Pierce O’Leary vs Mark Chamberlain date, start time & TV info
Date Saturday, August 1
Starts 8pm; Main-event ring walk from 10.30pm
Venue 3Arena, Dublin
TV DAZN
Best bets
Mark Chamberlain
1pt 2-1 general
Royston Barney-Smith to win by stoppage
1pt 13-10 bet365, BoyleSports
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Pierce O’Leary vs Mark Chamberlain prediction
Pierce O’Leary is the star attraction at the 3Arena in Dublin on Saturday as the Irishman makes the first defence of his IBO world super-lightweight title.
The 26-year-old has won all of his 19 bouts and picked up the biggest success of his career when he stopped Maxi Hughes in March.
O’Leary is clearly the headline act in this contest, and there will be a home Dublin crowd on his side, but a clash with Mark Chamberlain will be the toughest test of his career and the Dublin dueller may have been overrated by the prices.
Chamberlain was a big price to upset the destructive Jack Rafferty last time out, and while he couldn’t claim a win, he was able to hold the 30-year-old to a draw.
Rafferty has since gone on to defeat former British, Commonwealth and European king Ekow Essuman and that effort boosts Chamberlain’s form.
The Portsmouth fighter has been out of the ring for 12 months but the inactivity has been caused by cancelled fights and there are no doubts over Chamberlain’s condition when he meets O’Leary.
At 2-1, there is enough in the price to fancy a Chamberlain victory in Dublin.
On the undercard, Reece Bellotti is no stranger to an upset success, but the 35-year-old has lost seven of his 27 bouts and that includes heavy defeats against Josh Padley and Ryan Garner in his two most recent fights.
The South Oxhey fighter has been stopped by Garner, Ray Ford and Ryan Doyle in his 11-year career and appears to be running into Royston Barney-Smith at the wrong time.
The 22-year-old has made a good impression in victories over Danny Quartermaine and Conor McIntosh and Sugar Boy Roy has already picked up British, Commonwealth and European super-featherweight titles.
It’s likely to be one-way traffic in Dublin and Barney-Smith can land a stoppage success.
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