Weekend plays
Weekend plays
McCloskey-Lauri UNDER 9.5 (-105) - medium Everytime Lauri has fought a higher calibur of fighter - Kirakosyan, Witter, Hatton - they have made short work of him. Two wide dec. losses to Ted Bami look bad too. Lauri is out of his depth here. I think McCloskey has got championship potential. He is starting to settle down on his shots a little better too, ko'ing his last 3 opponents. Nice hometown fight for McC, and I think he will want to make a statement as he moves on toward real contenders. TKO6.
Richie Mepranum (+155) - medium Mepranum seems to be maturing into a pretty slick boxer. Pacquiao, who is a co-promoter, made the trip to Mexico for the fight, so I suppose that says something...I'm not sure what? Miranda is dangerous no doubt, but he is a straight ahead banger...which seems to be the exact kind of fighter that suits Mepranum. He showed this when schooling the raw undefeated slugger Hernan Marquez. Miranda is a better version of Marquez, but if Mepranum can deliver this type of performance, I think he soundly outpoints Miranda, who has been widely outboxed before.
Mepranum also seems to have a great chin, which could be very important here. Somehow, the Mexican location doesn't make me nervous like the Tamara situation. Mepranum has boxed in Vegas and Texas, against three Mexicans in a row actually, and seems to have the proper ties. This is neither a hometown fight for Miranda. If Miranda doesn't catch him early, Mepranum wins going away. 117-111.
Brian Vera (+1000) - medium rare I went a little bigger than I planned here, because I think this line is off, so took a shot on a big payoff. Demers W10 is the most likely result no doubt, but I think Demers is vulnerable. He has been down and ko'd. He actually lost to D.Miranda, not a draw like I mentioned earlier. Plus, that sob Vera owes me. He was a major parlay killer for me against Andy Lee.
Good luck guy's!!
