The Ring Magazine is hosting its third boxing event tonight in Queens, New York. WBC Lightweight Champion Shakur Stevenson defends his title against undefeated contender William Zepeda. An exciting Super Middleweight bout between Edgar Berlanga vs. Hamzah Sheeraz is the co-main event for this card.
This fight card will air live on DAZN at 6:00 p.m. ET. Here are my favorite bets for Stevenson vs. Zepeda.
Shakur Stevenson by KO/TKO/DQ (+220)
Even though Zepeda is 33-0 with 27 knockouts, Stevenson is still a massive -1200 favorite on DraftKings Sportsbook. The better play is to get Stevenson to win this fight by KO/TKO/DQ, which is +220.
Stevenson is 23-0 with 11 knockouts in his career and is coming off a victory via TKO against Josh Padley. In boxing, Stevenson is one of the best defensive fighters in the sport. Stevenson’s opponents only land 14 percent of their punches against him. That is first among current pound-for-pound fighters on CompuBox.
Stevenson is also an incredibly accurate puncher, landing 46.7 percent of his power punches. Although Stevenson isn’t known as the most prominent knockout artist, he showed everyone against Padley that when he is aggressive, he can finish anyone.
Hamzah Sheeraz Moneyline (-155)
Even after a disappointing performance against Carlos Adames, Sheeraz is still one of the best power punches in the sport. Sheeraz has a record of 21-0-1 with 17 knockouts, and his previous bout was his first contest that went the distance since 2018. That is how dominant Sheeraz has been.
Sheeraz is fighting another top Super Middleweight contender in Berlanga. Berlanga is 23-1 with 18 career knockouts. Sheeraz has the height (6’3″ vs. 6’1″) and reach (75″ vs. 73″) advantage in this contest, which should allow him to control the distance in this bout. On DraftKings Sportsbook, you can get Sheeraz to beat Berlanga at -155.
