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THE USA BOXING NEWS
- – Upcoming Fisticuffs Schedule-
- 2025
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February
- February 22 – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (DAZN PPV)
- Artur Beterbiev (c) vs. Dmitry Bivol 2 for the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and Ring light heavyweight titles
- Daniel Dubois (c) vs. Joseph Parker for the IBF heavyweight title
- Carlos Adames (c) vs. Hamzah Sheeraz for the WBC middleweight title
- Vergil Ortiz Jr vs. Israil Madrimov for the interim WBC super welterweight title
- Joshua Buatsi (ic) vs. Callum Smith for the interim WBO light heavyweight title
- Shakur Stevenson (c) vs. Floyd Schofield for Stevenson’s WBC lightweight title
- Zhilei Zhang vs. Agit Kabayel for the interim WBC heavyweight title
- February 24 – Ariake Arena – Tokyo, Japan (ESPN+)
- Junto Nakatani (c) vs. David Cuellar for the WBC bantamweight title
- Seiya Tsutsumi (c) vs. Daigo Higa for the WBA bantamweight title
- Tenshin Nasukawa vs. Jason Moloney; Bantamweights
- February 28 – Auditorio Guelaguetza – Oaxaca, Mexico (DAZN)
- Eduardo “Rocky” Hernandez vs. Rene Tellez Giron
March
- March 1 – Barclays Center – Brooklyn, New York (PRIME)
- Gervonta Davis (c) vs. Lamont Roach for the WBA lightweight title
- March 1 – The SSE Arena – Belfast (DAZN)
- Lewis Crocker vs. Paddy Donovan; Welterweights
- March 1 – Las Vegas (PBC PPV on Prime Video)
- Title fight: Gervonta Davis vs. Lamont Roach Jr., 12 rounds, for Davis’ WBA lightweight title
- Alberto Puello vs. Sandor Martin, 12 rounds, for Puello’s WBC junior welterweight title
- March 7 – Royal Albert Hall – London (Peacock)
- Natasha Jonas (c) vs. Lauren Price (c) for the IBF, WBA, WBC, and Ring welterweight titles
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March 12: Sidney, Australia
- Keith Thurman vs. Brock Jarvis, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
- Michael Zerafa vs. Besir Ay, 10 rounds, middleweights
March 13: Tokyo
- Title fight: Kenshiro Teraji vs. Seigo Yuri Akui, 12 rounds, for Teraji’s WBC flyweight title and Akui’s WBA flyweight title
- Title fight: Anthony Olascuaga vs. Hiroto Kyoguchi, 12 rounds, for Olascuaga’s WBO flyweight title
- Title fight: Shokichi Iwata vs. Rene Santiago, 12 rounds, for Iwata’s WBO junior flyweight title
March 14: Montreal (ESPN+)
- Erik Bazinyan vs. Steven Butler, 10 rounds, super middleweights
- Title fight: Mary Spencer vs. Ogleidis Suarez, 10 rounds, for Spencer’s WBA women’s junior middleweight title
- Jhon Orobio vs. Sebastian Ezequiel Aguirre, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
- Luis Santana vs. Jonathan de Pina, 8 rounds, lightweights
- Leila Beaudoin vs. TBA , 10 rounds, women’s junior lightweights
- Wilkens Mathieu vs. TBA, 8 rounds, super middleweights
- March 15 – Echo Arena – Liverpool
- Nick Ball (c) vs. TJ Doheny for the WBA featherweight title
- Andrew Cain vs. Charlie Edwards, 12 rounds, for the vacant British bantamweight title
- Brad Strand vs. Ionut Baluta, 10 rounds, junior featherweights
- March 15 – TBA (ESPN PPV)
- Title fight: Teofimo Lopez Jr. vs. Subriel Matias, 12 rounds, for Lopez’s WBO junior welterweight title
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March 22: Las Vegas (Amazon Prime Video)
- Title fight: Sebastian Fundora vs. Chordale Booker, 12 rounds, for Fundora’s WBC and WBO junior lightweight titles
- Elijah Garcia vs. Terrell Gausha, 10 rounds, middleweights
- Jesus Alejandro Ramos Jr. vs. Kevin Salgado, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
March 22: Sidney (DAZN)
- George Kambosos Jr. vs. Daud Yordan, 12 rounds, junior welterweights
- Title fight: Skye Nicolson vs. Tiara Brown, 10 rounds, for Nicolson’s WBC women’s featherweight title
- Title fight: Cherneka Johnson vs. Nina Hughes, 10 rounds, for Johnson’s WBA women’s bantamweight title
- Imam Khataev vs. TBA, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
- Jayden Buan vs. Fidelis Laia, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
March 29: Las Vegas (ESPN/ESPN+)
- Title fight: Mikaela Mayer vs. Sandy Ryan, 10 rounds, for Mayer’s WBO welterweight title
- Title fight: Brian Norman Jr. vs. Derrieck Cuevas, 12 rounds, for Norman’s WBO welterweight title
- Bruce Carrington vs. Enrique Vivas, 10 rounds, featherweights
March 29: Cancun, Mexico (DAZN)
- William Zepeda vs. Tevin Farmer, 12 rounds, for Zepeda’s WBC interim lightweight title
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APRIL
