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IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston seeks the betting value in tonight’s fascinating WBO bantamweight title clash between Filipino puncher John Riel Casimero and Cuban maestro Guillermo Rigondeaux in California. On a packed boxing weekend, perhaps the most intriguing fight sees John Riel Casimero of the Philippines meeting Cuba’s Miami-based Guillermo Rigondeaux in a […]
After a thrilling boxing tournament in Japan, IBHOF inductee Graham Houston pinpoints the Tokyo Olympians who are destined to become the pro stars of the future. And so it’s over. The Olympics was fun even in this Covid-restrictions era. Now let’s turn to the matter of which boxers are likely to become stars in professional […]
IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston weighs up Saturday night’s IBF featherweight title showdown between Sheffield switch-hitter Kid Galahad and Liverpool’s Golden Contract winner Jazza Dickens at Matchroom’s Fight Camp. Eight years after their first meeting, Kid Galahad and Jazza Dickens do it again on Saturday, this time with the vacant IBF featherweight […]
IBHOF inductee Graham Houston looks at the stars of the Tokyo Olympics so far with Uzbek southpaw Bakhodir Jalolov seemingly destined to follow in the footsteps of Anthony Joshua, Lennox Lewis, Wladimir Klitschko and Alexander Povetkin and win Olympic gold at super-heavyweight despite the heroics of American Richard Torrez. Bouts have come and gone in […]
IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston seeks the betting value in tonight’s WBA Regular featherweight title fight between Chinese champion Xu Can and Nottingham’s Leigh Wood. China’s Xu Can calls himself “The Monster”, and while he isn’t considered a seriously hard puncher he’s relentless and throws a high volume of punches. He’s favoured […]
IBHOF inductee Graham Houston reviews the boxing action and TV coverage of the Tokyo Olympics so far and highlights the stars who have impressed him in the early rounds. For many of us, keeping up with the boxing at Tokyo 2020 has been a gruelling exercise. If you live on the West Coast time zone, […]
IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston weighs up Saturday night’s heavyweight collision between the ‘Juggernaut’ Joe Joyce and former world title challenger Carlos Takam, and pinpoints the betting value on the undercard. Joe Joyce opened as something like a 9/2 favourite for tonight’s heavyweight fight with Carlos Takam at Wembley Arena on Saturday […]
IBHOF inductee Graham Houston looks at disqualification calls by referees in light of recent events where boxers have bent the official rules with roughhouse tactics. Three fights in the past month got me thinking about the matter of disqualifications. It’s not often a boxer gets disqualified these days. Even a quite flagrant breach of the […]
IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston seeks the betting value in tonight’s undisputed super-welterweight title fight between WBC, WBA Super and IBF champion Jermell Charlo and WBO king Brian Castaño at the AT&T Center in San Antonio. Jermell Charlo vs Brian Carlos Castaño is one of the premier match-ups of the year, with […]
IBHOF inductee Graham Houston assesses the worth of titles in boxing today, where every fight of 10 rounds or more appears to have a championship belt of some sort at stake. There was a time when an excellent boxer could go through his career without winning a title, of any sort. In the 1950s, a […]
IBHOF inductee and boxing betting expert Graham Houston surveys the gambling opportunities in tonight’s Queensberry Promotions show at the Royal Albert Hall featuring engagements for Lyndon Arthur, Zach Parker and Archie Sharp. With heavy favourites at the Royal Albert Hall tonight we have to turn to the proposition market for value. Let’s take a look […]
Ahead of Queensberry Promotions’ show at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday evening, IBHOF inductee Graham Houston remembers some classic encounters at the historic London venue. It’s good to see boxing back at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday. At one time, fights at the Kensington Gore, London venue were held in rotation with promotions […]