Graham Houston

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Off Nights: One Loss Isn’t The End…
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Off Nights: One Loss Isn’t The End…

Following Elvis Rodriguez’s explosive comeback win at the weekend, IBHOF inductee Graham Houston looks at how one bad night doesn’t always signify the end of a fighter‘s career. One disappointing performance doesn’t necessarily mean the death sentence to a fighter’s career. We were reminded of this last weekend when Elvis Rodriguez blasted Juan Pablo Romero into […]

Weekend betting angle – Canelo vs Plant
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Weekend betting angle – Canelo vs Plant

IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston weighs up the betting options for tonight’s undisputed super-middleweight title showdown between WBC, WBA Super and WBO champion Canelo Alvarez and IBF king Caleb Plant in Las Vegas. We know what we have in Canelo Alvarez and Caleb Plant, two champions at 168 pounds who meet in […]

Step-up fights
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Step-up fights

IBHOF inductee Graham Houston assesses recent bouts where a promoter has put his charge in a step-up fight where they have a genuine chance of losing. In the boxing trade they call them step-up fights. These are bouts where a promoter puts his charge in a fight where for the first time the fighter has […]

Weekend betting angle – James vs Butaev, Zepeda vs Vargas
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Weekend betting angle – James vs Butaev, Zepeda vs Vargas

IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston weighs up this weekend’s betting action including WBA Regular 147lbs champion Jamal James vs Radzhab Butaev. While there are the usual lopsided favourites, we also have three highly competitive bouts this weekend where it’s difficult to pick a winner. The great thing about these fights is that […]

Living in the era of 1/50 favourites
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Living in the era of 1/50 favourites

IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston looks at why boxing odds have been inflated over the years to the current era of 1/50 favourites. You look at the betting lines for the week’s fights and you shake your head. Feel pretty confident that a certain fighter will win? You’re likely to see that […]

Weekend Betting Angle – Herring vs Stevenson
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Weekend Betting Angle – Herring vs Stevenson

IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston weighs up Saturday night’s super-featherweight clash between WBO champion Jamel Herring and the unbeaten Shakur Stevenson at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta. In a quiet week for boxing, the standout contest sees unbeaten Shakur Stevenson challenging Jamel Herring for Herring’s 130lbs title in an all-southpaw fight […]

Martin victory another highpoint in Spain’s colourful boxing history
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Martin victory another highpoint in Spain’s colourful boxing history

Following Sandor Martin’s surprise victory over Mikey Garcia at the weekend, IBHOF inductee Graham Houston dips into the past to remember other glory nights in Spanish boxing history. Sandor Martin’s win over a lacklustre Mikey Garcia last weekend in Fresno probably couldn’t be called the greatest-ever win by a Spanish boxer, but it might have […]

Weekend betting angle – Garcia vs Martin, Fury vs Hammer, Marshall vs Muzeya
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Weekend betting angle – Garcia vs Martin, Fury vs Hammer, Marshall vs Muzeya

IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston seeks the betting value as four-weight world champion Mikey Garcia faces Sandor Martin, heavyweight Hughie Fury meets Christian Hammer and Savannah Marshall defends her WBO middleweight belt against Lolita Muzeya. We have action tonight on both sides of the pond with a show at Fresno in California […]

A tribute to Tony DeMarco
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A tribute to Tony DeMarco

IBHOF inductee Graham Houston pays tribute to former world welterweight champion Tony DeMarco who passed away earlier this week. Although he was world welterweight champion in the 1950s and won 58 fights in a 14-year career, Tony DeMarco, who died on October 11 at the age of 89, will mostly be remembered for two fights […]

Weekend Betting Angle – Fury-Wilder III
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Weekend Betting Angle – Fury-Wilder III

IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston weighs up Saturday night’s huge heavyweight clash between WBC king Tyson Fury and bitter rival Deontay Wilder at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder both came in at their heaviest-ever weights for tonight’s heavyweight title trilogy fight in Las Vegas, Wilder scaling […]

Weekend Betting Angle – Eubank vs Muratov
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Weekend Betting Angle – Eubank vs Muratov

IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston seeks the betting value as Chris Eubank Jr faces Germany’s Anatoli Muratov in the Sky Sports main event on Saturday evening. Today sees Sky Sports stage its first boxing show in the post-Matchroom era. Fighters headlining the Wembley Arena event are from Ben Shalom’s BOXXER outfit and […]

Usyk-Joshua II: A look at immediate heavyweight title rematches
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Usyk-Joshua II: A look at immediate heavyweight title rematches

So Anthony Joshua is going straight back in again with Oleksandr Usyk. The rematch clause in the contract will be activated. AJ got his revenge over Andy Ruiz Jr in an immediate rematch (neither man having had an intervening fight or fights). But AJ was assisted by the fact that Ruiz came in grossly overweight. […]