Well, first off let me welcome you back to the Friday night boxing RBR's out of Britain, and tonight's bout is coming from the north east, where Isaac Ward makes the first defence of his Commonwealth belt that he won in January. Here's the tale of the tape as I see it.
Isaac Ward (15-1-2, 2KOs) would probably have been surprised himself to claim the second KO victory of his career in winning the Commonwealth belt against journeyman Tanzanian Miyeyusha, with a nice body shot. However, most of his career victories have come against even less illustrious opponents, and the only real quality, British-title level fighter he has faced, Martin Power, blew him out with an 8 round KO. Power himself is not the greatest of punchers, so it is difficult to judge how good Ward's chin is, but he is the home fighter and will no doubt be boosted by his home fans.
William Hill odds put him as the 4/6 favourite.
Anyetei Laryea (16-3, 7KOs) seems to have a slightly better pedigree than Ward's last victim, Miyeyusha, having previously challenged Nicky Cook in 2003, but hasn't fought outside of Africa since, which always makes it difficult to judge his recent form which saw him last beat a debutant in a 3rd round KO nearly a year ago.
His odds are at 11/10, but who knows what this fight will bring.
Transmission starts at 10pm uk time and 5pm EST, with the fight likely to start some 10 or 15 minutes later.
Elsewhere on the bill we also have Rendall Munroe (12-1, 5KOs) challenges Marc Callaghan (19-11-1, 4KOs) for the English Super Bantam title.
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