’s big fight between WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford and former IBF title-holder Kell Brook. Terence Crawford, who just might be the best fighter in the world, defends his welterweight title against ex-champion Kell Brook in Las Vegas tonight (early […]
Following former world champion Siarhei Liakhovich’s latest loss at the weekend, IBHOF inductee Graham Houston reflects on why some top boxers fight way past their prime and stay too long in the game. It was sad to see former heavyweight champ Siarhei Liakhovich beaten up in two rounds by undefeated Evgeny Romanov in Ekaterinburg on […]
IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston looks for the betting value in this weekend’s boxing schedule including Devin Haney’s test against Yuriorkis Gamboa and heavyweight action involving Luis Ortiz, Filip Hrgovic and Zhang Zhilei. There’s not much to entice bettors on the two shows in the US tonight (early Sunday am in the […]