We get a 12-round, 108-pound WBA super lightweight title bout when Hiroto Kyoguchi and Axel Aragon Vega meet at American Airlines Center in Dallas Saturday. The title bout card is set to begin around 8 p.m. ET on DAZN. Below, we break down the Kyoguchi-Vega odds, with boxing picks and predictions.
Kyoguchi vs. Vega: Fight odds
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated at 8:20 a.m. ET.
Hiroto Kyoguchi: -700 (bet $700 to win $100) | Axel Aragon Vega: +500 (bet $100 to win $500)
Kyoguchi has an implied win probability of 87.50% with the -700 money line odds. Those odds can be expressed as a fraction of 1/7 or decimal of 1.143.
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Kyoguchi vs. Vega: Tale of the tape
Hiroto Kyoguchi
Kyoguchi (14-0, 9 KOs) puts his unblemished record on the line, and he is a rather heavy favorite to retain his strap. The lanky 27-year-old stands three-and-a-half inches taller than his counterpart, and he will look to use his 64-inch reach to his advantage.
Kyoguchi has gone the distance in each of his past two fights as the competition has improved, including a UD win over Tetsuya Hisada Oct. 1, 2019, in Osaka last time out to retain his WBA super and Ring light-flyweight straps. This will mark his first-career fight in the United States.
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Axel Aragon Vega
Vega, a.k.a. “El Mini”, stands in with a reach of just 58 inches, which is six inches less than his counterpart. He will have a difficult time getting next to Kyoguchi. The 20-year-old Mexican fighter pushed past Saul Juarez last time out Aug. 21, 2020, in Kissimmee, Fla. to scoop up the vacant WBA Fedecentro Light Flyweight title. He hasn’t had a knockout in three fights since taking care of Giovanni Noriega Aug. 24, 2019.
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Kyoguchi vs. Vega: Odds, predictions and picks
Kyoguchi (-700) will cost you seven times your potential return on the 3-way line, and that’s just too expensive. Instead, look to method of victory, as well as a block of round betting for better values.
KYOGUCHI BY KO/TKO/TECHNICAL DECISION OR DQ (+100) is even money and a good bet. Vega is a talented fighter, but he isn’t quite ready for prime time just yet. Kyoguchi is easily the more polished pugilist, and he’ll put on a punching display while working to keep Vega at a distance with his overwhelming reach advantage.
Try and do a three-round block in individual round betting. Kyoguchi delivered early knockouts in the first handful of fights in his career, but those were against tomato cans. Vega is a better fighter and will hang around a while. Still, target KYOGUCHI IN ROUND 6 (+1200), KYOGUCHI IN ROUND 7 (+1200) and KYOGUCHI IN ROUND 8 (+1200) for the win. Yes, you will lose two of those rounds, but if Kyoguchi hammers Vega in Rounds 6-8, you’ll still be well ahead.
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