Joyce vs Hrgovic Okolie vs Riakpore Torrez Jr vs Vianello Bakole vs Ajagba (Turki still wants it to be held as was planned)
Mine are: Hrgovic by TKO with Joyce taking tremendous beating Okolie by decision in a hugfest Torrez by KO in rounds 3-6 (he is quicker and has more versatile offense than Ajagba and is levels above Makhmudov in everything except of power) Bakole by KO
Hrgovic to stop Joyce with a huge counter in round the mid rounds. Hrgovic 7th round TKO. Okolie to knock Riakporhe out in the 8th round. Can't see Riakporhe's gastank lasting. Okolie 8th round KO. Torrez to decision Vianello. Not sure if 10 or 12 rounds but only see Vianello winning 2 rounds at best. Bakole to knock Ajagba out in the 10th round. After a messy fight.
Hrgovic KO. I think Joyce is done, the only question I have is how motivated is Hrgy for boxing and I know his head movement is non existent but can he at least not get caught with the slow thudding Joyce shots? Okolie but the real question is how much is he going to weigh now? Torrez Jr by split decision. This will be Torrez jrs toughest test by far and Vianello isn't inept, just kind of basic and capable. But basic and capable may be enough to beat Torrez, but Torrez is the A side so.... Bakole by KO. Though I have a feeling this right isn't going to happen, just a feeling.
Joyce vs Hrgovic: hrgovic decision Okolie vs Riakpore: okolie decision Torrez Jr vs Vianello: Torrez TKO Bakole vs Ajagba Ajagba decision
Common sense tells me Hrgovic should win if he shows up in shape. And we have seen training footage of him lately. But he only takes this fight on one month notice. Joyce lost to Chisora but that was a good action packed fight. I think Hrgovic wins by UD but I would not be surprised if Joyce takes it. Okolie is being build up. I believe it’s his opponents first fight at Heavyweight. Okolie is being setup to win. I assume his handlers know what they are doing. Okolie W KO6. I am excited about Torrez Jr but I feel like Vianello might be a banana peel. I would not be surprised by an upset. I think Torrez Jr stops Vianello first half of the fight but if that doesn’t happen I can see it go either way. Before I did think Bakole would smash Ajagba. But with the recent KO loss I am not so sure. Bakole wasn’t in great shape and the fight is a month from now. Also how did this KO loss affect Bakole mentally? I feel like Bakole might just wing this next fight and that can cost him. When Ajagba just did come on the scene he looked like nothing more then a big strong crude scary looking guy. I had never thought he would develop like he did. That shows dedication. If Bakole shows up like he did against Anderson he smashes Ajagba inside 6 rounds. If Bakole shows up out of shape and unmotivated I think Ajagba might get out of there with a Split Decision victory.
Hrgovic: decision (this is his last chance, I think he takes it) Okolie: stoppage (ugly fight) Torres Jr: decision (one that we argue about because it looks a bit dodgy) Bakole: stoppage (could go either way depending on Bakole's prep)
