Predict the winners of the Matchroom 5 vs Queensberry 5 on Saturday

Wilder KO
Dubois KO
Ball KO
Sheeraz KO
Richards KO

 

Big Bang is much more skilled than The Dosser and if he touches his chin with a flush backhand he'll spark him out cold. If he grazes his chin with his right hook prepare to witness a hilarious ATG chicken dance.

To balance that out, Big Bang is a huge target, a senior citizen and slow which plays into The Dosser's hands. I favour Big Bang but it really could be a whoever lands first type of fight.

I favour Hrgovic vs Dubois but I think Dubois is one of the few HWs capable of knocking Hrgovic out and the later has been terribly mismanaged and unlucky and it has really hindered his development. Whilst I don't believe Hrgovic hits as hard as he could and should do with the right S&C training, he does hit hard and If Usyk and Lerena can hurt Dubois badly with single shots, a jab in Usyk's case, then obviously Hrgovic can knock him out if he lands clean which he surely will and he also has a longer reach than Dubois. Skills are probably about even, Dubois has the power advantage, Hrgovic a much better chin. Dubois has fought the much better opposition as a pro and is probably quicker too.

If Hrgovic had been moved right I'd be very confident of him winning via KO but the fact he hasn't evens in up in Dubois' favour.

Ford vs Ball. I can't shake the natural disparity between them. Ford looked absolutely massive compared to Ball at the face off and that could prove decisive with regards to
him being able to take Ball's power.

Sheeraz vs Williams is another 50-50 type match up and I suspect the winner will be the one who can take the other's power better. I've seen Sheeraz dropped before but to be honest both of them still have to prove their legitimacy and this fight should go someway to doing that

On paper Richards is a strong favourite to stop Hutchinson as he's fought at a much higher level and he has a very good chin and can punch a bit. Hutchinson is talented and he has fast hands and can punch but the KO loss albeit down at SMW to a fighter not known to be a puncher suggests his punch resistance is not of your usual British standard. Richards via stoppage but if it goes rounds I suspect Hutchinson will be right in the fight and have his moments and land some big shots and make Richards have to prove his chin again.

All this nonsense about Richards coming so close to beating Bivol really irks me. The fight wasn't close it's just a dishonest narrative being pushed by the heavily biased British boxing media, pundits, fighters etc. just like we see them do in Usyk's fights against Brits AJ and Belly etc.