Sky Bet's Scott Springgay marks your card for Prizefighter International, live on Sky Sports.
Sky Bet's Scott Springgay marks your card for Prizefighter international, live on Sky Sports.
The latest Prizefighter sees heavyweight fighters from around the globe coming together to slug it out for the top prize of £32,000.
Yet again, this edition of Prizefighter looks to be wide open and there promises to be lots of action as the big boys take to the ring. Between them, the eight fighters boast 121 victories by KO so these guys don't mess about and in this format fortune always favours the brave.
Sky Bet offer 25/1 in their Prizefighter betting markets that all four quarter-finals are won by KO.
Mike Perez (6/4) has the dubious honour of being the tournament favourite as not one betting favourite from the last 11 events has gone on to win. Gregory Tony (14/1) could be the one to cause the biggest upset of the night but will have to meet Perez in the semi-final if he defeats the latest entry Evgeny Orlov (12/1).
British fighter Michael Sprott (3/1) will be popular with punters as he has won Prizefighter before but takes on American man-mountain Tye Fields (4/1) who has recorded an incredible 41 victories by way of a knockout.
Backing the outsider in Prizefighter is always popular and big-hitting German Konstantin Airich (12/1) could be one to cause the biggest upsets on the night.
Quarter Final 1 - 1/4 Mike Perez v Kerston Maxwell 11/4
Unbeaten in 13 fights, Mike Perez , born in Cuba but residing in Ireland, takes on late addition to the line-up, Kerston Maxwell. Perez is one of the favourites to win the tournament but Maxwell has won 86% of his fights via knockout so Perez needs to be on his guard in what could turn out to be a tricky affair.
Quarter Final 2 - 1/2 Gregory Tony v Evgeny Orlov 6/4
Evgeny Orlov has replaced Kevin Johnson in the line up and at 6ft 9' he won't be a pushover for Gregory Tony who has only tasted defeat once against highly rated Robert Helenius
Quarter Final 3 - 8/11 Michael Sprott v Tye Fields Evens
Previous Prizefighter winner Michael Sprott takes on the giant 6ft 8' Tye Fields. Sprott knows the format well after defeating Matt Skelton to land the Prizefighter title back in October 2010.
However, Tye Fields will not be fazed by the three-round format as in his last eight fights only one has gone past three rounds and from his 48 career fights in total only eight of those have gone past three rounds. Fields has lost three fights in his career and in all of those he was knocked out in the first three rounds so this promises to be a spectacular fight that may not go the full distance.
Quarter Final 4 - 5/6 Lucian Bot v Konstantin Airich 5/6
Lucian Bot is another late entrant hoping to make a big impact against Airich, who is remembered for an amazing fight with British boxer Danny Williams back in 2008. Airich is the bigger hitter of the two but is coming into this on the back of a loss which may affect his confidence against the unbeaten Bot.
Semi Final 1
I see Mike Perez beating Kerston Maxwell on points to set up a fight against Gregory Tony, who should also see off Evgeny Orlov via a points victory.
Semi Final 2
The fight between Sprott and Fields is tough to call but I'm going to go for Fields to win by stoppage and I'm also going with the power of Airich to stop Bot within three rounds
Final
I think Mike Perez will make it to the final after beating Tony on points and I predict that Tye Fields will knock out Airich in the second semi-final to set up a mouth-watering clash between two big hitters.
The winner of Prizefighter normally comes from the earlier draw so I'm going with Perez to beat Tye Fields and become the first international Prizefighter champion.
1/4 Mike Perez v Kerston Maxwell 11/4
