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THE USA BOXING NEWS
- – Upcoming Fisticuffs Schedule-
- 2026
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February
Feb. 15: Las Vegas (Paramount+)
- Efe Ajagba vs. Charles Martin, 10 rounds, heavyweights
- Umar Dzambekov vs. Ahmed El Biali, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
- Abel Mejia vs. Jaybrio Pe Benito, 8 rounds, lightweights
- Leonardo Ruiz vs. Casey Streeter, 8 rounds, middleweights
- Antonio Woods vs. Mark Beuke, 6 rounds, middleweights
- Emiliano Alvarado vs. Devin Gantt, 6 rounds, featherweights
- Oswaldo Molina vs. Joshua Clark, 6 rounds, lightweights
- Darial Kuchmenov vs. TBD, 6 rounds, lightweights
Feb. 15: Osaka, Japan
- Ryosuke Nishida vs. Bryan Mercado Vazquez, 12 rounds, junior featherweights
- Min Ho Jung vs. Shuma Nakazato, 10 rounds, lightweights
- Keisuke Iwasaki vs. Tairan Yokote, 8 rounds, flyweights
- Juiki Tatsuyoshi vs. Shoki Yamauchi, 8 rounds, junior featherweights
Feb. 19: Tokyo
- Jin Sasaki vs. TBA, 8 rounds, welterweights
- Kanta Fukui vs. Taison Mukaiyama, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
- Rentaro Kimura vs. Ryusei Ishii, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
- Ei Go vs. Ryugo Ushijima, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
- Ryuo vs. Kazuki Iwasaki, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
- Kai Watanabe vs. Shido Arai, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
Feb. 21: Las Vegas (DAZN)
- Title fight: Mario Barrios vs. Ryan Garcia, 12 rounds, for Barrios’ WBC welterweight title
- Title fight: Gary Antuanne Russell vs. Andy Hiraoka, 12 rounds, for Russell’s WBA junior welterweight title
- Title fight: Richardson Hitchins vs. Oscar Duarte, 12 rounds, for Hitchins’ IBF junior welterweight title
- Frank Martin vs. Nahir Albright, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Feb. 21: Nottingham, England (DAZN)
- Josh Warrington vs. Leigh Wood, 12 rounds, junior lightweights
- Ishmael Davis vs. Bilal Fawaz, 12 rounds, for Davis’ British junior middleweight title
- Title fight: Sandy Ryan vs. Karla Ramos Zamora, 10 rounds, for the vacant WBC women’s junior welterweight title
- David Allen vs. TBA, 10 rounds, heavyweights
- Tiah Mai Ayton vs. Catherine Tacone Ramos, 6 rounds, women’s bantamweights
- Junaid Bostan vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Feb. 21: Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Maira Moneo vs. Micaela Soledad Dominguez, 10 rounds, women’s junior lightweights
- Pablo Exequiel Corzo vs. TBA, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
- Edilberto Fernandez vs. TBA, 6 rounds, super middleweights
Feb. 21: Hermosillo, Mexico
- Jose Ramirez Maciel vs. Luis Rodriguez Ocana, 10 rounds, junior featherweights
- Title fight: Camila Anae Zamorano vs. Claudia Veronica Ruiz, 10 rounds, for Zamorano’s WBC women’s atomweight title
- Alexis Gonzalez vs. TBA, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
- Luis Gerardo Corona Parra vs. Oscar Gabriel Cortez Arredondo, 8 rounds, lightweights
- Jandell Caballero vs. Manuel Rodriguez, 8 rounds, featherweights
- Fernanda Denisse Monge Amaro vs. Cecilia Soledad Mendoza Lopez, 8 rounds, junior bantamweights
- David Alonso Sanchez Estralla vs. TBA, 8 rounds, flyweights
- Odaliz Alexandra Corzo vs. Andrea Benitez Vargas, 6 rounds, women’s atomweights
- Axel Jose Lopez Gonzalez vs. Jonathan Ubaldo Cuamea Herrnandez, 6 rounds, flyweights
- Rhett Gibbons vs. Martin Quevedo Alvarez, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
- Ricardo de la Torre vs. Noe Ezequiel Palafox Parra, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
Feb. 22: Detroit (DAZN)
- Title fight: Claressa Shields vs. Franchon Crews-Dezurn, 10 rounds, for Shields’ undisputed heavyweight championship
- Che Kenneally vs. Danielle Perkins, 10 rounds, women’s light heavyweights
Feb. 27: Brampton, Canada
- Bradley Wilcox vs. Mark Smither, 10 rounds, welterweights
- Sara Bailey vs. Mariela Ribera Valverde, 10 rounds, women’s junior flyweights
- Melinda Watpool vs. Farina Roemling, 8 rounds, women’s middleweights
