20 year old De la Rosa 17-0(12) takes on fellow unbeaten Tim Coleman 14-0-1(3) in Maryland in the early hours of Saturday morning. The fight headlines a Duva-promoted Showtime card, and is also being screened by Eurosport.
De la Rosa, a Mexican now resident in Texas, is ranked #54 by boxrec at light middleweight, and has a pretty good KO ratio. Those he hasn’t KO’d have been on the receiving end of near shut-outs on the scorecards in many cases.
Coleman meanwhile (boxrec’s #126) has just 3 knockouts from his 14 wins, and in his last outing drew with Martinus Clay, a tricky journeyman, but one who’s record is littered by defeats. Maybe the Clay fight came too early for Coleman, but 10 months out won’t have done him much good.
Although Coleman has home advantage, all other indicators point to a win for De la Rosa, who seems to have more promise about him and is open to improvement.
Bet365 give a decent price for the outright win, although you may want to have a fun punt on the Under 9.5 rounds at 7/4 given De la Rosa’s power at this level.
Recommendation:
De la Rosa outright 3/10 with Bet365 2pts
