We’ve got a busy week for boxing in the sportsbook, with bouts all over the world taking place from June 24-25. Aside from the Anthony Joshua vs. Dominic Breazeale card in the U.K., which we’ve considered extensively in another article, there are a slew of good fights you can bet on right now. Let’s take a quick glimpse at your options.
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June 25, 2016
Barclays Center, Brooklyn New York
Shawn Porter +180
Keith Thurman -210
Coverage: CBS, 9 p.m.
Welterweight champion Keith Thurman - 26-0, 22 KOs - and former titleholder Shawn Porter - 26-1-1, 16 KOs - have been friends since they were amateurs. This Saturday, they’ll have to put their friendship aside in a contender bout in New York. The bout marks Thurman’s third defense of the 147-pound title. Porter most recently scored an upset against Adrien Broner, garnering some real momentum prior to the fight.
Both men will seek to grab some of the spotlight in a division formerly ruled by superstar Floyd Mayweather Jr. The fact that both men are fan-friendly fighters should make this an exciting bout.
June 24, 2016
Wests Rugby League Club, Sydney, Australia
Renold Quinlan +520
Daniel Geale -720
Coverage: Local
Daniel Geale - 31-4, 16 KOs - will make his super middleweight debut in his home country against fellow native Renold Quinlan - 10-1, 6 KOs - with the vacant IBO super middleweight title at stake. Geale has lost two of his past three, but those defeats came at the hands of Hall of Famer Miguel Cotto and the unstoppable Gennady Golovkin.
Just 26, Quinlan is coming off a good -- for him anyway -- 2015 where he won minor IBO and WBA belts with easy wins over Ricardo Marcelo Ramallo and Michael Van Nimwegen. Because of his lack of experience against notable fighters, he’s a huge underdog coming into the bout.
June 24, 2016
Capital Gym, Beijing, China
Jason Sosa +900
Javier Fortuna -1500
Coverage: TBD
Junior lightweight world champion Javier Fortuna - 29-0-1, 21 KOs - will defend his title for the second time against Jason Sosa - 18-1-4, 14 KOs this Friday in Beijing. Hailing from the Dominican Republic, Fortuna won the vacant secondary title with a win over Bryan Vasquez this past May. In his first defense, he knocked out Carlos Ivan Velasquez in the 10th round.
His opponent, Jason Sosa, held a 13-fight knockout streak until this past December, when he battled to a draw against former featherweight world title challenger Nicholas Walters. However, most watching the fight that Walters had easily won.
June 25, 2016
The Bomb Factory, Dallas, Texas
Brian Vera +800
Matt Korobov -1300
Coverage: TBD
Former world title challenger Matt Korobov - 25-1, 14 KOs - will try to stay relevant against journeyman Bryan Vera - 23-10, 14 KOs - on the Mike Alvarado vs. Josh Torres fight card this Saturday. In an effort to change it up, Korobov will fight at super middleweight instead of middleweight.
Although Vera has wins over Sergio Mora and Andy Lee, he’s looked completely unmotivated in the recent years, notably losing his last four bouts against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. -- twice -- Willie Monroe Jr. and Rocky Fielding.
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