Boxingtalk's Saturday fight predictions

By Mike Borao, Jr.

12/08/2023

Boxingtalk's Saturday fight predictions

Here are Boxingtalk's predictions for a Saturday that features shows on ESPN, DAZN and Showtime:
 
Emanuel Navarrete (37-1) vs. Oscar Valdez (31-1) (WBO super featherweight title) … prediction: Valdez by mid to late-round knockout;
 
Emmanuel Rodriguez (21-2) vs. Melvin Lopez (29-1) (vacant IBF bantamweight title) … prediction: Rodriguez by mid to late-round knockout;
 
Anthony Joshua (25-3) vs. Robert Helenius (32-4) (heavyweights) … prediction: NO PICK DUE TO CONFLICT OF INTEREST;
 
Filip Hrgovic (15-0) vs. Demsey McKean (22-0) (heavyweights) … prediction: Hrgovic by unanimous decision;
 
Derek Chisora (33-13) vs. Gerald Washington (20-5-1) (heavyweights) … prediction: Chisora by early to mid-round knockout;
 
Travon Marshall (8-0) vs. Gabriel Maestre (5-0-1) (welterweights) … prediction: Marshall by mid to late-round knockout;
 
Gary Antuanne Russell (16-0) vs. Kent Cruz (16-0-3)  (junior welterweights)… prediction: Russell by mid to late knockout;
 
Marcus Browne (24-2) vs. Adrian Taylor (13-1-1) (cruiserweights) … prediction: Browne by unanimous decision;
 
Johnny Fisher (9-0) vs. Harry Armstrong (5-1-1) (heavyweights) … prediction: Fisher by late knockout;
 
Campbell Hatton (12-0) vs. Tom Ansell (10-4) (junior welterweights) … prediction: Hatton by unanimous decision;
 
Lindolfo Delgado (17-0) vs. Yair Valtierra (16-2)  (junior welterweights)… prediction: Delgado by unanimous decision;
 
Richard Torrez Jr. (5-0) vs. Willie Jake Jr. (11-3-2) (heavyweights) … prediction: Torrez Jr. by early knockout;
 
Chordale Booker (19-1) vs. Nicolas Hernandez (27-6-3)  (junior middleweights) … prediction: Booker by unanimous decision;
 
Michael Angeletti (8-0) vs. Jonathan Lopez Marcano (8-0-2) (bantamweights) … prediction: Angeletti by late knockout;
 
Jesse Hart (28-3) vs. Elio Heraldo Trosch (15-10-2) (light heavyweights) … prediction: Hart by early to mid round knockout; and
 
Jose Benavidez Jr. (27-2) vs. Sla|dan Janjanin (36-15) (middleweights) … prediction: Benavidez Jr. by early to mid-round knockout.