April 5: Las Vegas (ESPN+)
- Richard Torrez Jr. vs. Guido Vianello, 10 rounds, heavyweights
April 5: Astana, Kazakhstan (ESPN+)
- Title fight: Janibek Alimkhanuly vs. Anauel Ngamissengue, 12 rounds, for Alimkhanuly’s IBF and WBO middleweight titles
- Title fight: Teofimo Lopez Jr. vs. Subriel Matias, 12 rounds, for Lopez’s WBO junior welterweight title
April 12: Atlantic City, New Jersey (DAZN)
- Title fight: Jaron Ennis vs. Eimantas Stanionis, 12 rounds, for Ennis’ IBF welterweight title and Stanionis’ WBA welterweight title
April 26: London (DAZN)
- Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn, 12 rounds, middleweights
- Liam Smith vs. Aaron McKenna, 10 rounds, middleweights
- Anthony Yarde vs. Lyndon Arthur, 12 rounds, light heavyweights
- Chris Billam-Smith vs. Brandon Glanton, 12 rounds, cruiserweights
- Viddal Riley vs. Cheavon Clarke, 10 rounds, cruiserweights
April 20: Birmingham, England
- Ben Whittaker vs. Liam Cameron, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
- Lee Cutler vs. Sam Eggington, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
- Frazer Clarke vs. Ebenezer Tetteh, 10 rounds, heavyweights
- Tyler Denny vs. Elvis Ahorgah, 8 rounds, super middleweights
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- – Current Boxing Champions –
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Heavyweight (Unlimited)
- WBO: Oleksandr Usyk*
- IBF: Daniel Dubois
- WBA: Oleksandr Usyk**
- WBC: Oleksandr Usyk*
- Joseph Parker is the WBO interim heavyweight champion**Kubrat Pulev is the WBA “regular” heavyweight champion
Cruiserweight (200 lbs.)
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WBO: Gilberto Ramirez
IBF: Jai Opetaia
WBA: Gilberto Ramirez
WBC: Badou Jack
Light Heavyweight (175 lbs.)
- WBO: Artur Beterbiev
- IBF: Artur Beterbiev
- WBA: Artur Beterbiev
- WBC: Artur Beterbiev*
- *David Benavidez is the WBC interim light heavyweight champion
Super Middleweight (168 lbs.)
- WBO: Canelo Alvarez
- IBF: William Scull
- WBA: Canelo Alvarez
- WBC: Canelo Alvarez*
- *David Benavidez is the WBC interim super middleweight champion
Middleweight (160 lbs.)
- WBO: Janibek Alimkhanuly
- IBF: Janibek Alimkhanuly
- WBA: Erislandy Lara
- WBC: Carlos Adames
Junior Middleweight (154 lbs.)
- WBO: Sebastian Fundora*
- IBF: Bakhram Murtazaliev
- WBA: Terence Crawford**
- WBC: Sebastian Fundora****Terence Crawford is the WBO interim junior middleweight champion**Jermell Charlo is the WBA junior middleweight champion in recess***Vergil Ortiz Jr. is the WBC interim junior middleweight champion
Welterweight (147 lbs.)
- WBO: Brian Norman Jr.
- IBF: Jaron Ennis
- WBA: Eimantas Stanionis
- WBC: Mario Barrios*
- Terence Crawford is the WBC welterweight champion in recess.
Junior Welterweight (140 lbs.)
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WBO: Teofimo Lopez Jr.
IBF: Richardson Hitchins
WBA: Jose Valenzuela
WBC: Alberto Puello*
*Devin Haney is the WBC junior welterweight champion in recess
Lightweight (135 lbs.)
- WBO: Keshawn Davis
- IBF: Vasiliy Lomachenko
- WBA: Gervonta Davis
- WBC: Shakur Stevenson*
- *William Zepeda is the WBC interim junior welterweight champion
Junior Lightweight (130 lbs.)
- WBO: Emanuel Navarrete
- IBF: Anthony Cacace
- WBA: Lamont Roach*
- WBC: O’Shaquie Foster*
- Albert Batyrgaziev is the WBA interim junior lightweight champion
Featherweight (126 lbs.)
- WBO: Rafael Espinoza
- IBF: Angelo Leo
- WBA: Nick Ball
- WBC: Brandon Figueroa*
- *Rey Vargas is the WBC featherweight champion in recess
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: Yoshiki Takei
IBF: Ryosuke Nishida
WBA: Seiya Tsutsumi*
WBC: Junto Nakatani
*Antonio Vargas is the WBA interim bantamweight champion
Junior Bantamweight (115 lbs.)
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- WBO: Phumelele Cafu
- IBF: Vacant
WBA: Fernando Martinez*
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WBC: Jesse Rodriguez*
*David Jimenez is the WBA interim junior bantamweight champion
**Pedro Guevara is the WBC interim junior bantamweight champion
Flyweight (112 lbs.)
- IBF: Vacant
- WBO: Anthony Olascuaga
- IBF: Angel Ayala
WBA: Seigo Yuri Akui
WBC: Kenshiro Teraji*
*Galal Yafai is the WBC interim flyweight champion
Junior Flyweight (108 lbs.)
- WBO: Shokichi Iwata
- IBF: Masamichi Yabuki
WBA: Erick Rosa
WBC: Panya CFP
Strawweight (105 lbs.)
- WBO: Oscar Collazo
- IBF: Pedro Taduran
WBA: Oscar Collazo
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WBC: Melvin Jerusalem