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Jose Pedraza vs. Mikkel LesPierre Betting
ESPN Top Rank Boxing is off to a great start and the action will continue to coincide with the reopening of Las Vegas, Nevada and its famed casino resorts. Thursday, June 18 gives us a junior welterweight matchup of Jose Pedraza and Mikkel Las Pierre from the MGM Grand. Las Vegas, sports gamblers, fight game fans, and ESPN are all winners as sports and gambling continue their comebacks!
When: Thursday, June 18, 2020
Where: MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada
Why: Junior Welterweight Bout
On Thursday, June 18, 2020 Jose Pedraza (26-3, 13 knockouts) will face Mikkel LesPierre (22-1-1, 10 knockouts) in a 10 round junior welterweight bout that will take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. ESPN will televise the fight.
Junior Welterweight Bout - Jose Pedraza vs. Mikkel LesPierre
Jose “Sniper” Pedraza has a career record of 26-3 with a total of 13 knockout wins and one knockout loss. He is currently ranked eighth in the world. Pedraza is 31 years old and a native of Puerto Rico where he still resides. He stands at five feet, eight inches tall with a reach of 70.5 inches and fights from an orthodox stance. Pedraza is best known for being a multi-weight world champion. He was International Boxing Organization featherweight champion in 2014 and was the International Boxing Federation junior lightweight champion from 2015 to 2017. Additionally, Pedraza was the World Boxing Organization lightweight champion in 2018.
Veteran boxer Mikkel LesPierre is 35 years old and was born in Trinidad and Tobago but now resides in Brooklyn, New York. LesPierre has a career record of 22-1-1 with 10 knockout wins. He has never suffered a knockout loss. LesPierre is ranked 154th in the world. LesPierre stands at five feet, eight inches tall and fights out of a southpaw stance.
Pedraza last stepped into the ring on September 14, 2019 when he faced Jose Zepeda for the vacant World Boxing Council United States super light title. Pedraza lost a 10 round unanimous decision to Zepeda at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Prior to that on May 25, 2019 Pedraza faced Antonio Lozada Torres at the Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee for the vacant World Boxing Organization Latino light title. Pedraza won a ninth-round technical knockout against Torres.
Of course, the biggest bout that Pedraza has been in recently was on December 8, 2018 when he met Vasiliy Lomachenko in a unification title bout. Lomachenko was the 12 round unanimous decision winner.
LesPierre last fought on December 5, 2019 when he faced Roody Pierre Paul at the Terminal 5 in New York. Les Pierre scored a unanimous decision win.
Jose Pedraza vs. Mikkel LesPierre Odds
Jose Pedraza -1000
Mikkel Lespierre +550
The current boxing line has Jose Pedraza as the boxing favorite at -1000, meaning you have to risk $1000 to win $100. Mikkel Lespierre is this fight’s underdog, that has value at +550, meaning that for every $100 bet you will win $550.
Jose Pedraza vs. Mikkel LesPierre
In this situation Pedraza is the understandable favorite with a much more impressive body of work. While the price is high the champ knows he can’t afford a loss as he continues his quest for a title bout shot.
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