Boxingtalk's Saturday fight predictions

By Michael Borao, Jr.

27/05/2023

Boxingtalk's Saturday fight predictions

On a very busy day on boxing, here are Boxingtalk's Saturday fight predictions:
 
Lawrence Okolie (19-0) vs. Chris Billam-Smith (17-1) (WBO cruiserweight title) … prediction: Okolie by unanimous decision;
 
Luis Alberto Lopez (27-2) vs. Michael Conlan (18-1) (IBF featherweight title) … prediction: Conlan by split decision;
 
Mauricio Lara (26-2-1) vs. Leigh Wood (26-3) II (WBA world featherweight title) … prediction: Lara by late knockout;
 
Oscar Collazo (6-0) vs. Melvin Jerusalem (20-2) (WBO minimumweight title) … prediction: Collazo by split decision;
 
Jack Catterall (26-1) vs. Darragh Foley (22-4-1) (junior welterweights) … prediction: Catterall by unanimous decision;
 
Terri Harper (13-1-1) vs. Ivana Habazin (21-4) (WBA juior middleweight title) … prediction: Harper by unanimous decision;
 
Lani Daniels (7-2-2) vs. Alrie Meleisea (6-1-1) (vacant IBF female heavyweight title) … prediction: Daniels by split decision;
 
Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (51-6-1) vs. Komgrich Nantapech (31-6) (bantamweights) … prediction: Sor Rungvisai by early knockout;
 
Anthony Cacace (20-1) vs. Damian Wrzesinski (26-2-2) (IBO super featherweight title) … prediction: Cacace by unanimous decision;
 
Alexis Rocha (22-1) vs. Anthony Young (24-2) (welterweights) … prediction: Rocha by unanimous decision.
 
Firat Arslan (53-9-3) vs. Ibrahim Yildirim (11-3) (cruiserweights) … prediction: Arslan by early knockout;
 
Ivan Kozlovsky (7-0) vs. Julius Indongo (24-7) (junior welterweights) … prediction: Kozlovsky by mid-round knockout;
 
Michael McKinson (24-1) vs. Lebin Morales (19-6-1) (welterweights) … prediction: McKinson by unanimous decision;
 
Nick Ball (17-0) vs. Ludumo Lamati (21-0-1) (featherweight) … prediction: Ball by late knockout; and
 
Padraig McCrory (16-0) vs. Diego Ramirez (25-9-1) (super middleweights) … prediction: McCroy by mid-round knockout.