{"id":1128520,"date":"2020-07-02T08:54:04","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T13:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=1128520"},"modified":"2020-07-02T08:54:04","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T13:54:04","slug":"top-rank-on-espn-lespierre-vs-pedraza-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/top-rank-on-espn-lespierre-vs-pedraza-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Rank on ESPN: LesPierre vs. Pedraza Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Top Rank on ESPN: LesPierre vs. Pedraza Picks\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"https:\/\/photo.boxingscene.com\/uploads\/pedraza-lespierre-weights-7220%20(1).jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"366\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Welterweight Bout: Jose Pedraza (26-3) vs. Mikkel LesPierre (22-1-1)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Luke Irwin:<\/strong> As far as &#8220;star power&#8221;, this might be the biggest headliner of Top Rank&#8217;s Summer\/Quarantine weekday cards. LesPierre challenged Maurice Hooker for his world title in March of last year and went the distance in a losing effort, and Pedraza is a former world champion at junior lightweight and lightweight. He&#8217;s coming off of a loss to Jose Zepeda to get a secondary title at junior welterweight, and needs a win to stay in the mix. For LesPierre, it would be a big upset, and could qualify him for another B-side title shot. Both are on the wrong side of 30, and a win could help either a lot, but I just think that this time in their careers, Pedraza just has more firepower and can press the pace against LesPierre more than vice versa. <strong>Pedraza via UD.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Top Rank on ESPN: LesPierre vs. Pedraza Picks\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boxingnews24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/boxing-Albert_Bell_vs_Mark_Bernaldez_faceoff.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"369\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lightweight Bout: Albert Bell (16-0) vs. Mark Bernaldez (20-3)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Luke:<\/strong> Former hard-hitting Tribe left fielder Albert Bell stakes out on his new care&#8230;hold on, I&#8217;m being handed something&#8230;oh, I see. This is actually 27-year old lightweight prospect Albert Bell. Although also from Ohio. After a big win over Andy Vences last June, it appears the time is now for his big push. Speaking of Vences, he earned a victory over Bernaldez three months after losing to Bell. Bernaldez has some pop, but is technically lacking and tends to lose when he steps up in competition. <strong>Bell via UD.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Top Rank on ESPN: LesPierre vs. Pedraza Picks\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"https:\/\/www.boxingnews24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/boxing-Robeisy_Ramirez_vs_Adan_Gonzales_angle_faceoff.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Featherweight But: Adan Gonzales (5-2-2) vs. Robeisy Ramirez (3-1)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Luke:<\/strong> Robeisy, the two-time Olympic gold medalist, stumbled in his pro debut against Gonzales, dropping a split-decision. Now, years later, he has the chance to right this wrong, and there&#8217;s no way he doesn&#8217;t, quite frankly. <strong>Ramirez via R2 TKO.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Welterweight Bout: Jose Pedraza (26-3) vs. Mikkel LesPierre (22-1-1) Luke Irwin: As far as &#8220;star power&#8221;, this might be&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1128521,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[605048455,12504,187419370],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v22.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Top Rank on ESPN: LesPierre vs. Pedraza Picks - The Sports Daily<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/top-rank-on-espn-lespierre-vs-pedraza-picks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Top Rank on ESPN: LesPierre vs. Pedraza Picks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/top-rank-on-espn-lespierre-vs-pedraza-picks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Sports Daily\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-07-02T13:54:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pedraza-2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alan Draper\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@sportsdailytsd\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@sportsdailytsd\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alan Draper\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/top-rank-on-espn-lespierre-vs-pedraza-picks\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/top-rank-on-espn-lespierre-vs-pedraza-picks\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Alan Draper\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2c8aadde2571800d0de74323730df7b5\"},\"headline\":\"Top Rank on ESPN: LesPierre vs. Pedraza Picks\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-07-02T13:54:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-07-02T13:54:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/top-rank-on-espn-lespierre-vs-pedraza-picks\/\"},\"wordCount\":316,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/top-rank-on-espn-lespierre-vs-pedraza-picks\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pedraza-2.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Combat\",\"MMA\",\"Undercard Superstar\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2020\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/top-rank-on-espn-lespierre-vs-pedraza-picks\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/top-rank-on-espn-lespierre-vs-pedraza-picks\/\",\"name\":\"Top Rank on ESPN: LesPierre vs. Pedraza Picks - 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