Joshua vs Molina: Jamie Moore makes predictions for Manchester undercard

Sky Sports expert Jamie Moore makes his predictions for five crucial fights on the packed undercard for Anthony Joshua versus Eric Molina.

Joshua's IBF title defence against Molina is the main event on a busy Manchester Arena bill, featuring a series of career-changing fights on Saturday night, live on Sky Sports Box Office.  

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We asked Moore to assess the world title contenders, British champions, and big-hitting heavyweights...

Scott Quigg v Jose Cayetano

I am looking forward to seeing how Scott Quigg looks at featherweight. We have always said he is a huge super-bantamweight and with his style and his workrate, he will probably be better suited to featherweight.

But he has not picked an easy fight to come back from, especially with the injury he sustained in the Carl Frampton fight. It's a bold move on their part and they obviously have confidence in him stepping-up in weight and confidence in the way his jaw has healed. I don't think Scott will appreciate the extent of the injury until he gets into a real fight situation.

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Even with the lay-off, I would still have to pick Scott Quigg, but not in an easy fight. He will not have it all his own way, but he's a very good fighter, especially on the inside. I think that is the key to Quigg breaking him down with body shots for a late stoppage, but there could be a few sticky moments along the way.

Kal Yafai v Luis Concepcion

I think Kal Yafai can win a world title this weekend. When you're in the smaller weight divisions, you have to take that step-up a lot earlier than you would like. When I've watched his fights from ringside, I've always said he is a class act and his left hook to the body can be a thing of beauty. 

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Concepcion is no mug. He's not really exceptional in any one thing, he's just a good, solid all-rounder. At 31, he's no spring chicken in the super-flyweight division, and he has boxed at flyweight, so Kal Yafai is the bigger man. But he is going to give Yafai a hell of a fight. 

I've got to say Kal Yafai is going to win. A few people are saying he may have taken it a couple of fights too early, but I don't think so. He's one of our stars of the future and he will look exceptional doing it, probably on points, although it isn't out of the question that he stops Concepcion.  

Callum Smith v Luke Blackledge 

These are always the tough ones - a British level fight where you are about to move up to world level - and you can sometimes overlook it. Knowing Callum Smith and knowing his professionalism, I don't think he will do that.

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Since Luke Blackledge lost to Rocky Fielding, he's turned his career around. For him to come back and win titles, with such a devastating loss in his memory bank, it takes a lot of character. I have know Luke for quite a few years, he comes down to my gym, and I said to him straight away that he's a very good body puncher.

But the problem is the stuff that Blackledge is good at, he will have to sit in the pocket, and that's a very dangerous place to be with Callum Smith. Luke is going to tough it out and even if he's caught with shots and is hurt, I don't think he will be stopped early. But Smith is a terrific talent and as much as I like watching Blackledge, he will probably get halted by body shots by the halfway point. 

Hosea Burton v Frank Buglioni

Hosea Burton has really come into his own lately. He has been in the shadows of the rest of the fighters in Joe Gallagher's gym over the last couple of years, but has been given the opportunity to win a British title and has grabbed it with both hands. He seems to be growing in confidence as a champion and we genuinely see that with people who win titles. 

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Frank Buglioni has had a few setbacks. He lost to Siarhei Khamitski, who was really a middleweight, and my big concern with Buglioni over the years is his defence. He has been really easy to hit and I think that could be his downfall on Saturday, because Burton is heavy-handed.

I don't think it will be a stoppage in the sense that Burton knocks him out, but I reckon it will be a culmination of shots on Buglioni as the fight progresses and the referee may step in about the sixth or seventh round.   

Luis Ortiz v David Allen

I've got a lot of time for David, he's a great kid. Going off Ortiz's last fight out in Monte Carlo, it wasn't a great spectacle, but a lot of that was down to his opponent.

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I really, really hope David can pull it off. I can't see it, I think Ortiz is too big a puncher, and will probably get him out of there within seven or eight rounds. David might be able to tough it out and fiddle his way through.

I think he will give a good account of himself, I really do, but Ortiz's power will be the telling factor in that fight.   

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