Richards did well to go 12 with Bivol but his successes in that fight along with the scorecards were massively overhyped. I can see Buatsi rocking him early with Richards then going into survival mode and hanging on for a few rounds. I could be totally wrong but I think Buatsi makes a statement here and puts him away within 6 rounds.
If he does this he has to be looking at a World Title shot, it would be a hell of a statement, to win this via a fairly early stoppage.
Richards isn’t very good. Bivol coasting to a tickover points decision against him has Matchroom billing this as a 50/50.
