Top Boxing Betting Picks of the Week – May 22nd, 2023
On Sunday in Germany, fantastic boxer Delfine Persoon takes on Bo Mi Re Shin for the WBC Super Featherweight Title. Before Persoon and Shin throw down, we get to watch a couple of great championship bouts on Saturday. Michael Conlan takes on champ Luis Alberto Lopez for the IBF featherweight strap. Then Mauricio Lara goes against Leigh Wood for the WBA Featherweight title. Check out odds, analysis, and free picks for five of this weekend’s best boxing matches.
Top Boxing Betting Picks of the Week (May 22nd, 2023)
@bronco_lara vs. @itsLeighWood for the WBA World Featherweight Title #LaraWood2 pic.twitter.com/pjYmTJFkgw
— DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) May 25, 2023
Lara vs. Wood 2 – AO Arena, Manchester, Lancashire (DAZN)
- When: Saturday, May 27, 2023. 3:00pm ET.
Danny Ball vs. Jamie Robinson // English Welterweight Title
31-1 with 26 stoppage victories, it’s strange to see Ryad Merhy show up as an underdog. Merhy’s lone loss happened back in 2018. Since the loss, Ryad has won 7 straight, 4 via straight up knockout and 2 via technical knockout.
Kevin Lerena has a 28-2 record with 14 stoppage victories. Lerena lost his last via third round technical knockout to Daniel Dubois. This should be a step down in class for Lerena but it’s tough to come back from a knockout loss. Backing Merhy makes sense.
Boxing Betting Pick: Jamie Robinson +295
Mauricio Lara vs. Leigh Wood // WBA World Featherweight Title
Mauricio Lara and Leigh Wood run it back on Saturday night in what should be an incredible bout. This is a rematch of a fight where Wood and Lara battled for 7 fantastic rounds.
Lara landed a perfect left hook that sent Wood to the canvas. If not for the left hook that ended the fight, Leigh’s corner threw in the towel, who knows? Maybe, Wood wins.
In any case, even without the left hook, the bout was close. So the odds make Leigh an underlay and Mauricio an overlay. Lara is the pick.
Boxing Betting Pick: Mauricio Lara -112
Rocha vs. Young – Fantasy Springs Resort & Casino, Indio, California (DAZN)
- When: Saturday, May 27, 2023. 9:00pm ET.
Oscar Collazo vs. Melvin Jerusalem // WBO World Straweight Title
6-0 Oscar Collazo has the boxing world buzzing. Although Collazo doesn’t have a big time resume yet, he’s stopped 4 of his opponents.
Collazo last fought in January, knocking out Yudel Reyes in the fifth-round. Reyes had a 15-1 record leading up to that bout, which might explain why Collazo is such a big chalk versus the more experienced Melvin Jerusalem.
Jerusalem is 20-2. His last loss happened back in 2017. The Philippines-based boxer has the tools to frustrate Collazo. But Oscar, even with just 6 bouts, has fought the better opponents. The chalk wins.
Boxing Betting Pick: Oscar Collazo -357
Lopez vs. Conlan – SSE Hydro, Belfast, Northern Ireland (ESPN+)
- When: Saturday, May 27, 2023. 3:00pm ET.
Luis Alberto Lopez vs. Michael Conlan // IBF World Featherweight Title
In 2022, Leigh Wood, who also has a championship bout on Saturday night, dropped Michael Conlan in the twelfth to hand Conlan his first ever defeat.
Conlan bounced back after the loss with wins against Miguel Marriaga and Karim Guerfi. But just because Conlan beat Marriaga and Guerfi we shouldn’t back him against a fighter of Luis Alberto Lopez’s stature.
Lopez has a strange style that frustrates his opponents. Luis also has an amazing chin. Conlan’s tendency to shoot his left jab from his hip is going to get him into all sorts of trouble in this. The slight dog barks.
Boxing Betting Pick: Luis Alberto Lopez +104
Boksgala Torhout – Sportcentrum Van Steenland, Torhout, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- When: Sunday, May 27, 2023. 1:00pm ET.
Bo Mi Re Shin vs. Delfine Persoon // WBC Silver Female Super Featherweight Title
Re Shin vs. Persoon is going to be an entertaining bout. Both women will throw in bunches. Persoon has the edge because she’s got way more experience and keeps her hands higher.
But Bo Mi Re Shin has the faster hands. In a lot of sports, not just boxing, speed trumps power. If Mi Re Shin isn’t too wild, she could pile up points. The underdog has a much better chance of winning this bout than the +310 odds imply.
Boxing Betting Pick: Bo Mi Re Shin +310
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