TopRank Boxing is back this weekend with an event in Shawnee, Oklahoma, and there is a key rising contender set to fight. Undefeated Giovani Santillan will put his unblemished record on the line against the tough Erick Bone.
Read more for the complete betting analysis and official Santillan vs Bone prediction before making your picks on boxing fights coming up this weekend.
Giovani Santillan vs. Erick Bone Information
Giovani Santillan vs Erick Bone
Location of the fight: FireLake Arena, Shawnee, OK.
Date and Time: Saturday, July 22. 9:00 PM ET
How to Watch: ESPN+
Last Fight Record
Santillan is making his return after 11 months away from the ring. His last result was a unanimous decision victory over undefeated Julio Luna Avila last August.
Bone is coming off a big KO victory over Roberto Verdugo in March.
Giovani Santillan vs. Erick Bone Betting Analysis
Giovani Santillan
Santillan is a 31-year-old Southpaw boxer from San Diego with a great record accumulated in his professional boxing career. He is 30-0 with 16 KOs and is looking to fight for his first world title in the near future.
He stands at 5’8” with a 68.5” reach and has been a professional since 2012. After Santillan achieved his first goal of bringing big shows to his hometown, he shifted his focus to earning a world title shot. With a record like his, it might be surprising to a lot of you how he hasn’t earned one yet.
Erick Bone
Bone is a tough Ecuadorian boxer that stands in at 5’9” with a 70” reach–slight advantages over Santillan. He has a 27-6 professional boxing record with a similar KO % as Santillan. Bone looks to be slightly unknown in the United States, with most of his bouts being in Central America.
Bone is riding a 4-fight winning streak and will look for a big upset win, crushing the hopes of a title shot for Santillan and replacing the southpaw’s hype with his own.
Updates
There are no injuries reported to TopRank Boxing.
Giovani Santillan vs. Erick Bone Betting Preview
The available boxing odds have Santillan as the massive -1600 betting favorite over the +900 Erick Bone. This fight is favored to go to a decision at -333 odds right now. These odds make the Santillan vs Bone prediction easy to make, but the hard part is finding the best betting line to make a play on.
From the technical side of things, this fight has an interesting dynamic. Santillan doesn’t have much power, so the respect for his power won’t be there on Bone’s side. This can lead to a firefight with someone with a longer reach and more power than Santillan.
What’s difficult about previewing boxing matches like this is the lack of information we have on Bone recently. He hasn’t been in any big events for years now, so it’s tough to tell what form he will be in as a 34-year-old.
Past Lessons, Future Adjustments
Even with Bone’s length advantage, he has shown in past fights that he doesn’t use it to his advantage. His biggest fight was against Shawn Porter, although it was over eight years ago.
He was out-jabbed by Porter even with his length advantage. Bone tends to need to plant his feet before throwing all his punches, leading to him being just a tad late every time he gets into range.
Santillan has a crafty southpaw style and likes to fight on the inside. If he can get on the inside and start landing his uppercuts and hooks to the body, it’s going to be a tough night for Bone.
Giovani Santillan vs. Erick Bone Betting Prediction
After breaking down the technical aspects of this fight along with the betting odds, there is a clear winner in this one.
- The official Santillan vs Bone prediction is Santillan will win a unanimous decision on Saturday night.
You can knock down those odds to get Santillan’s method of victory prop bet at -275, compared to his ridiculous moneyline.
It’s only ten rounds, and there is a slim chance Santillan will be able to find the power shots and have the power to finish Bone. He will cruise to a decision victory.
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