Ángel Luís Acosta Gómez vs. Angelino Rafael Córdova Martínez

Thursday night, GBP on DAZN. Ten rounds scheduled at flyweight

Now, at first glance you might think a veteran with multiple losses in "Tito" is being fed to an up and coming undefeated prospect in "El Huracán", and the script calls for the Venezuelan to be favored over the Puerto Rican. Not so fast, though...

Acosta has only lost to elites of his weight range in Tanaka, Soto and Nakatani. Of the men in his W column, he knocked out all but one and even that one (Gilbert Mendoza) got dropped along the way. Dangerous, with plenty of upper tier experience.

Córdova on the other hand, to date in his career has stepped up in class exactly once from the bottom rung tomato cans that pad out most of his early record - and that was last June, taking a rather deplorable gift decision over Axel Aragón Vega.

 

From the Córdova vs. Aragón Vega RBR:

 

Apparently the bookmakers share my sober view of the Venezuelan's chances, with Acosta starting a -230 fave.