On Thursday, January 30, current champion Demetrius Andrade goes up against challenger Luke Keeler for the WBO Middleweight title on DAZN. Andrade is 28-0 in his career with 17 knockouts, while Keeler is 17-2-1 with 5 knockouts. Andrade vs. Keeler will take place at the Meridian at Island Gardens in Miami, Florida and will be featured on DAZN with the main card starting at 8 p.m. Eastern. Let’s look at the bout and boxing picks.
Boxing Odds
Demetrius Andrade: -5000
Luke Keeler: +2500
Over/Under Rounds: Check Back Later
Demetrius Andrade (28-0, 17 knockouts)
In his last six fights, Andrade has six wins and no losses. He defeated Willie Nelson by TKO in the 12th round, Jack Culcay-Keth by split decision, Alantez Fox by unanimous decision, Walter Kautondokwa by unanimous decision, Artur Akavov by TKO in the 12th round, and Maciej Sulecki by unanimous decision. Andrade gets a knockout win 60.71% of the time.
Andrade said this to boxingnews24.com about his upcoming bout against Keeler, “He’s going to bring his A-game and I’m going to bring my A-game. I’m definitely going to give Keeler a beating of his life. For him to have an opportunity to fight me, he must be doing something good. He must be a decent fighter but I believe I’m the best. I’m not going to some you something you’ve seen before, and that’s an advantage that I have. This is how you lead up to the bigger names. There’s only a few bigger names, and I’m one of them. I have everything that it takes, and now it’s just about doing it. I’m at the right age bracket as far as the guys that are still available. GGG is a little older. He’s 35, and that could still happen. I haven’t seen anyone from the younger generation. Oh, look out for that guy. I haven’t seen that, and we’re going to stay in our era.”
Luke Keeler (17-2-1, 5 knockouts)
In his last six fights, Keeler has five wins and one draw. He defeated Darren Cruise by points decision, Dwain Grant by points decision, Luis Arias by points decision, and Conrad Cummings twice, both by unanimous decision; while fighting to a draw against Adam Jones. Keeler gets a knockout win 25% of the time.
Keeler said this to secondsout.com about his upcoming bout against Andrade, “He’s really talking himself up and I don’t know if he believes it or he’s a bit deluded, but he hasn’t produced it in the ring yet. He hasn’t really fought anyone elite, I think he is going to overlook me and I think he is that deluded that he believes he’s one of the greatest and he just has to turn up to win. That’s going to count against him and I am taking that belt with both hands. He’s already talking about the Charlo fight and that’s a dangerous mindset when I am coming in with my lottery ticket basically. I’m merely a hindrance to him. I don’t have a great record on paper; there are a couple of losses on there that shouldn’t have been losses, so he can look past me. I think I am a banana skin to him, there’s no pressure on me, for me it’s easy.”
Boxing Picks
Andrade is looking to stay unbeaten and there doesn’t look to be any reason he won’t win easily against Keeler. The price is way too high for a straight play, so it is all about picking a knockout round. I will take Andrade to get the win by knockout in the second round and have the rounds go under the total.
Boxing Pick: Demetrius Andrade by knockout in the second round and the rounds to go under the total.
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