Mexico’s independence weekend will be celebrated with a bang in Texas this weekend as nine excellent boxing bouts are scheduled for Friday evening in Corpus Christi. Headlining the card is an IBF World Featherweight title fight between Luis Alberto Lopez and Joet Gonzalez, in a match that is sure to give fans plenty to cheer about.
Lopez heads into the clash as the defending champion, having stunned undefeated IBF belt hold Josh Warrington in October last year on his home turf. Since then he’s had one successful title defense and is looking to make it two from two against Gonzalez this weekend. For Gonzalez, he’s had a tougher time of it lately and will be looking for a statement win here to turn around the trajectory of his career. Can he execute an upset in Texas?
Read on as we break down all the latest odds from bookmaker bet365 ahead of this clash and outline the best bets to make on Luis Alberto Lopez vs. Joet Gonzalez this weekend.
※ Current Odds Date & Time: September 14th, 6:00 P.M (GMT)
Defending champion Lopez has the upper hand in the odds here, with bookmaker bet365 putting the Mexican at a low 1.14 to win the fight. Joet Gonzalez is at long odds of 5.50 for his success. In terms of how the bookies see this one panning out, a Lopez decision is the most favoured at 1.66, followed by the champion winning through knockout at 2.87. Behind these two, Gonzalez’s best shot is a decision at 8.50, while a knockout is seen as very unlikely, paying 15.00.
There’s a clear bet to make here and that’s backing Lopez to win by knockout. Outright betting odds on the champion are too weak to be worth a wager at 1.14 but a return of almost two to one on a knockout is an excellent punt to take.
※ Current Odds Date & Time: September 14th, 6:00 P.M (GMT)
These two fighters are in very different form and this match-up feels like a very safe one for Lopez’s promotors to take. While Gonzalez has fought at this level before, challenging for world titles, he’s never really been close. Any time he’s come up against an opponent of any real caliber—Shakur Stevenson, Emanuel Navarrete, Isaac Dogboe—the American has come out on the wrong end of the result. All three of his career losses have come in his past six fights also.
Lopez, on the other hand, has just shown the world what he can offer. He was an enormous underdog against Josh Warrington last year but stunned the champ in what should have been a majority decision. The Mexican has a 57% knockout rate across his career and has won four of his past five fights by knockout, including just a few months ago in his most recent title defense. Expect this bout to pan out in a similar fashion, and back Lopez for a finish to receive a healthy pay day.
