Boxing betting online: Junior welterweight champion Danny Garcia - 30-0, 17 KOs - is looking for new challenges, and that starts with moving up to the welterweight division to face former champ Paulie Malignaggi - 33-6, 7 KOs - at the Barclays Center in New York.
The 12-round bout will headline ESPN’s second Premier Boxing Champions card, giving Garcia a national audience to showcase his skills.
CURRENT ODDS
Bookmaker’s boxing odds currently have Garcia as a massive favorite, with a minus-850 money line. Malignaggi is a 6-to-1 underdog at plus+600. The over/under is typically listed a few days before fight night, so check our daily updates for the latest. Given that neither man is a big puncher, I’d peg the over/under at 10.5 rounds in this 12-rounder, with the over in minus territory.
BABY STEPS FOR GARCIA
First off, this probably isn’t the fight that many fans were hoping to see from the 27-year old Garcia. Malignaggi is a solid boxer, but he’s not in the same class as guys like Marcos Maidana, Kell Brook or Keith Thurman. And of course, the great Floyd Mayweather Jr. looms over the Garcia’s new division, representing the ultimate payday.
It’s possible that Garcia has some doubts after his poor showing against Lamont Peterson this past April. While he won the fight by 12-round majority decision, Garcia was completely dominated over the second half of the fight after handily winning the first six rounds. After the fight, it was Garcia who looked much worse for wear. If he’s looking to build confidence, he picked the right opponent.
Malignaggi hasn’t fought since April 2014, when Shawn Porter knocked him out in the fourth round in an unsuccessful title challenge. It wasn’t a flash knockout either – Malignaggi took a thorough beating throughout the fight, looking much older than his 34 years. If his chin is cracked, the end could be near for a fighter that was on the decline to begin with.
FIGHT ANALYSIS + PICK
At minus-850, Garcia is the easy, albeit expensive pick. To be brutally honest, Malignaggi is pillow-fisted, small for the division and not particularly quick. Garcia isn’t really big puncher, but he operates at a much higher speed. There’s a great chance that he runs circles around Malignaggi and demolishes him in six rounds. The under will carry much better value than Garcia’s money line, and it’s the smart pick here.
HOW TO BET
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