Graham Houston

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Weekend Betting Angle: Golovkin vs Murata
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Weekend Betting Angle: Golovkin vs Murata

IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston seeks the betting value in Saturday’s middleweight unification clash between Gennadiy Golovkin and Ryota Murata. I’m seeing a real chance of Ryota Murata springing the big upset against Gennadiy Golovkin in their middleweight title bout in Japan. Obviously, GGG has to be considered a firm favourite. His […]

Away fighters in Japan
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Away fighters in Japan

At a time where boxing scoring is under increasing scrutiny, especially in the UK, IBHOF inductee Graham Houston believes Japan is the fairest place in the world for away fighters, ahead of Gennadiy Golovkin’s clash with Tokyo’s popular Ryota Murata this weekend. One thing Gennadiy Golovkin won’t have to worry about when he meets Ryota […]

Weekend Betting Angle: Marshall vs Hermans; Marku vs Jenkins
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Weekend Betting Angle: Marshall vs Hermans; Marku vs Jenkins

IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston seeks the betting value in this weekend’s action featuring WBO middleweight champ Savannah Marshall vs Belgian challenger Femke Hermans. Big-punching middleweight Savannah Marshall tops the bill on the Sky Sports show from Newcastle tonight and no doubt she will be looking to become the first to stop Belgium’s […]

Weekend Betting Angle: Martinez vs Warrington II
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Weekend Betting Angle: Martinez vs Warrington II

IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston seeks the betting value in tonight’s IBF featherweight title clash between big-punching champion Kiko Martinez and former belt-holder Josh Warrington. Josh Warrington is the betting favourite (2/7 at Betfred) but Kiko Martinez has to be considered a live underdog in tonight’s featherweight title bout in Leeds. (If […]

Weekend Betting Angle: Avanesyan-Metz, McKenna-Prograis
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Weekend Betting Angle: Avanesyan-Metz, McKenna-Prograis

IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston seeks the betting value in this weekend’s fights including European welterweight champion David Avanesyan against Finland’s Oskari Metz and the clash between Belfast’s popular Tyrone McKenna and former WBA 140lbs champion Regis Prograis. There aren’t any blockbuster fights tonight but there might be some wagering possibilities even […]

Leigh Wood vs The Featherweight Elite
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Leigh Wood vs The Featherweight Elite

Following WBA featherweight champion Leigh Wood’s thrilling last-round stoppage over the touted Michael Conlan at the weekend, IBHOF inductee Graham Houston looks at the options for the in-form Nottingham man. Leigh Wood will need some time to rest after his sensational featherweight championship win over Michael Conlan, but when he’s ready to return to action […]

Weekend betting angle: Wood vs Conlan
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Weekend betting angle: Wood vs Conlan

IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston looks ahead to Saturday night’s finely-poised featherweight title clash between WBA champion Leigh Wood and Belfast’s Michael Conlan. Tension will be high in Nottingham tonight as local favourite Leigh Wood defends his WBA featherweight title against undefeated former amateur star Michael Conlan. Wood has home advantage but […]

Weekend Betting Angle – Chocolatito vs Martinez
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Weekend Betting Angle – Chocolatito vs Martinez

IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston weighs up Saturday night’s clash between four-weight champion Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez and the heavy-handed Julio Cesar Martinez in San Diego. It’s aways something. Julio Cesar Martinez, although moving up from flyweight, somehow managed to come in at 116.4lbs for his San Diego fight with Chocolatito Gonzalez, a […]

When Pro Debuts backfire
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When Pro Debuts backfire

IBHOF inductee Graham Houston looks at when the debuts of touted fighters backfire following the successful pro bows of blue-chip prospects Galal Yafai, Cheavon Clarke and Kurt Walker last weekend. It was quite a weekend for pro debuts. Olympic gold medallist Galal Yafai launched his pro career in a scheduled 10-round fight while former amateur […]

Weekend Betting Angle – Taylor vs Catterall; Okolie vs Cieslak
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Weekend Betting Angle – Taylor vs Catterall; Okolie vs Cieslak

IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston seeks the betting value in the weekend’s world title clashes between 140lbs supremo Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall and WBO cruiser king Lawrence Okolie and Michal Cieslak. Josh Taylor, the world’s No 1 140-pounder, defends his belts against mandatory WBO challenger Jack Catterall in a meeting of […]

Brook-Khan brings back memories of Camacho-Leonard
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Brook-Khan brings back memories of Camacho-Leonard

IBHOF inductee Graham Houston draws parallels between Amir Khan’s deceiving look on the scales before his emphatic loss to Kell Brook and a seemingly evergreen Sugar Ray Leonard being swept away by a fresher Hector Camacho. Amir Khan looked good on the scales for last weekend’s fight with Kell Brook but in the ring it […]

Weekend Betting Angle – Brook vs Khan
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Weekend Betting Angle – Brook vs Khan

IBHOF inductee and boxing betting expert Graham Houston weighs up Saturday night’s fascinating, better-late-than-never clash between long-time rivals Kell Brook and Amir Khan. The fight that was years in the making finally happens on Saturday when Kell Brook meets his bitter domestic rival Amir Khan in Manchester on Sky Sports Box Office. It’s a scheduled […]