Heavyweight Kubrat Pulev is a 3:1 favorite over Derek Chisora for their rematch on Saturday at The O2 in London. In the co-feature, super welterweight Israil Madrimov is a 4:1 favorite over Michel Soro in their rematch which is a final eliminator for the WBA title. DAZN will televise.
WBC featherweight champion Mark “Magnifico” Magsayo against former champion Rey Vargas is a pick’em fight at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. Also on that card, former world champion Brandon “The Heartbreaker” Figueroa is a 6:1 favorite over Carlos Castro in a WBC featherweight title eliminator. Unbeaten lightweight Frank Martin is 16:1 against Ricardo Núñez in the ten-round opener. Showtime will televise.
Also, unbeaten super lightweight Cesar “Rainman” Francis is 8:1 against former world champion Raymundo Beltran at the ProBox Events Center in Plant City, Florida. The bout can be seen on ProBoxTV.
3:1 sounds about right, but while Chisora is still going and giving his best anything can still happen.
3-1 feels a little too big on Pulev, although he deserves to be a favorite. Considering neither of these guys have a future near the top of the division, it might be determined by who comes in more motivated. It’s hard to see a path forward for either fighter coming out of this fight. In which case, good on them to secure a payday in the twilight of their careers.
And, this actually could be a pretty good scrap. Both guys have been known for both taking and administering beatings. It has a bit of a Ward/Gatti theme in that neither guy will ever get a title fight again, but both are still highly watchable and entertaining fighters.
I heard Núñez was out vs Martin and had been replaced by Jackson Marinez.