William Hutchinson vs Craig Richards Prediction: A fight between two British fighters

The bout between William Hutchinson and Craig Richards is also a main card in the 5 vs. 5: Queensbury vs. Matchroom event to be held in Riyadh. William is coming from a knockout victory against Martin Houben, while Craig is also coming from a knockout win against Boris Crighton earlier this year. This game will be intriguing, as fans can catch up live with this bout via DAZN.

William is a light heavyweight champion with a professional record of 17 wins and 1 loss out of his 18 total fights. 13 out of his 17 wins were by knockouts, while he has only 4 decision wins. Beginning his career in 2017, William clearly had a 13-year winning streak, comprising nine knockouts and four decision wins, cutting across the middleweight and light heavyweight divisions. The 13-fight winning streak was broken in William’s 2021 only fight against Lennox Clarke in the vacant British super middleweight title fight, where William lost against Lenox by knockout in Round 5. William picked up the baton again in 2022, winning against Karel Horejsek in June by knockout in Round 4. After this, he fought and won three others, making it a four-game winning streak and aiming to get the fifth against Craig.

Craig Richards comes into this bout with a professional record of 18-3-1, with 10 of his wins being knockouts while the other 8 were unanimous decisions. Beginning in 2015, Craig kept a 9-win streak, with only 3 knockouts and others being decision wins. The nine-game winning streak was broken in his loss to Frank Buglioni through a unanimous decision. He kept 6 straight wins, 5 by knockouts and 1 by a unanimous decision, being broken by Dmitry Bivol through a unanimous decision in the WBA World Light Heavyweight Title bout. Thereafter, he had a knockout win against Marek Matyja before a loss (UD) to Joshua Buatsi, while his most recent fight was a technical knockout win against Boris Crighton. Craig Richards aims to continue his winning streak in his upcoming bout against William.

Craig Richards (34) is 9 years older than his opponent (25) and has more professional boxing experience than him, yet this does not guarantee his winning. William Hutchinson has a 94% winning record, while Craig has an 86%. William Hutchinson also has a higher knockout percentage than Craig. Although both fighters are of the same height, I think William is more youthful and can better utilize his physicality than Craig. Craig Richards is only on one winning streak, while William is on five, showing that the latter is more in form than the former. I conclude that this is a decision game, with William being declared the winner.