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Jamel Herring vs Shakur Stevenson Odds and Pick

Dylan Bowker

by Dylan Bowker in Boxing

Updated Oct 20, 2021 · 9:45 AM PDT

Jamel Herring vs Shakur Stevenson
Jamel Herring of the United States celebrates after stopping Britain's Carl Frampton in the sixth round of their WBO super-featherweight world title fight in Dubai, UAE, early Sunday April 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
  • Jamel Herring vs Shakur Stevenson goes Saturday, October 23rd at 10:30 PM EST
  • Stevenson is a sizeable -700 betting favorite in the boxing odds to become champion
  • Check out the boxing odds, analysis, and predictions, below

Jamel Herring vs Shakur Stevenson transpires at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. This boxing bout broadcasts on ESPN and ESPN+. Shakur Stevenson is an overwhelming favorite in the boxing odds at -700. Meanwhile, his opponent is listed at +500 in Herring vs Stevenson odds.

The WBO super featherweight world championship is on the line. Herring and Stevenson are affixed in the champion and contender roles, respectively.

Let’s take a look at the Herring vs Stevenson odds at DraftKings as we provide our best bet for the bout.

Herring vs Stevenson Odds

Fighter Odds
 Shakur Stevenson -700
Jamel Herring +500

All odds as of October 20th at DraftKings

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Excludes MA.

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These 130 pounders are top-level pros who also have respected amateur backgrounds, having both been US Olympians. Herring represented in the 2012 games, while Stevenson garnered a silver medal in 2016.

Though the friendship attachments between these two have been overblown by some media, there still is a level of awareness between the two.

Jamel Herring’s Boxing Betting Outlook vs Stevenson

Jamel Herring is eleven years the senior of his upcoming opponent, and perhaps people are biting into that a bit too much. The oddsmakers crafting this boxing betting line for this bout is cartoonishly off the mark in my opinion.

I understand Stevenson as a favorite but not to this scale. Not when you consider the pugilistic profile of an established fighter who may posit is coming off of a career-best performance when he beat Carl Frampton as a small underdog.

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Jamel Herring has held the belt since May 2019 and has logged multiple title defenses so far.

Having only suffered a pair of setbacks so far in his career, Herring is presently riding a seven-fight win streak.

Herring vs Stevenson Recent Fights

Herring
VS
Stevenson
Carl Frampton, win via TKO Fight 1 Jeremia Nakathila, win via UD
Jonathan Oquendo, win via DQ Fight 2 Toka Kahn Clary, win via UD
Lamont Roach, win via UD Fight 3 Felix Caraballo, win via KO
Masayuki Ito, win via UD Fight 4 Joet Gonzalez, win via UD

These purveyors of the sweet science are both genuine top-five caliber fighters, and the winner stands a very real chance to unify the division going forward. The victor stands out as a likely candidate for eventually becoming undisputed champion in the weight division.

Shakur Stevenson’s Boxing Odds in Super Featherweight

Shakur Stevenson held gold as the WBO featherweight champion and maintains an unblemished pro record. He looks to ascend to a higher weight category to cement himself with that organization once again.

Stevenson last captured the interim gold and looks to graduate to the status of an undisputed champion when he steps into the ring this weekend.

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Both warriors have stoppage rates that hover around the fifty percent mark and even the sub fifty percent mark.

To that point, I think there’s value in going with the prop bet on this fight going the distance at -190 in the DraftKings boxing odds.

Jamel Herring vs Shakur Stevenson Tale of the Tape

Herring
VS
Stevenson
23-2 Record 16-0
11 Knockouts 8
5’10 Height 5’7
72″ Reach 68″
Southpaw Stance Southpaw

Jamel Herring vs Shakur Stevenson Pick & Prediction

In the end, I think this twelve-round championship affair will encroach on that final bell.

The defensive responsibility, the economy of offense, and management of range through feints and thoughtful footwork will be the big stylistic hallmarks for Stevenson that will lead him to victory here.

I see value in going with the prop bet on Stevenson winning via decision at -135 in the boxing odds.

Pick: Shakur Stevenson (-700)

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