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IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston weighs up Saturday night’s titanic heavyweight collision between WBA Super, WBO and IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and former undisputed cruiserweight king Oleksandr Usyk in London. This year’s biggest fight takes place at Tottenham Hotspur football ground in London today as Britain’s Anthony Joshua defends his heavyweight titles […]
IBHOF inductee Graham Houston sets the scene for Saturday’s fascinating encounter between Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk by remembering previous southpaws who fought for a world heavyweight crown. If Oleksandr Usyk pulls off the upset over Anthony Joshua on Saturday he will be only the sixth southpaw heavyweight champion in ring history, joining Michael Moorer, […]
IBHOF inductee Graham Houston surveys the raft of intriguing heavyweight encounters in the remainder of 2021 including Anthony Joshua vs Oleksandr Usyk, Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder III, Dillian Whyte vs Otto Wallin and more. Some 20-odd years ago promoter Cedric Kushner ran a series of all-heavyweight cards that were televised on various US channels […]
IBHOF inductee Graham Houston discusses the recent wave of returning boxing legends and the dangers involved following Evander Holyfield’s disturbing one-round loss at the weekend. Boxing purists don’t like them, but events featuring social media influencers, former MMA stars, and ageing legends of the ring do seem to be here to stay. Now, I don’t […]
IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston seeks the betting value in Saturday’s high profile clashes involving former cruiser and heavyweight champions Evander Holyfield and David Haye against Vitor Belfort and Joe Fournier respectively. Whether we like so-called celebrity boxing or not, there’s a market for this sort of thing, just as there is […]
After the surging Maxi Hughes’ win over Jovanni Straffon at the weekend, IBHOF inductee Graham Houston looks at fighters whose careers seemed to be going nowhere before they turned everything around. Maxi Hughes’ triumph over Jovanni Straffon on the weekend was a reminder that sometimes defeats really can improve a boxer and make rather than […]
IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston seeks the betting value in tonight’s intriguing featherweight rematch between former IBF champion Josh Warrington and Mexican conqueror Mauricio Lara in Leeds. Mexican featherweight Mauricio Lara pulled off one of the biggest shocks in British boxing in years when he knocked out Josh Warrington in the ninth round […]
Sam Maxwell’s disputed points win over Akeem Ennis Brown at the weekend was the latest decision to provoke anger and bewilderment online. IBHOF inductee Graham Houston casts his expert eye on that fight and seeks to explain what the judges are looking at in decisions like these, where the aggressor is apparently given the benefit […]
IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston seeks the betting value in Sunday night’s cruiserweight attraction between the high profile Jake Paul and former UFC champion Tyron Woodley, and eyes an upset in the 140lbs clash between Montana Love and former IBF champion Ivan Baranchyk. Novelty fight it may be, but betting odds have […]
IBHOF inductee Graham Houston weighs up Manny Pacquiao’s fighting future and pays tribute to the influential British boxing promoter Jarvis Astaire who passed away at the weekend. So, after losing to Yordenis Ugas in last weekend’s welterweight title bout, Manny Pacquiao is faced with the dilemma that all ageing boxers have to confront: To retire […]
IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston seeks the betting value in tonight’s WBA Super 147lbs title fight between ring legend Manny Pacquiao and reigning champion Yordenis Ugas. It doesn’t bring the same sense of anticipation as the aborted bout between Manny Pacquiao and Errol Spence Jr, but tonight’s welterweight title fight between the […]
As the legendary Filipino Manny Pacquiao faces Yordenis Ugas in Las Vegas this weekend, IBHOF inductee Graham Houston counts down the greatest Asian boxers of times past. There’s not much doubt that Manny Pacquiao will go down in ring history as the greatest-ever fighter from South-East Asia regardless of what happens in Saturday’s welterweight title […]