Both fighters are tough. Their statistics speak for them. With 23 wins for Herring and 16 for Shakur. I expect Shakur to win, his young and still got a lot more to prove despite being the No. 2 in the featherweight division, Herring is also on top of his game and shouldn't be taken for granted.
We can't let the youthfulness of Shakur fool us when it comes to this fight, Herring is more experienced and isn't he from the military too? Pretty sure that the endurance and experience will play a big factor in this match.
If we don't like to get fooled and believe that Jamel Herring will win this fight, then we should take the opportunity to bet on him to get a high odds.
https://www.oddschecker.com/boxing/jamel-herring-v-shakur-stevenson/winnerAs you can see, in most bookies, Jamel Herring is +400.
That's very attractive, there's no reason not to bet on Jamel Herring if we believe in his training and being a former us marine. A young fighter against an experienced fighter, who would you choose? I guess we should go with a more veteran fighter although not undefeated, and the two losses of Jamel Herring were during the early stage of his career.
Yeah, it's really hard to decide right now, the experience of Herring and this total package, he is the taller and have the reach advantage. On the other side, Shakur Stevenson is young and brandish like Casimero and wanted to take all the challenge including calling out Oscar Valdez.
But if Herring is +400, then it might be a good bet if he can executed a perfect game plan of using his reach and jab in the distance and not allow Shakur to throw that body punch which is one of his best weapon.
Well, of course, it's always fun to back the underdog especially if we believe that he has a chance to win, that +400 is a gift, and if we believe that Herring would win, we won't feel bad even if we lose because we did not just follow what other people say, we made our own research and we are confident with our pick.
Sometimes bookies make mistakes in making betting odds, and if a bettor would not make research, they would assume that the heavy favorites will win easily.