One of the UK’s most highly-touted boxing prospects is set to make his jump to 8-rounds this weekend on the undercard of Crews-Dezurn vs. Marshall. Ben Whittaker, the 3-0 former Olympic silver medalist, is set to take on Vladimir Belujsky in a light heavyweight bout.
Read further for the fight breakdown, betting analysis, and the official Whittaker vs. Belujsky prediction before making your picks this weekend.
Whittaker vs. Belujsky Information
Ben Whittaker vs Vladimir Belujsky
Location: AO Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom
Date and Time: July 01, 2023. 10 AM ET
How to Watch: ESPN+
Last Fight Record
Whittaker is coming off a dominant TKO victory over Jordan Grant less than two months ago in May. On the other side, Belujsky is coming off a TKO victory of his own in January. He faced the 5-116-1 Josef Holub.
Whittaker vs. Belujsky Betting Analysis
Ben Whittaker
Whittaker is a very exciting prospect out of the UK with experience at the highest level of amateur boxing in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He fought a great tournament and ended up with a silver medal in the light heavyweight division.
The 26-year-old has a 3-0 professional record with 2 KOs. This is the first step up in competition with someone that has quite a bit of experience at the professional level compared to the opponents he has fought so far. It is also his first 8-round fight.
Vladimir Belujsky
Belujsky is an unknown Slovakian boxer that currently resides and hopefully trains in Ireland. He has a 13-6-1 professional record with 9 KOs under his belt, also getting KO’d twice. The Slovakian has only one win over someone with a winning record and more than 1 professional fight. That is quite literally all you need to know about his career analytics.
Updates
This is Whittaker’s first 8-round fight and his 4th professional bout. He was the 2020 Tokyo Olympics light heavyweight silver medalist.
Whittaker vs. Belujsky Betting Preview
Before getting to the inevitable Whittaker vs. Belujsky prediction, let’s take a look at the available betting lines for this bout.
According to boxing odds, Whittaker is the massive -6000 betting favorite over Belujsky, who comes in at +1600 odds. These are obviously impossible odds to find value in for a bet so we have to find a prop bet to make a play on.
The most interesting line has to be Whittaker winning via TKO/KO at -380. This seems like the most likely outcome and those odds are a lot better than his -6000 ML. Another interesting betting line is this fight going to a decision at +310.
If Belujsky is tough enough and durable enough to last 8 rounds, you could potentially cash out on +310 odds. This is a big ask with someone as skilled as Whittaker, but Whittaker isn’t necessarily known for one-punch knockout power. He won his last fight because his opponent’s corner threw in the towel.
Whittaker is known more for his great movement and quick hands. Belujsky went the distance with Jack Cullen last year–Cullen has very similar traits to Whittaker.
Whittaker vs. Belujsky Betting Prediction
With this being the toughest one of the boxing fights coming up to bet on, you will need to get clever if you choose to put down money on this fight.
The official Whittaker vs. Belujsky prediction is that Whittaker will get the job done quite easily. The bet to make if you don’t decide to leave this one alone because of the crazy moneylines, is this fight going to be a decision at +310. Whittaker winning by decision will be very similar odds so keep your eye on that line as well.
Betting on Belujsky’s durability and skill to adapt to a fight is a lot better than anything else you can bet on for this light heavyweight matchup. Boxing matches like this one make it tough to tune into these kinds of events, but you can make it fun with a little skin in the game.
- Pick: Fight to go to be a decision at +310
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