This is a decent comeback fight for Ito who narrowly lost his last fight. Hosokawa is 40 and undersized for lightweight. Ito is a former champion at 130 pounds but has moved up in weight and gone 1-1.
Ito should win this fight by decision because hes the much bigger man who is closer to his prime.
I don’t think this fight will be all that competitive as Morrell is a real talent while Cazares isn’t really a very good fighter but is still undefeated. Morrell was a good amateur and has good technical skills because of it. Cazares has an awkward style where he holds a lot but isn’t really that good in any department.
I think David Morrell will win by knockout in round seven or eight.
This is an excellent fight between former lightweight king Vasyl Lomachenko and tough contender Masayoshi Nakatani. Lomachenko needs a win here to continue his career at the top level and honestly needs a good performance to be considered still in the mix at lightweight. Nakatani is coming off a good win over Felix Verdejo where he was behind on the score cards before getting a knockout.
Nakatani is very big for the weight and has shown some power though doesn’t have great technical skills. I think the biggest problem he has is his defence which is severely lacking as opponents land a huge amount of punches on him.
Vasyl Lomachenko is a very unorthodox fighter who has great skills though not a lot of power. He’s not a big lightweight but normally makes up for it with his skill set.
I personally think Lomachenko will be too skilled for Nakatani and will hurt and finish him down the stretch due to consistent body work. Nakatani will certainly land his own punches but it won’t be enough.
This is a decent fight between former champion Mendez who desperately needs a win and Batyr Akhmedov who is trying to make a statement to get back into the top mix at super lightweight after a questionable loss to Mario Barrios.
Batyr Akhmedov is a technically good pressure fighter who throws a lot of punches and clearly possesses power. He’s put on good performances recently and looks to be a good contender at the weight.
Algenis Mendez hasn’t won since 2018 but has 30 hard rounds since coming out with two draws and a loss. At 34 and a long career I think he’s got to the stage where he gets brought in to test prospects and contenders. I think he’ll struggle to keep up with the pressure that Akhmedov puts out and probably doesn’t have the power to seriously hurt him.
I think Batyr Akhmedov will be the second person to stop Mendez due to his pressure and offensive arsenal.
This is an excellent fight which will likely crown the next title challenger at 154 pounds as Lubin is on a good run and Rosario is a former champion coming off a loss in a unification fight. Erickson Lubin has good technical skills and also possesses power though has shown a questionable chin and a defence which clearly has holes in it.
Jeison Rosario is a huge puncher who has also shown that he can be knocked out and most importantly worn down by certain fighters. Rosario is big at the weight and while his defence is certainly questionable and hes not the most technically adept I do think he has the power to knock Lubin out cold. He is also an underrated counter puncher though looks almost insulted when people punch back at him.
In Lubin’s fight versus Terrell Gausha he was clearly hurt multiple times and quite badly by a fighter who isn’t known for his punching power. I also think it showed that Lubin doesn’t often see the overhand right coming and Rosario is no stranger to throwing that punch with power.
I think after Lubin looks good early on he’ll switch off for a second and get caught by a massive punch from Rosario which will lead to him being stopped and Rosario winning by knockout.
This is a good fight between rising contender Duran and unbeaten 13-0 Sanchez. Duran is a big puncher with an aggressive style who seems to be backed by Canelo which is always a good sign for a fighter. Sanchez is 33 and has mostly fought a low level of competition but did score a good knockout in his last fight.
I think Duran will simply be to powerful for Sanchez who isn’t used to this level of competition and doesn’t have the power to keep Duran off him.
This is a good fight for Diego Pacheco who is a good prospect in the super middleweight division. Palomares is 7-0-1 with four knockouts and has beaten a few undefeated fighters already. Diego Pacheco is big for the weight class and has shown both skill and power for a twenty year old. I expect this fight to be a little difficult for him but also not as hard as his last fight.
Diego Pacheco will win by knockout in the second half of the fight due to being bigger and more powerful.
This is an excellent fight for Matellon’s WBA interim world light fly weight world title. Jose Argumedo is a former world champion at minimum weight while Matellon has put together a few good results at light flyweight. Matellon is a technical boxer who at 33 has slowed down a bit and struggled in some of his recent fights. Jose Argumedo comes forward and possesses some power which combined with world class experience is a good combination.
I personally feel that Argumedo will break Matellon down slowly and win by knockout in the second half of the fight due to having decent power and Matellon looking vulnerable in his fights.
I don’t think this is a good fight as Martinez is a massive puncher and has shown hes clearly world level while Cordova has struggled multiple times levels below world class. Martinez is best described as a raging bull who comes forward and uses his strength and power to break down his opponents. Joel Cordova doesn’t have size or technical ability to either out box or out slug Martinez so I struggle to see a way for him to win this fight.
I think Julio Cesar Martinez will win by knockout within six rounds due to having more power and being more explosive offensively.
This is an interesting fight due to the fact Davis is moving up two weight divisions to face a much bigger fighter in Barrios. Davis is a huge puncher at Super Featherweight but there’s no guarantee he’ll carry his power up to super lightweight. For Mario Barrios this is the biggest fight of his career and a massive opportunity to become a star in America.
Gervonta Davis has a good jab which sets up a lot of his punches though is prone to throwing in unexpected left hooks and left uppercuts. He’s a power puncher who has the technical ability and ring IQ to back his power up. Davis knows where he needs to be positioned in a fight to be successful and actively works towards getting there, often by cutting off the ring as he lacks a great long range arsenal and is much more successful fighting up close where his left uppercuts and body punching can be used to their full extent. He doesn’t throw a lot of punches but is accurate with what he does put out into the ring. His defence is reasonable and he doesn’t get hit by many punches unless he gets lazy and switches off which isn’t something I see happening in this fight.
Mario Barrios is taller than Davis and has a longer reach though not as much as you might expect. He certainly has some power but also isn’t a big puncher and when he stepped up in competition he scored flash knockdowns but was otherwise bullied for most of the fight. The biggest problem he has is his lack of defence especially it seems versus southpaws. In his fight with Batyr Akhmedov he was beaten in the majority of the rounds and was lucky to win the fight after taking a huge amount of damage from a fighter who was both smaller and a southpaw. Davis doesn’t have the same style as Akhmedov but can still take advantage of Barrios’s weaknesses.
I expect early on the fight will be competitive while Gervonta Davis finds his range but as the fight goes on he’ll connect cleanly more and more on Barrios who’s open to an accurate puncher. I think late in the fight Davis will hurt Barrios and likely drop him a few times from body shots or an uppercut after a hurtful body shot. I think Barrios is tight at the weight and the body punches will drain him a lot due to that. Gervonta Davis will win by KO between rounds 7-11.
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