On the right side of three split-decision wins last week, fifteen year-old Mike Borao went 7-2 to up his 2022 prediction record to 30-8 for the new year. Here are this week's picks, spanning three big cards in Arizona, Cardiff and Las Vegas, plus a main event in Kazakhstan:
Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Liam Williams (middleweights) … Prediction: Eubank Jr. by wide decision;
Claressa Shields vs. Ema Kozin (IBF/WBC/WBA middleweight championships) … Prediction: Shields by wide decision;
Chris Jenkins vs. Julius Indongo (welterweights) … Prediction: Jenkins by mid-round KO;
Carlos Cuadras vs. Jesse Rodriguez (Vacant WBC regular super flyweight Title) … Prediction: Rodriguez by majority decision;
Raymond Ford vs. Edward Vazquez (featherweights) … Prediction: Ford by wide decision;
Jamie Mitchell vs. Carly Skelly (WBA bantamweight Title) … Prediction: Mitchell by close decision;
Keith Thurman vs. Mario Barrios (welterweights) … Prediction: Thurman by wide decision;
Luis Nery vs. Carlos Castro (super bantamweights) … Prediction: Nery by close decision;
Abel Ramos vs. Lucas Santamaria (welterweights) … Prediction: Ramos by wide decision;
Jesus Ramos vs. Vladimir Hernandez (junior middleweights) … Prediction: Ramos by wide decision;
Leo Santa Cruz vs. Keenan Carbajal (super featherweights) … Prediction: Santa Cruz by wide decision;
Ryan Karl vs. Omar Juarez (junior welterweights) … Prediction: Juarez by wide decision;
Meiirim Nursultanov vs. Andrey Sirotkin (middleweights) … Prediction: Nursultanov by late KO
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PRIOR RESULTS FOR 2022: 30-8
2022 WEEK 5 record: 7-2
Ilunga Makabu vs. Thabiso Mchunu II (WBC cruiserweight championship) … Prediction: Makabu by mid-round knockout. RESULT: Makabu by split decision
Trevor Bryan vs. Jonathan Guidry (WBA regular heavyweight title) … Prediction: Bryan by early knockout. Result: Bryan by split decision
Robson Conceicao vs. Xavier Martinez (super featherweights) … Prediction: Conceicao by close but unanimous decision. RESULT: Conceicao by decision
Rene Tellez Giron vs. Giovanni Cabrera (junior welterweights) … Prediction: Tellez by majority decision. RESULT: Cabrera by decision
Stephen Shaw vs. Joey Dawejko (heavyweights) … Prediction: Shaw by mid-round knockout. RESULT: Shaw by TKO
Ahmed Hefny vs. Dacarree Scott (heavyweights) … Prediction: Scott by early knockout. RESULT: Scott by split decision
Johnnie Langston vs. Nick Kisner (cruiserweights) … Prediction: Kisner by unanimous decision. RESULT: Langston by TKO
Michael Moore vs. Anthony Lenk (middleweights) … Prediction: Moore by unanimous decision. RESULT: Moore by unanimous decision
Cody Wilson vs. Tre’Sean Wiggins (welterweights) … Prediction: Wiggins by unanimous decision. RESULT: Wiggins by TKO
2022 WEEK 4 record: 4-3
Gary Russell Jr. vs. Mark Magsayo (WBC featherweight championship) … Prediction: Russell by unanimous decision. Result: INCORRECT (Magsay won by decision)
Subriel Matias vs. Petros Ananyan II (junior welterweights) … Prediction: Matias by mid-round KO. Result: CORRECT
Tugstsogt Nyambayar vs. Sakaria Lukas (featherweights) … Prediction: Nyambayar by unanimous decision Result: INCORRECT (draw)
Hugo Centeno Jr. vs. Antonio Todd (middleweights) … Prediction: Centeno Jr. by early. KO Result: INCORRECT (Todd won by decision).
Karen Chukhadzhian vs. Ryan Martin (welterweights) … Prediction: Chukhadzhian by unanimous decision. Result: CORRECT
Oleksandr Zakhozhyi vs. Pavel Sour (heavyweights) … Prediction: Zakhozhyi by early KO. Result: CORRECT
Andrii Velikovskyi vs. Rafael Bejaran (middleweights) … Prediction: Velikovskyi by majority decision. Result: CORRECT
2022 WEEK 3 record: 6-0
Joe Smith Jr. vs. Steve Geffrard (WBO light heavyweight championship) … Prediction: Smith by early knockout. Result: CORRECT
Carlos Ocampo vs. Omir Rodriguez (junior middleweights) … Prediction: Ocampo by late knockout. Result: CORRECT
Alan Picasso vs. Cesar Ignacio Paredes (super bantamweights) … Prediction: Picasso by unanimous decision. Result: CORRECT
Abraham Nova vs. William Encarnacion (super featherweights) … Prediction Nova by late knockout. Result: CORRECT
Lyubomyr Pinchuk vs. Jose Mario Flores (cruiserweights) … Prediction: Pinchuk by unanimous decision. Result: CORRECT
Matt Conway vs. Avery Sparrow (super featherweights) … Prediction: Sparrow by unanimous decision. Result: CORRECT
2022 WEEK 2 record: 7-1
Luis Nunez vs. Carlos Arrieta (super featherweights) … Prediction: Nunez by unanimous decision CORRECT
Starling Castillo vs. Otar Eranosyan (lightweights) … Prediction: Castillo by unanimous decision INCORRECT
Edwin De Los Santos vs. William Foster III (super featherweights) … Prediction: Foster by majority decision CORRECT
Ali Izmailov vs. Israel Duffus (cruiserweights) … Prediction: Izmailov by unanimous decision CORRECT
Elvis Figueroa vs. Ryan Adams (super middleweights) … Prediction: Figueroa by wide unanimous decision CORRECT
Shinard Bunch vs. Shyngyskhan Tazhibay (welterweights) … Prediction: Bunch by unanimous decision CORRECT
Roberto Ramirez vs. Rodolfo Puentes (welterweights) … Prediction: Ramirez by early knockout CORRECT
Derrick Jackson vs. Mike Plazola (middleweights) … Prediction: Jackson by wide unanimous decision CORRECT
2022 WEEK 1 record: 6-2
Kazuto Ioka vs. Ryoji Fukunaga (WBO super flyweight Title) … Prediction: Ioka by unanimous decision. Result: CORRECT
Luis Ortiz vs. Charles Martin (IBF non-final eliminator) … Prediction: Martin by mid-round stoppage. Result: INCORRECT
Frank Sanchez vs. Christian Hammer (heavyweights) … Prediction: Sanchez KO by mid-round stoppage. Result: CORRECT.
Jonathan Rice vs. Michael Coffie II (heavyweights) … Prediction: Rice by mid-round stoppage. Result: CORRECT.
Gerald Washington vs. Ali Eren Demirezen (heavyweights) … Prediction: Demirezen by late-round stoppage. Result: INCORRECT.
Frank Martin vs. Romero Duno (lightweights) … Prediction: Martin by mid-round stoppage. Result: CORRECT
Viktor Vykhryst vs. Iago Kiladze (heavyweights) … Prediction: Vykhryst KO by mid-round stoppage. Result: CORRECT
Geovany Bruzon vs. Lenier Pero (heavyweights) … Prediction: Pero by majority decision. Result: CORRECT
