WEEKEND BOXING ODDS & PREDICTIONS

Choctaw Gaming Center, Durant, OK
(ESPN2) Deandre Latimore (20-2, 16 KOs) vs Sechew Powell (25-2, 15 KOs) Odds/Prediction: Sechew 8-5. Even fight. Sechew off a year, Latimore lost controversial nod to Cory Spinks in 2009. Edwin Rodriguez (13-0, 9 KOs) vs. George Armenta (13-5, 11 KOs) Odds/Prediction: Rodriguez 14-5. The “0” stays intact here!

Lotto Arena, Merksem, Belgium
Jackson Bonsu (31-3, 24 KOs) vs. Randall Bailey (40-7, 35 KOs) Odds/Prediction: Bonsu 4-1. Bailey will need a gun to win here!

Grand Sierra Casino, Reno, NV
Brandon Gonzales (10-0, 9 KOs) vs. Darnell Boone (16-14-2, 6 KOs) Odds/Prediction: 20-1. Ex-amateur stud Gonzales can fight a little and needs to step up in class!
Karim Mayfield (11-0-1, 7 KOs) vs. Jason Davis (11-5-1, 3 KOs) Odds/Prediction: Karim 5-1. Mayfield appears to have “work” fight here. Karim #12 in US and climbing. Karim by KO!

March 20th (Saturday), 2010
Düsseldorf,Germany Wladimir Klitschko (53-3, 47 KOs) vs. Eddie Chambers (35-1, 18 KOs) (IBF & WBO heavyweight titles) Odds/Prediction: Wlad 9-1. With game plan and solid prep in hand, Eddie can pull it off if he can tag Wlad’s soft chin. Johnathon Banks (23-1, 16 KOs) vs. Travis Walker (34-3-1, 28 KOs) Odds/Prediction: Banks 3-1. Walker, if he doesn’t win here is stuck in journeyman role forever. Banks looks the better.

Mallory Square, Key West, FL (FOX Sports) Odlanier Solis (15-0, 11 KOS) vs. Carl Drumond (26-2, 20 koS) Odds/Prediction: Solis 14-5. Drummond needs to make fat Cuban work to win. That being said, deck appears stacked. Alejandro Lopez (13-0, 2 KOs) vs. Jorge Diaz (12-0, 8 KOs) Odds/Prediction: Diaz 12-5. Lopez can’t spell p-u-n-c-h & that diminishes any chance.

City Discotheque, Cancun, MX
Jhonny Gonzalez (42-7, 36 KOs) vs. Antonio Davis (26-5, 13 KOs) Odds/Prediction: Jhonny 4-1. Davis being brought in to lose period!

Pedro Fernandez