In one of the best boxing fights coming up, lightweights Raymond Muratella and Jeremiah Nakathila will be meeting and opening up the main card for Haney and Lomachenko in Las Vegas.
Read further for an in-depth look at this bout and an official Muratalla vs Nakathila prediction before making your weekend betting picks.
Muratella vs. Nakathila Information
Raymond Muratalla vs Jeremiah Nakathila
Location of the fight: MGM Grand, Las Vegas, NV.
Date & Time: Saturday, May 20. 8:00 PM ET estimated ring walk
How to Watch: ESPN+
Last Fight Record
Muratella is fresh off a KO victory over Humberto Galindo in March of this year.
Nakathila hasn’t made the ring walk since his win over Miguel Berchelt in March of 2022.
Muratella vs. Nakathila Betting Analysis
Raymond Muratella
Muratella is a 26 year old undefeated boxer with a record of 17-0, and 14 of those wins coming via KO. He is an interesting prospect in the lightweight division that has been off to a great start. Unfortunately, his most notable win might be over Ryan Garcia as a teenager in an amateur tournament.
The 5’8” orthodox fighter has plenty of power in his hands, but will be going up a weight class to find his biggest test of his career thus far. He makes up for his lack of experience with confidence, athleticism, and power at a young age.
Jeremiah Nakathila
Nakathila is for sure one of the most interesting fighters to look at right now in this lightweight division. At the age of 33, with quite a bit of experience under his belt, it will be nice to see how he handles the young prospect. Nakathila’s biggest fight has been against the great Shakur Stevenson for a vacant featherweight belt a few years ago.
He is has a professional record of 22-2 with an impressive 19 KOs. This record is tough to respect as much because he has fought in Africa almost every bout and has no listed measurements anywhere on the internet. He is truly an unknown talent over in the United States, but surely has the power to change a fight.
Updates
No injuries have been reported to the NSAC.
Muratella vs. Nakathila Betting Preview
Before getting to a Muratalla vs Nakathila prediction, we have to take a look at the betting lines for both athletes.
According to boxing odds, Muratella is the -225 betting favorite over the +200 African fighter. Oddsmakers know enough about both fighters to make Muratella the favorite, but these lines might be a safe play.
The only real fight to go off of with Nakathila is his meeting with Stevenson. Stevenson is a world-class talent, and it showed when he dominated Nakathila for all 12 rounds. Nakathila is clearly not a world-class talent, but a necessary step up in competition for Muratella.
Muratella has just as much power as Nakathila, but has advantages in basically every other aspect of boxing. It is also a smart assumption thinking that he will be the physically bigger man in the ring as well.
Muratella vs. Nakathila Betting Prediction
This Haney-Lomachenko event has a handful of awesome boxing matches to watch and bet on this weekend. This lightweight matchup is a perfect one for a lock of a pick.
For the official Muratalla vs Nakathila prediction, we are giving the nod to Muratella to get the job done. We have to expect that Nakathila is going to be a tough test, so a decision is the most likely outcome for this one.
The time away from competition is just another big question mark on Nakathila’s form, but he isn’t going to make this trek to the United States to get steamrolled; he will be ready to turn this into a fight.
The speed and youth of Muratella will end up just being enough to edge out a hard-fought decision. His moneyline seems like one of the safest bets to make this weekend.
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