Boxingtalk's Saturday fight predictions

By Michael Borao, Jr.

13/05/2023

Boxingtalk's Saturday fight predictions

Here are Boxingtalk's predictions for Saturday's fights:
 
Janibek Alimkhanuly (13-0) vs. Steven Butler (32-3-1) (WBO middleweight title) … prediction: Alimkhanuly by mid-round knockout;
 
Jason Moloney (25-2) vs. Vincent Astrolabio (18-3) (vacant WBO bantamweight title) … prediction: Moloney by unanimous decision;
 
Rolly Romero (14-1) vs. Ismael Barroso (24-3-2) (vacant WBA junior welterweight title) … prediction: Romero by mid to late knockout;
 
Batyr Akhmedov (9-2) vs. Kenneth Sims Jr. (19-2-1) (WBA junior welterweight eliminator) … prediction: Akhmedov by unanimous decision;
 
Sarah Bormann (15-0) vs. Yadira Bustillos (7-0) (vacant WBC interim minimumweight title) … prediction: Bormann by unanimous decision;
 
Rances Bathelemy (29-2-1) vs. Omar Juarez (14-1) (junior welterweights) … prediction: Barthelemy by unanimous decision.
 
Kevin Lerena (28-2) vs. Ryad Merhy (31-1) (bridgerweights) … prediction: Lerena by late knockout;
 
Fillipus Nghitumbwa (12-1) vs. John Riel Casimero (32-4) (super bantamweights) … prediction: Casimero by early to mid-round knockout;
 
Takeshi Inoue (19-2-1) vs. Weljon Mindoro (10-0) (junior middleweights) … prediction: Inoue by unanimous decision;
 
Giemel Magramo (27-3) vs. Phissanu Chimsunthom (47-11-2) (super flyweights) … prediction: Magramo by early knockout;
 
Gabriel Flores Jr. (21-2) vs. Derrick Murray (17-8-1) (lightweights) … prediction: Flores Jr. by unanimous decision; and
 
Ruben Villa (19-1) vs. Maickol Lopez Villagrana (16-4) (featherweights) … prediction: Villa by unanimous decision.