Wait, Mark Magsayo is the underdog in terms of what?
Stats? Tale-of-the-Tape? Age? Winning record? Number of TKO? Technical analysis? Power (is this even can measure?)? Strength? The difficulty of training?
I looked for the odds preview on this fight but found nothing. Why others are already considering Magsayo as an underdog here?
As per tale of the tape, both are undefeated but Vargas has the height and reach advantage and has more experience. KO percentage is almost the same, 67% for Magsayo, 63% for Vargas.
The fight is a month to go, and maybe as we get closer, crypto sports bookies might open their line here. Maybe this is not as well known as other fights that have a line already. But definitely, this will be one hell of a fight.
Height and reach advantage but still, if those are only the advantages of Vargas, I would never consider Magsayo as an underdog.
I think the odds will just be equal or not that wide. Even though I'm trying to understand the sentiment of others that Vargas is the favorite, I can't really say that's the situation here. Magsayo is a Champion and regardless of whether Vargas is more experienced, that's not the basis.
But you are right, we have to wait for the official odds to be released to see if our speculation is right on whether Magsayo is the Favorite, Underdog or equal.
Yes, even in the Kambosos vs Haney fight, we think that Kambosos will be the favorite as he has beaten one of the best in the division in Lopez, and then the fight is going to happen in Australia. And yet they put Haney as the favorite even though Haney has a weak chin to begin with and then obviously doesn't have the knock out power. Maybe those sport bookies see something that us boxing fans tend to ignore or doesn't look at.