Showtime: Oddsmakers aren’t giving Ivana Habazin much of a chance against two-division champion Claressa Shields. Claressa is a whopping 80:1 favorite to win the vacant WBC and WBO 154lb titles on Friday night at the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J.
Also on that card, undefeated welterweight Jaron Ennis is a 70:1 favorite against Bakhtiyar Eyubov and WBA female super middleweight champion Alicia Napoleon Espinosa is 6:1 over IBF ruler Elin Cederroos in a unification clash .
DAZN: Former jr middleweight champion Jaime Munguia is a 17:1 favorite against Gary “Spike” O’Sullivan on Saturday night at The Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
ESPN: The tightest odds are in the light heavyweight title eliminator on Saturday night from Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena in Atlantic City where Jesse “Hollywood” Hart is a 4½:1 pick over Joe Smith Jr.
Yup, Shields is simply having a predictable outcome based off very limited opposition. That’s a no brainer. No need to even watch the fight. Maybe the highlights for a few minutes.
Real fans watch the fights, not wait for highlights. What kind of aficionados try to discourage viewership of the sport they follow? Shields is fighting the available opposition, not her fault that she is that much better.
NiceHands, I am a real fan. Watching certain fights is a choice we can all make with a sound mind. Life is about choices. Matchups in the world of boxing are about exceptional promotion, careful planning, legal contracts, and most of all, the fighters. Sometimes the fighters being matched up do not carry the excitement with their conflicting styles or experience levels. This matchup does not appeal to me nor does it carry the excitement that other upcoming fights do. With so many fights in all divisions, yep, some appeal to me while others do not. What seems to be the problem with me stating my opinion or endeavors in a matchup that is slightly overrated?
So which female fighters are you excited about watching? If you were the promoter, what female ‘brainer’ match up what you put together to entertain us fans? Or Is it just Shields? Not sure what you expect, they throw in the best thats willing to fight her. She’s another victim of being too good for her own good?
Please god, let this embarrassment that is shields, get ko’ed. Her And her teams attitude/demeanor is nothing but THUG.
LoL I am an atheist, but I will pray that Shields loses. To be a victim of a KO, would be extra sweet. And no, I will not pay to watch her lose to anybody. She aint no moneymay.
how is she an embarrassment? she didn’t do anything wrong. one guy from her team attacked the other team ONCE and now her attitude is thug? explain.
Strange since when she was in the Olympics she acted like the all American sweetheart girl next door. Comes from a rough area, but seems like would be better promoted for winning the olympics twice then for trash talk.
Not much happening here
i am seriously thinking about dropping a few bucks on spike. those odds are calling me lol. what do you guys think, good idea or bad?
Just look at the facts. Check out Habazin’s record on boxrec. She has fought only 6 boxers with above .500 records in her entire career and only beat 3 of them.