Saturday April 27, 2013
“Raucous” Danny Garcia & Zab Judah
NOT A PARTY FOR ZAB JUDAH!
Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY– (Showtime 9 PM ET) Champion Danny Garcia (25-0, 16 KOS) vs. Zab Judah (42-7, 28 KOs) – World 140 lb. title. Odds/Prediction: Garcia 4 1/2 to 1. This looks like “old vs. young.” Judah is light and fit, but his chin is a liability. Going with Danny, laying $900 to win $1,100.
WBO STUD IN BROOKLYN SEMI MAIN
Champion Peter Quillin (28-0, 20 KOs) vs Fernando Guerrero (25-1, 19 KOs) (WBO 160 lb. title) Odds/Prediction: Peter 13-5. Good looking match on paper. That being said, Quillin is the guy experts like. Won’t touch this.
HBO SPLITS BROADCAST AS MARTINEZ DEFENDS WBC TRINKET IN NATIVE LAND
Argentina (HBO 8:30 PM ET) Champion Sergio Gabriel Martinez (50-2-2, 28 KOs) vs Martin Murray (25-0-1, 11 KOs) – WBC 160 lb. title. Odds/Prediction:
Martinez 3 1/2 to 1. Champ will test recovering surgically prepared leg. That and age tell me to look and see! PASS!
Luis Carlos Abregu (34-1, 28 KOs) vs Antonin Decarie (27-1, 8 KOs) – 147 lbs. Odds/Prediction: Luis Carlos 15-5. Decarie has no punch.
HBO SECOND LOCATION HAS ARREOLA ON TOP
Ontario, CA– (HBO 10 PM ET) Chris Arreola (35-2, 30 KOs) vs Bermane Stiverne (22-1-1, 20 KOs) heavyweight. Odds/Prediction: “Taco King” Arreola 3-1. Fighting near home, Chris is thinking easy workmanlike win in the bag.
AMIR KHAN’S CHIN LOOKS SAFE VS. DIAZ
Sheffield, UK– (Sky Sports TV) Julio Diaz (40-7-1, 29 KOs) vs Amir Khan (27-3, 19 KOs) – 140 lbs. Odds/Prediction: Khan 11-1 here. Would lay the odds, but the chin is always a factor with Khan.
U.S. HEAVYWEIGHT HOPE(?) MEETS “ODDLY” HARRISON
Deontay Wilder
Audley Harrison (31-6, 23 KOs) vs Deontay Wilder (27-0, 27 KOs) – heavyweight (over 200 lbs.) Odds/Prediction: Wilder 11-5. “Oddly” on British roll facing “green” guys on UK TV, Wilder fighting nothing but stiffs. Wilder has size, but is he top American heavyweight? This won’t tell us.
Pedro Fernandez