- Doni Foreman vs. Jose Paredes Hernandez, 6 rounds, heavyweights
- Deaquan Rumbolt vs. Jack Hughes, 6 rounds, junior featherweights
- Adam Fregonas vs. Juan Manuel Obelar, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
Feb. 28: Glendale, Arizona (DAZN)
- Title fight: Emanuel Navarrete vs. Eduardo Nunez, 12 rounds, for Navarrete’s WBO junior lightweight title and Nunez’s IBF junior lightweight title
- Tahmir Smalls vs. Abel Ramos, 10 rounds, welterweights
- Emiliano Vargas vs. Agustin Ezequiel Quintana, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
- Arturo Popoca vs. Jordan Martinez, 10 rounds, junior featherweights
- Trini Ochoa vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
- Hector Beltran vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
- Phillip Vella vs. TBA, 6 rounds, bantamweights
- Rahman Muhammad vs. TBA, 4 rounds, welterweights
Feb. 28: Verona, New York (Amazon Prime Video)
- Elijah Pierce vs. Lorenzo Parra, 10 rounds, featherweights
- Bryce Mills vs. Tobias Green, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
- Manny Pacquiao Jr. vs. TBA, 4 rounds, lightweights
- Curmel Moton vs. TBA, 8 rounds, lightweights
March
March 8: Las Vegas (Paramount+)
- Title fight: Jai Opetaia vs. TBA, 12 rounds, for Opetaia’s IBF cruiserweight title
March 14: Dublin, Ireland (DAZN)
- James Dickens vs. Anthony Cacace, 12 rounds, junior lightweights
- Pierce O’Leary vs. Mark Chamberlain, 12 rounds, junior welterweights
March 15: Yokohama, Japan
- Title fight: Knockout CP Freshmart vs. Shokichi Iwata, 12 rounds, for Freshmart’s WBC junior flyweight title
- Title fight: Anthony Olascuaga vs. Jukiya Iimura, 12 rounds, for Olascuaga’s WBO flyweight title
- Ryusei Matsumoto vs. Yuni Takada, 12 rounds, strawweights
- Nonito Donaire vs. Riku Masuda, 10 rounds, bantamweights
March 28: Las Vegas (Prime Video PPV)
- Title fight: Sebastian Fundora vs. Keith Thurman, 12 rounds, for Fundora’s WBC junior middleweight title
March 28: Manchester, England (DAZN)
- Moses Itauma vs. Jermaine Franklin Jr., 10 rounds, heavyweights
- Willy Hutchinson vs. Ezra Taylor, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
- Liam Davies vs. Zak Miller, 10 rounds, featherweights
- Shakiel Thompson vs. Brad Pauls, 10 rounds, middleweights
- Nathan Heaney vs. Gerome Warburton, 10 rounds, middleweights
- Aqib Fiaz vs. Jordan Flynn, 10 rounds, lightweights
- Alex Murphy vs. Josh Holmes, 10 rounds, lightweights
- Nelson Birchall vs. Ryan Griffiths, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
- John Joe Carrigan vs. Danny Costello, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
- Aadam Hamed vs. Kasey Bradnum, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
April
April 4: London (DAZN)
- Deontay Wilder vs. Derek Chisora, rounds TBA, heavyweights
April 4: Cardiff, Wales (DAZN)
- Title fight: Lauren Price vs. Stephanie Pineiro Aquino, 10 rounds, for Price’s WBC, IBF and WBA welterweight titles
April 5: London
- Title fight: Caroline Dubois vs. Terri Harper, 10 rounds, for Dubois’ WBC women’s lightweight title and Harper’s WBO women’s lightweight title
- Title fight: Ellie Scotney vs. Mayelli Flores, 10 rounds, for Scotney’s WBC, IBF and WBO women’s junior featherweight titles and Flores’ WBA women’s junior featherweight title
- Title fight: Irma Garcia vs. Emma Dolan, 10 rounds, for Garcia’s IBF junior bantamweight title
- Title fight: Chantelle Cameron vs. Michaela Kotaskova, 10 rounds, for the vacant WBO women’s junior middleweight title
April 11: TBA (Netflix)
- Tyson Fury vs. Arslanbek Makhmudov, 12 rounds, heavyweights
May
May 2: Las Vegas (DAZN)
- Title fight: Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez vs. David Benavidez, 12 rounds, for Ramirez’s WBO and WBA cruiserweight titles
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- – Current Boxing Champions –
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Heavyweight (Unlimited)
- WBO: Oleksandr Usyk
- IBF: Oleksandr Usyk
- WBA: Fabio Wardley
- WBC: Oleksandr Usyk
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Cruiserweight (200 lbs.)
