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Derek Chisora vs. Otto Wallin Boxing Betting Odds

Friday, January 31, 2025

There?s just something about a heavyweight fight that seems to spark more interest than any other weight class. There?s a good one lined up for February 8 in England when Brit Derek Chisora faces Otto Wallin in what is being touted as Chisora?s last bout in the UK. With 35 wins in 48 career fights, Chisora has stated he?s ready to hang up the gloves following his 50th fight. However, Chisora looked like a fighter half his age last time out scoring a unanimous decision victory over fellow Brit Joe Joyce. It was his second straight win following a loss to Tyson Fury for the WBC strap in December 2022.

Jarrell Miller was the original opponent for this fight but a contractual dispute forced a change with Wallin agreeing to step in. rebounding from his second professional loss, Wallin was devastating scoring a first round KO of overmatched Onoriode Ehwarieme last July. It was his 15th KO win but first in nearly four years. Seven years younger with a four inch height and reach advantage, Wallin opened as the betting favorite at -220.

Derek Chisora vs. Otto Wallin Betting Odds

Derek Chisora +172

Otto Wallin -220

The 12-round heavyweight fight between Derek Chisora (35-13, 23 KOs ) and Otto Wallin ( 27-2, 15 KOs ) is scheduled to take place on Saturday, February 8, 2025 at CO-OP Live Arena in Manchester, UK.

Derek Chisora vs. Otto Wallin Fight Preview

With this supposedly being the penultimate fight of Chisora?s career he better not get too consumed with the farewell party. He said the plan all along was to compete in 50 professional bouts then call it a career. At 41 years of age you might expect Father Time to alter those plans, but Chisora showed fight, pardon the pun, in a win over Joe Joyce last time out. Giving away 25 pounds in what some observers called an ?old school? bout, Chisora turned the scales in his favor with a ninth round knockdown.

Best described as a back and forth affair, Chisora defied his age showing stamina to take numerous blows yet still go the distance. Counting his knockdown punch Chisora landed some of his best punches in the later rounds eventually scoring a close unanimous decision. According to CompuBox Joyce threw more than 250 more punches but Chisora had a better connect rate. Chisora also worked the body that seemed to have an effect in the later rounds.

Just a few years ago many had written Chisora off following a stretch of four losses in five fights. The first was a UD to Oleksandr Usyk on Halloween night 2020 when he lost the WBO inter-continental title. Chisora then lost back to back decisions to former WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker. In December 2022 there was a third fight with Tyson Fury, who handed Chisora his first professional loss more than a decade earlier and won the second bout in 2014. Fury completed the hat trick with a 10th round TKO.

A champion at the regional level, Wallin is looking for the breakthrough win that will get him into the heavyweight conversation. He shot up the ranks winning his first 20 professional bouts. In a closer than expected tussle with Tyson Fury in September 2019, Wallin went the distance but suffered his first loss. About 14 months ago Wallin was defeated for the second time when former unified champ Anthony Joshua unleashed a barrage of punches in the fifth round rendering Wallin useless. He failed to come out for round six resulting in a TKO.

Bet Derek Chisora vs. Otto Wallin

Despite the outcome of his two most recent fights there is some concern around Chisora. He?s giving away a lot in terms of height and reach and he had trouble when faced with a similar disadvantage in three losses to Fury. He?s also seven years older, which is considerable when you?re in your 40s. I?m not comparing Wallin to Fury, but Otto had one of his best matches against the former heavyweight champ and is dialed in with a potential big payday coming after this bout. Wallin also showed he can take some blows after getting rocked a few times in the Fury match.

Boxing Odds Pick: Otto Wallin / Decision

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Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tyson Fury Boxing Betting Odds

Thursday, December 19, 2024

Undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk puts his titles on the line in a rematch with challenger Tyson Fury in a 12-round bout scheduled for Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The two met in May in what some have called the best heavyweight fight in years. Usyk won the WBC belt from Fury with a split decision but later renounced his IBF belt. If the fight is anything like the first bout we can expect another tight battle. Usyk opened as a -140 favorite while Fury is a negative odds underdog.

Fury lamented the ninth round in the previous fight between the two. After controlling the match for most of the night he was punished by a barrage of punches and eventually took a knockdown after falling into the ropes. The fight went the distance but Fury never recovered from that fateful round losing by a close margin on the scorecards. Fury has held multiple world heavyweight championships from as far back as 2015 and looks to rebound from his first professional loss.

Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tyson Fury Betting Odds

Oleksandr Usyk -140

Tyson Fury -120

The 12-round heavyweight title fight between champion Oleksandr Usyk ( 22-0, 14 KOs ) and Tyson Fury ( 34-1-1, 24 KOs ) is scheduled to take place on Saturday, December 21, 2024 at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The fight will stream on DAZN pay-per-view.

Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tyson Fury Fight Preview

Fury is much bigger than his opponent and has used that to his advantage throughout his career. However, a six-inch height difference and nearly 30 pounds more on his carcass was little solace in the first meeting. At the deciding point in the ninth round of the previous fight, Fury absorbed, according to witnesses, 14 unanswered blows. Entering the round Fury was ahead on two scorecards and the third was deadlocked.

The relentless fighting style of Usyk finally got the better of the bigger man and scoring a ninth round knockdown was the shot that eventually lifted Usyk to victory. Usyk appeared to change his fighting style in the later rounds taking a more aggressive approach in the eighth round and eventually scoring a knockdown in the ninth. Some observers at ringside felt the punishment was enough to warrant a stoppage. But the count continued as time expired on the round.

Fury was able to fend off attacks in the final three rounds but failed to land enough punches to sway a majority of the judges. When the final bell rang judges awarded a close split decision to Usyk making him the first undisputed heavyweight champion in nearly three decades.

It will be interesting to see how Fury adjusts and responds to his first professional loss. He was undefeated in his previous 35 fights oftentimes using his enormous size advantage to overpower opponents. When he returned from a three and a half year hiatus he battled massive weight gain getting over 400 pounds at one point. He trimmed down in time for a bout with then-WBC heavyweight champ Deontay Wilder in a split draw. A little over a year later the two met again with Fury scoring a decisive seventh-round TKO to claim the WBC and the vacant The Ring heavyweight straps. He held the WBC belt until losing to Usyk in May.

Usyk wants to prove his victory in May was no fluke, and you know Fury will be out to avenge the loss. It would be poetic justice for Fury to win the fight and hand Usyk his first pro loss after the same was done to him in the first bout.

Bet Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tyson Fury

The odds reflect most expect another close fight. Fury controlled the early action in the first bout and bounced back from being knocked down in the ninth. He has a remarkable ability to recover from big blows since he?s been knocked down eight times in his career. He even won the 12th round back in May according to the judges. Admittedly Fury lost focus in the first fight displaying the showmanship he?s known for. That?s okay to do when plastering your opponent, but in a close fight it may have cost him. I expect Fury to make adjustments and not commit the same mistakes.

Boxing Odds Pick: Tyson Fury / Decision

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