The next major boxing event takes place on Saturday from Las Vegas, Nevada.
The main event features Josh Taylor and Jose Ramirez meeting to determine an undisputed junior welterweight champion.
As always with a big-time boxing card, there are certainly plenty of bets to be made. Let's take a look at some of them.
Josh Taylor vs. Jose Ramirez odds
(All odds via Betfair as of Friday, May 21)
- Josh Taylor: 4/9
- Draw: 12/1
- Jose Ramirez: 2/1
Method of victory
- Josh Taylor KO/TKO: 10/11
- Josh Taylor by Decision: 4/1
- Jose Ramirez by KO/TKO: 7/1
- Jose Ramirez by Decision: 7/2
- Either fighter to win via Split Decision: 11/4
Will the Fight go the Distance?
- Yes: 4/11
- No: 15/8
More bets
- Josh Taylor to win in Rounds 7-12: 17/2
- Both fighters to be knocked down: 7/1
- Either Fighter to be Knocked Down in Round 1: 18/1
Taylor vs. Ramirez prediction
Surprisingly, the odds are this high in favour of Taylor in a fight with the highest stakes. Ramirez is a two-belt champion for a reason. He's no slouch by any means. The way he broke Hooker down to finish him off was a sight to see. But we live in a what-have-you-done-for-me-lately society, which is why Taylor is such a heavy favorite to become the second four-belt holder at 140 pounds, along with Terence Crawford, who accomplished the feat in 2017.
Ramirez narrowly beat Postol via majority decision. It was a fight that you could have easily scored for Postol or a draw. Ramirez won by that much while Taylor wiped out Khongsong one month later.
If you look at the resumes, that also favors the native of Scotland. Taylor took the undefeated records away from Baranchyk and Prograis, with the latter considered either the No. 2 or No. 3 fighter in the division by many pundits. The record of Taylor's last five foes is 110-1. Ramirez's best win is over Hooker, who just got finished by Vergil Ortiz.
Perception is unfortunately reality to a lot of people. Ramirez has a shot. But he has to fight like he did against Hooker and not how he did against Postol. According to Compubox, Ramirez is number one at 140 pounds in punches thrown/round (64), punches landed/round (21), total connect rate (33%), and jab connect rate (24%).
Taylor is coming to make it a firefight. Compubox also says that Taylor has the highest rate of power shots connected in the junior welterweight division (44%). Ramirez gets hit more than any fighter in the weight class with 16 punches landed/round.
The pressure and the heavy absorption of punches will wear Ramirez down, and Taylor gets the job done in the late rounds to become the undisputed junior welterweight champion.
Muehlhausen's pick: Josh Taylor