Arnold Barboza Jr vs Xolisani Ndongeni Prediction: Arnold Barboza Jr seeks for championship glory

Arnold Barboza Jr. fights live on DAZN this Sunday and wants to get a challenge against Teofimo Lopez Jr. for the super lightweight title. The fighter who has never lost will fight Xolisani Ndongeni live on DAZN on Sunday. This fight will happen before the main event between Vergil Ortiz Jr. and Fredrick Lawson. Also, the fight between Ohara Davies and Ismael Barroso will be on the undercard. The fight will last 10 rounds in the Super Lightweight division, which means that no one will weigh more than 140 pounds (10 stone, or 63.5 KG).

In this fight, Arnold Barboza Jr. has never lost and has never drawn. He has won 28 times, with 10 of those wins coming by knockout. In November of that year, four months later, Golden Boy revealed that Barboza had signed a promotional deal. If Barboza wants to start over, he doesn't mind the road that TopRank has set for him to become a real junior welterweight contender. The WBC ranks Arnold Barboza Jr. sixth, the WBO ranks him first, the IBF ranks him thirteen, and the RING ranks him eight. Barboza Jr. still hasn't lost a competitive fight. On February 3, 2023, at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, he beat Jose Pedraza by majority decision in their 10-round fight. It was his last fight. Before that, on July 15, 2022, at Pechanga Resort & Casino in California, he beat Danielito Zorrilla by majority decision in a 10-round fight. His last fight was against Antonio Moran on August 14, 2021, at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Oklahoma. He won by a majority decision after 10 rounds. His last fight was on October 17, 2020, at The Bubble, MGM Grand, Nevada. It was a 10-round fight that he won by majority decision. There were 10 rounds, and the judges all gave him the win on August 29, 2020, at The Bubble at MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Xolisani Ndongeni has won 31 fights, lost 3 fights, and tied 0 fights. He has won 18 of those fights by knockout. Besides these many fights, he has also faced top boxers like Reymond Yanong, Byson Gwayani, Prince Dlomo, and Devin Haney. Ernesto Mercado beat him by a majority decision in their last fight. Ndongeni beat Israel Kammwamba in the first round to win the vacant African Boxing Union Super Lightweight Title. In the third round, he beat Peter Pambeni by TKO/KO to win the vacant WBA African Super Lightweight Title by the same score.

The numbers show that Ndongeni is much stronger than Barboza Jr.; his 58% knockout rate is much higher than Barboza Jr.'s 36%. Arnold Barboza Jr. is 32 years old, one year younger than the other man. There is an inch more between Barboza Jr. and Ndongeni in height. This goes all the way up to a 2-inch reach edge. The way Arnold Barboza Jr. and Xolisani Ndongeni fight is the right way to do it. With only six fights, Barboza Jr. is the less experienced professional boxer. He also made his debut in 2013, three years after Ndongeni, whose first fight was in 2010. He has played 170 rounds instead of 219 rounds for Ndongeni, which is 49 less. I think Barboza should win.