5 v 5 Predications

Richards - Pts
Williams - Pts
Ford - Pts
Hrgovic - KO
Wilder - KO

 

Bivol points
Hutchison KO
Wilder KO
Sheeraz KO
Hrgovic KO
Ford points

Only results I’m sure on are hrgovic bivol and sheeraz.

 

Ball points - 1
Richards points - 1
Sheeraz points - 2
Hrgovic KO - 2
Wilder KO - 4

Think that makes it 3-3 going into the last and Matchroom winning 7-3 w/ a Wilder (c) KO at double points. Hearn will be happy with his captain going last if they are some way behind by then.

 

I'm not sure who to go for with Sheeraz vs Williams.

The 2 I'm most confident on winning (besides Bivol) are Hrgovic and Zhang

 

Sheeraz would probably be a big favourite if Skeetegate had never happened

 

Richards UD - Hutchinson has been fighting at a low level but he has been more active than Richards. I reckon Richards dominates the later rounds and wins comfortably on points.

Ball KO - Ford is done at 126. Ball will lose the early rounds but Ford will tire and get stopped late.

Williams UD - Sheeraz has faced poor opposition. It’s 50-50 but Williams has beaten Kieron Conway and Steve Rolls who are good fighters so I lean to him whereas Sheeraz hasn’t fought many roundsZ

Hrgovic KO - Dubois is getting overrated by beating Jarrell Miller who went life-and-death with Lucas Browne

Zhang KO - Wilder may struggle against the southpaw Zhang. Will be a KO either way.

So that would make it 4-4 - a DRAW for those who care about the competition.

 

Should it end in a draw, both Eddie and Frank should be stripped to the waist, forced into the ring for a round each against Turkey.

 

Interesting. I think the whole promotional competition thing is a nonsense but also had it drawn (5-5) so would love to see a "play-off". Frank vs Barry though, keep it fair.

 

Wilder zhang not to got the distance at incredible odds of 2/9

 

Could it go the distance though?

I mean Wilder has been stopped twice but that was a sustained beating by Tyson. Im not sure Zhang has the gas tank for that.
Zhang I don't recall has ever been really been hurt. This could well be fought at a slow even pace. The distance bet could be overpriced.

 

I want to pick Bivol via ko, his opponent is wild and reckless, fights with his hands down and gets hit on the chops a lot from what I’ve seen but then Bivol went the distance with boring Lyndon Arthur

 

Zhang hits about ten times harder than Fury so it doesn’t need to be sustained. I picked Wilder but after his interviews it seems the fire has gone it leaves him vulnerable but zhang is so plodding. Zhang should win it it really. He should have the brains to avoid long enough to land his own and then it’s game over

 

I keep changing my mind on this. I've now come to the conclusion that Wilder will bide his time and lay Zhang out.

 

Ball PTS
Sheeraz KO
Richards PTS
Hrgovic KO
Zhang KO