Saudi card predictions

[dan_cov]

Makhmudov by KO/TKO but I don't think the odds reflect how tricky this could potentially be. Kabayel is 'solid' and from what I've seen he does tend to fight better the better the opponent.
Hrgovic by KO/TKO garbage mismatch though if anyone at 'top level' can go life & death with De Mori its this hack.
Sanchez by KO/TKO
Bivol by KO/TKO - I think this is the play with the bookmakers or was, Bivol was 7/4 for the stoppage, exceptional value. I think he stops average Arthur late on.
Opetaia also by KO/TKO

DDD...I have him beating Miller. Yes he has a tendency to quit but Miller is a 35yr old, morbidly obese punchbag with a big mouth and no real skills to back it up.
Like this division is so bad you have this guy just getting as fat as humanly possible and using it as an advantage, being able to soak up shots and exhaust this generation of unfit rubbish by having them punch themselves out. Not to mention he is being tested so I suspect his stamina will be gone leaving him with nothing but a weight advantage.
I do think there is a lot of quit in him but you need some sort of real quality to apply it. I don't see it with mouthpiece Miller

AJ - Tough fight as in not an easy opponent but I don't suspect it will be as tough as what people think.
They're putting way too much stock into being armchair psychologists and frankly overrating Wallin who is mediocre at best. A high end Euro level fighter really.
I think AJ has gone from being horribly overrated to being very underrated.

[Cypocryphy]

I'll go from easiest to predict to hardest to predict.

[Easy (or easier) Predictions]
Hrgovic by KO early.
Bivol by TKO late.
Opetaia by TKO late (I need to look at Zorro some more before I double down on that.)
Sanchez by decision, close (Will need to look at some things before I commit.)

[Harder Predictions]
Kabayel with the upset by decision
Miller KO's Dubois (Miller is massive, and I think he'll take Dubois's punches while the same can't be said about Dubois taking Miller's punches)
Parker beats Wilder (I think he can drop Wilder. Wilder has been just too inactive for me while Parker will be extremely sharp.)
AJ over Wallin, KO, Late (This will be a competitive, difficult fight. Even though I'm calling for a stoppage, it will be a neck and neck fight.)

[IronDanHamza]

I think Parker has the best chance of the upset.

[Noelanthony]

I think Parker has the best chance of the upset.

Parker could only win by decision. I just feel Deontay will continue to do what he usually does and get completely outboxed for all of the rounds until he lands the Haymaker. Parker will be switched on for this fight but he will get greedy as he connects with Deontay at will and tha will be his undoing

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

I hope AJ and Wilder both look spectacular, not sure they will but would be great for boxing if they did.

Wilder hasn’t really done anything post Fury and Joshua hasn’t looked impressive at all post Usyk.

I’m gonna say Wilder by mid rounds KO and AJ by late stoppage and hopefully that leads to a long awaited fight between the two.

For the undercard fights, Bivol by KO, Opetaia by KO and Hrgovic by KO all pretty early, simply levels above their opposition. Hrgovic-De Mori is a disgrace tbh. Even a prospect like Moses Itauma would smash De Mori to bits.

Dubois-Miller is the most competitive fight on the card. I’ll take Dubois by KO in the mid rounds, I was never that impressed with Miller even when he’s was on the juice.

Frank Sanchez likely bores us with a points win and I expect Makhmudov to beat Kabayel into submission and win via mid to late stoppage.

[Eff Pandas]

[Harder Predictions]
Kabayel with the upset by decision
Miller KO's Dubois (Miller is massive, and I think he'll take Dubois's punches while the same can't be said about Dubois taking Miller's punches)
Parker beats Wilder (I think he can drop Wilder. Wilder has been just too inactive for me while Parker will be extremely sharp.)
AJ over Wallin, KO, Late (This will be a competitive, difficult fight. Even though I'm calling for a stoppage, it will be a neck and neck fight.)

Agree these are the tougher fights. I think everyone who's supposed to win KO's their opp in those easier fights except maybe Bivol & Frank.

I'm leaning more Arslanbek's way, but if this fight doesn't end in KO I think Kabayel eeks out the W. 70/30 Arslanbek.

I think Wilder beats Parker unless Wilder just isn't Wilder anymore, which at his age could come to pass, but to me while Parker is younger he's got more miles on him. I think Wilder stops him before 6 & I easily could see a 1st or 2nd rd KO here. 80/20 Wilder.

Big Baby vs DDD is the most interesting fight on this show to me. Big Baby is no one you can be super hyped on beating any solid guy, but DDD is mentally soft & might fold if things start going sideways. I could see this going a few ways. I don't think Big Baby's time away from boxing did him any favors so maybe DDD just does him like a lot of the lesser guys he's fought now that Big Baby is a lesser version of the guy he was pre-suspension. But I could see Big Baby withstand DDD early & get at DDD late to the point of making him quit. I lean more Big Baby's way maybe 60/40 since Big Baby is still more unknown & we all know DDD doesn't got the mentality to get beyond a certain level in the game. Big Baby might be his ceiling or his floor, I'm not super confident either way, but DDD has shown me who he is so my pick would lean more towards him failing when tested even he did finally deal with some adversity successfully vs Lerena not long ago.

AJ vs Wallin might be the most picked as the upset fight of the night but I think Wallin isn't THAT good to win rds clean enough to get the W. I think AJ either wins legit or wins a sketchy decision as I don't think Wallin can stop AJ which to me is the only way he wins unless he Sweet Pea Whitaker's AJ rd after rd. AJ 70/30.

[STREET CLEANER]

I like the Otto for the upset but AJ has a good right hand that can change things.

[shenmue]

Aj controversial decision
Wilder ko, possibly a stretcher job
Miller tko. Another possible dim dan quit job wouldn't surprise me
Bivol late ref/corner stoppage

[dan_cov]

I think Parker has the best chance of the upset.

I think I'd have to agree.

Wilder just can not box, he took horrendous beatings at the hands of Fury plus the inactivity but with all that said I'll go with Wilder by stoppage just because his right hand is just outright ret4rded.

[dan_cov]

I admittedly haven't given Wallin vs AJ a great deal of thought I more just look at it simply as Wallin has 1 stoppage in his last 9 fights mainly against so and so competition and he won't get a decision even if he deserved it, therefore AJ wins.