Guillermo RIgondeaux isn’t known for being an exciting fighter throughout his career. Still, he must put on an entertaining and dominant performance against Jesus Martinez on Friday night’s boxing schedule if he wants to get back into title contention. On the other hand, Martinez is looking to extend his career with a third-straight win.
While we can’t predict if Rigondeaux will put on enough of a show to earn another title shot in upcoming boxing matches, we can make our Rigondeaux vs Martinez betting picks based on the information we do have.
Rigondeaux vs Martinez Information
Guillermo Rigondeaux vs Jesus Martinez
Location: Hialeah Park & Racing Casino, Hialeah, Florida.
Date and Time: Friday, February 24th, 2023, 7:00 PM ET, 9:00 PM ET Main Event.
How to Watch: DAZN
Guillermo Rigondeaux vs. Jesus Martinez Recent Fight Results
Boxing predictions are often more challenging to make than they appear, as anything can happen in a fight. However, reviewing the recent history of both fighters is important for making an informed betting decision.
Let’s dig into recent history before moving to the odds and our Rigondeaux vs Martinez betting prediction.
Guillermo Rigondeaux is coming into Friday’s matchup having lost his last two fights, both via decision, to Vincent Astrolabio on February 26th, 2022 (unanimous decision) and John Riel Casimero on August 14th, 2021, via split decision. Rigondeaux is 3-3 (2 KO) in his last six fights, including a TKO retirement against Vasily Lomanchenko. He retired on his bench and claimed a hand injury while losing a one-sided fight, where he stopped throwing punches before retiring.
Jesus Martinez is riding a two-fight winning streak into Friday night. They have scored a pair of unanimous decision wins within a month of each other. First, defeat Javier Martinez on December 1st, and after that, he defeats Marcelino Morales on December 17th.
Guillermo Rigondeaux vs. Jesus Martinez Betting Analysis
Guillermo Rigondeaux Facts to Know
Rigondeaux is a two-time Olympic gold medal winner at Bantamweight, winning at the Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Olympics.
From 2001 to 2006, Rigondeaux was a force in amateur boxing, winning two Amateur World Championships (2001, 2005), three World Cup Championships (2002, 2005-6), gold in the Pan-American Games (2003), and the Central American and Caribbean Games (2006), while winning the Cuban national Championship seven consecutive years (2000-2006).
As a professional, Rigondeaux has held the WBA (Super) and (Regular) bantamweight titles, the WBO and The Ring super bantamweight championships, and the WBA super bantamweight championship.
Rigondeaux is the number seven-ranked bantamweight in the world and has a 20-3-0 record in his career, with one no-contest. The no-contest was due to a shot that landed after the bell, knocking out Moises Flores in 2017, and was originally a KO win for Rigondeaux.
However, Rigondeaux has been knocked down five times in his career, including his last fight against Astrolabio, and has struggled at the end of his long boxing career.
Rigondeaux is 3-3 (2 KO) in his last six fights, including a TKO retirement against Vasily Lomanchenko, retiring on his stool and claiming a hand injury while losing a one-sided fight, where he stopped throwing punches before retiring. Lomanchenko vs Rigondeaux was the first battle between two fighters with two Olympic gold medals.
Jesus Martinez Facts to Know
Jesus “Sargento” Martinez is the eighth-ranked super bantam in the world and enters Friday’s matchup with a 33-17-1 record. While Martinez has 16 knockouts on his record, he has been stopped TKO, or KO’d ten times.
Martinez has been busy since November 2020, fighting 13 times and posting a 6-6-1 record. In these 13 fights, Martinez has been stopped three times.
Martinez is 3-3 (1 TKO) in his last six fights, with all fights ending in a one-sided fashion: Martinez either stopped or won a unanimous decision in his three wins, while his three losses have all been by stoppage.
These six fights have happened since October 2021. While Martinez has been active and will have sharp skills and cardio, he has had his chin tested and lost within the first three rounds of the fight, leaving us to question his durability and a very busy schedule.
Updates
There are no reports of injury from both camps.
Rigondeaux vs Martinez Betting Preview
Before making our predictions and picks, we need to review the available Rigondeaux vs Martinez betting odds. While we haven’t found too many sportsbooks with the Rigondeaux vs Martinez fight listed, we have found some odds and presume that betting lines will show up on some of the larger sports betting books on the market.
Boxing odds have Guillermo Rigondeaux as the heavy betting favorite, listed at -700, while Jesus Martinez is a +500 underdog.
We could not find any prop bets or total rounds over/under boxing odds for Friday’s Rigondeaux vs Martinez tilt.
Rigondeaux vs Martinez Betting Prediction
Our boxing prediction for Friday night and pick is for Rigondeaux to win on the moneyline. Both fighters are 42 years old; Rigondeaux needs a major win to revive his boxing career, while Martinez is in the fight to win but is outmatched in technical prowess, boxing seasoning, and durability.
We’re taking Rigondeaux to win on the money line. If prop bets were available for our Rigondeaux vs Martinez betting preview, we’d take the fight to end before the final bell and likely take the under of 7.5 or 8.5 rounds.
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