Alycia Baumgardner vs. Jennifer Miranda: Preview & Betting Tips

Baumgardner is really one of the best female boxers to watch in the world. Her ability to control distance, apply pressure, and punish mistakes make her a daunting task for any opponent, and she fights with smart aggression.

Miranda’s strengths lie in her footwork, balance and timing, and she will hope to make this a very slow tempoed affair, as the champion is much quicker and fights very well in bursts.

The one glaring difference is power. While the American doesn’t possess one-punch knockout power, she is excellent at setting up clean shots and combinations to finish fights. Miranda lacks all of the above, so she will need to somehow gain Baumgardner’s respect somehow early on.

Baumgardner vs Miranda: Prediction & Betting Tips

Miranda brings an undefeated record and an interim title to the ring on Friday night, and she has very good boxing skills, however, Baumgardner is just much quicker on the feet, in terms of hand speed, and she has more of a killer instinct than the Spaniard.

I can see a scenario where the challenger might win a couple of the first three or four rounds with her jab, but Baumgardner will warm into the fight after realising Miranda has minimal power. And from there, the American will pile on the pressure and I think she can hurt the Spanish fighter to the body and wear her down past the halfway stage.

My pick for this one is Alycia Baumgardner to win in rounds 6-10 at odds of 6.00. The decision and technical decision odds are quite poor, and with the American to win by KO/TKO being at 4.00, I think a stoppage in the second half of the fight is much more likely, hence why I’m going with my pick at improved odds.