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WBO: Gilberto Ramirez
IBF: Jai Opetaia
WBA: Gilberto Ramirez
WBC: Noel Mikaelian
Light Heavyweight (175 lbs.)
- WBO: Artur Beterbiev
- IBF: Artur Beterbiev
- WBA: Artur Beterbiev
- WBC: David Benavidez
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Super Middleweight (168 lbs.)
- WBO: Vacant
- IBF: Vacant
- WBA: Armando Resendiz
- WBC: Christian M’billi
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Middleweight (160 lbs.)
- WBO: Janibek Alimkhanuly
- IBF: Janibek Alimkhanuly
- WBA: Erislandy Lara
- WBC: Carlos Adames
Junior Middleweight (154 lbs.)
- WBC: Sebastian Fundora*
- IBF: Josh kelly
- WBA: Xander Zayas
- WBO: Xander Zayas
Welterweight (147 lbs.)
- WBO: Devin Haney
- IBF: Lewis Crocker
- WBA: Rolando Romero
- WBC: Mario Barrios
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Junior Welterweight (140 lbs.)
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WBO: Shakur Stevenson
IBF: Richardson Hitchins
WBA: Gary Antuanne Russell
WBC: Dalton Smith
Lightweight (135 lbs.)
- WBO: Abdullah Mason
- IBF: Raymond Muratella
- WBA: Vacant
- WBC: Vacant
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Junior Lightweight (130 lbs.)
- WBO: Emanuel Navarrete
- IBF: EduardoNunez
- WBA: Jazza Dickens
- WBC: O’Shaquie Foster*
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Featherweight (126 lbs.)
- WBO: Rafael Espinoza
- IBF: Angelo Leo
- WBA: Brandon Figueroa
- WBC: Rafael Espinoza
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Junior Featherweight (122 lbs.)
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WBO: Naoya Inoue
IBF: Naoya Inoue
WBA: Naoya Inoue
WBC: Naoya Inoue
Bantamweight (118 lbs.)
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WBO: Christian Madina
IBF: Jose Salas
WBA: Seiya Tsutsumi
WBC: Takuma Inou
Junior Bantamweight (115 lbs.)
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- WBO: Jesse Rodriguez
- IBF: Willibaldo Garcia
WBA: Jesse Rodriguez
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WBC: Jesse Rodriguez*
Flyweight (112 lbs.)
- IBF: Willibaldo Garcia
- WBO: Anthony Olascuaga
- IBF: Masamichi Yabuki
WBA: Ricardo Sandoval
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WBC: Ricardo Sandoval
Junior Flyweight (108 lbs.)
- WBO: Rene Santiago
- IBF: Thanongsak Simsri
WBA: Rene Santiago
WBC: Knockout CP Freshmart
Strawweight (105 lbs.)
- WBO: Oscar Collazo
- IBF: Pedro Taduran
WBA: Oscar Collazo
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WBC: Melvin Jerusalem













