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Boxing: Daniel Dubois v Richard Lartey tips, heavyweight betting preview and TV

Plus Lerrone Richards v Tommy Langford | Commonwealth super-middleweight title

Daniel Dubois cracks a punch into the face of Tom Little
Daniel Dubois cracks a punch into the face of Tom LittleCredit: Stephen Pond

TV: BT Sport 1, from 8pm Saturday

Young British heavyweight prospect Daniel Dubois headlines at Wembley Arena against WBO Africa champion Richard Lartey and it's hard to see anything but another routine knockout win for 'Dynamite'.

Dubois is 10-0 as a professional with 9 KOs - only wily veteran Kevin Johnson has heard the final bell - and bookies make him just 1-10 to stop the Ghanaian.

Lartey has a respectable 14-1 record but closer inspection doesn't make good reading. Visa issues meant he flew into the UK only a couple of days before the fight, and he has a track record of no-shows, with fights against Joe Joyce and New Zealand's Junior Fa falling through last year.

All his previous fights have been in Ghana except one - when he travelled to Switzerland and was stopped by virtual unknown Ergun Mersin in five rounds.

Lartey's record looks padded - he won his Africa title against a former middleweight who weighed in 53lbs lighter, and none of this bodes well for his chances against well-schooled and heavy-handed Dubois.

Seven of Dubois's ten fights have ended in the first two rounds, so 11-10 that this ends before the third seems fair.

Lerrone Richards has been compared to Herol 'Bomber' Graham, and he takes on Tommy Langford for the vacant Commonwealth super-middleweight title.

Langford is experienced but while Richards may lack power he has plenty of tricks and can take the title on points.

Recommendations
D Dubois v R Lartey to finish in round one or two
1pt 11-10 Coral, Ladbrokes
L Richards on points
1pt 5-4 Betfair, Betway, Paddy Power


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