Sometimes the bookies get it wrong. I believe one such case is the February 22nd bout between Miguel "Titere" Vazquez and Denis Shafikov. That bout sees Vazquez currently a clear favourite priced at around 1/2. If bouts were won and lost by how well a fighter was known then that would be a great price. Instead though bouts are fought in a ring and being a known fighter doesn't give you a nailed on victory. Vazquez, for all his skills, style and movement is a fighter who looks against certain fighters and awful against others. Put Vazquez in with a crude puncher, like Ji Hoon Kim, Breidis Prescott or Ameth Diaz and he will do as he pleases. Put him in with a clever pressure fighter though and he struggles, as we saw against Marvin Quintero. Shafikov, like Quintero, is a short, stocky southpaw who brings intelligent pressure a decent work rate and a real hunger. Unlike Quintero however Shafikov is teak tough and won't mind taking a few of Vazquez's shots to land his own. With the Quintero fight in my mind and also the fact that Vazquez has been out of action for over a year I can't help but put my money on Shafikov at 9/4.
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