IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston looks for the betting value amid a packed weekend of world class boxing including Inoue-Moloney, Davis-Santa Cruz and, of course, Usyk-Chisora. It’s a huge evening of boxing with many fights on the betting boards. Let’s look at the three biggest fights. In London, Oleksandr Usyk has his […]
IBHOF inductee Graham Houston looks at the positives and pitfalls of the WBC’s new 224lbs weight division, sandwiched between cruiserweight and heavyweight. Is it good for boxing? So, we now have a new weight class with the World Boxing Council’s decision to introduce the 224-pound division. WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman announced that the cruiserweight limit […]
IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston looks for the betting value in this weekend’s action including former IBF 140lbs champion Sergey Lipinets’ encounter with unbeaten Canadian Custio Clayton. Boxing tonight (early hours of Sunday in the UK) features a triple-header on the US Showtime network from the Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut, headlined […]
IBHOF inductee Graham Houston looks back at a weekend where controversial scorecards were at the fore in the UK and America, with judges Terry O’Connor and Julie Lederman both under fire. Two fights over the weekend raised, once again, the question of judges’ competency. In the UK, judge Terry O’Connor was criticised for giving Mexico’s […]
IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston looks for the betting value in this weekend’s action involving the high stakes encounter between lightweight champions Vasiliy Lomachenko and Teofimo Lopez as well as some intriguing, lower profile bouts. Vasiliy Lomachenko vs Teofimo Lopez is the weekend’s big fight but there are some interesting bouts on […]
IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston examines recent fights where seemingly safe proposition bets went awry to the anguish of seasoned bettors. With odds on, obvious favourites inflated as never before, a bettor seeking some wagering action is tempted to look at the proposition markets. That is to say, a “total rounds” proposition […]
IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston looks for the betting value in this weekend’s boxing action including world-rated middleweight Liam Williams’ British title defence against Andrew Robinson, Nathan Gorman’s heavyweight return vs Richard Lartey and the 175lbs dust-up between Dominic Boesel and Robin Krasniqi. Slim pickings on the betting boards for tonight but […]
With the remarkable eight knockdown thriller between Jose Zepeda and Ivan Baranchyk still fresh in our minds, IBHOF inductee Graham Houston looks back at past bouts where multiple trips to the canvas captured the imagination. The sensational fight between Jose Zepeda and Ivan Baranchyk, with each man floored four times (and the referee seemed to […]
IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston looks for the betting value in this weekend’s boxing action involving light-heavyweight hope Joshua Buatsi and former world champion Ivan Baranchyk. Joshua Buatsi tops the bill on the Matchroom Sunday show at Milton Keynes. He’s defending his WBA International light-heavy title in a scheduled 12-round bout against […]
After a spate of recent body shot knockouts, including two last weekend by Jermell Charlo and Josh Taylor, IBHOF inductee Graham Houston looks back at past fights where a solitary body blow ended the argument. Celebrated trainer Joe Goossen adds further, expert insight into the history of the body shot KO. Is it just me? […]
IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston looks for the betting value in this weekend’s world title action involving the Charlo twins Jermell and Jermall. Twin brothers Jermell and Jermall Charlo are in action on Saturday night in competitive fights. Yet while each is facing a live opponent, the sense one has is that […]
After a spate of drawn fights in the UK, IBHOF inductee Graham Houston looks at rematches of contests where boxers fought a draw in their first meeting. Not every return fight was as competitive the second time around whereas other ‘draw rematches’ were closely fought, such as Canelo vs Golovkin II and Lewis vs Holyfield […]