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THE USA BOXING NEWS
- Upcoming Fisticuffs Schedule
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- FEBRUARY
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Feb. 25: Tokyo
- Title fight: Eri Matsuda vs. Ayaka Miyao, 10 rounds, for the vacant IBF women’s atomweight title
- Title fight: Mika Iwakawa vs. Nanae Suzuki, 10 rounds, for Iwakawa’s WBO atomweight title
- Sawako Fukuhara vs. Reiko Mori, 4 rounds, women’s atomweights
- Kagishippo Sachi vs. Mana Kawaguchi, 4 rounds, women’s atomweights
- Hanako Adams vs. Moeko Okada, 4 rounds, women’s flyweights
Feb. 26: Glasgow, Scotland (ESPN+)
- Title fight: Josh Taylor vs. Jack Catterall, 12 rounds, for Taylor’s WBC, WBA, WBO and IBF junior welterweight titles
- Robeisy Ramirez vs. Eric Donovan, 10 rounds, featherweights
- Nick Campbell vs. Jay McFarlane, 10 rounds, heavyweights
- Ebonie Jones vs. TBA, 6 rounds, women’s featherweights
- Scott Forrest vs. TBA, 4 rounds, cruiserweights
- Kurt Walker debut vs. TBA, 4 rounds, featherweights
- Paddy Donovan vs. TBA, 6 rounds, welterweights
- Kieran Molloy vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
- Mark McKeown vs. TBA, 6 rounds, featherweights
- Craig MacIntyre vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
Feb. 26: Las Vegas (Showtime)
- Title fight: Roger Gutierrez vs. Chris Colbert, 12 rounds, for Gutierrez’s WBA junior lightweight title
- Gary Antuanne Russell vs. Viktor Postol, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
- Title fight: Jerwin Ancajas vs. Fernando Martinez, 12 rounds, junior bantamweights
- Rances Barthelemy vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Feb. 26: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Guillermo Rigondeaux vs. Vincent Astrolabio, 12 rounds, bantamweights
Feb. 26: San Antonio, Texas
- Andrew Tabiti vs. Roberto Silva, 10 rounds, cruiserweights
- Floyd Schofield vs. Julio Sanchez, 8 rounds, lightweights
- Henry Arredondo vs. Jonathan Lecona Ramos, 6 rounds, featherweights
- Travorus Barnes vs. TBA, 6 rounds, heavyweights
- Jairo Castaneda vs. Adam Ealoms, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
- Kalliopi Kourouni vs. TBA, 6 rounds, women’s lightweights
- Xavier Nunez vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
- Jeffrey Stern vs. Jabrandon Harris, 4 rounds, middleweights
- Kieren Dewayne McGowan vs. TBA, 4 rounds, lightweights
Feb. 27: London (DAZN)
- Title fight: Lawrence Okolie vs. Michal Cieslak, 12 rounds, for Okolie’s WBO cruiserweight title
- Karim Guerfi vs. Jordan Gill, 12 rounds, for for Guerfi’s European featherweight title
- Anthony Fowler vs. Lukasz Maciec, 10 rounds, middleweights
- Galal Yafai vs. TBA, 10 rounds, flyweights
- Demsey McKean vs. Ariel Esteban Bracamonte, 8 rounds, heavyweights
- Campbell Hatton vs. Joe Ducker, 6 rounds, lightweights
- Fabio Wardley vs. TBA, 6 rounds, heavyweights
- Cheavon Clarke vs. TBA, 4 rounds, cruiserweights
- John Hedges vs. Aleksander Nagolski, 4 rounds, light heavyweights
MARCH
March 4: Fresno, California (ESPN+)
- Jose Ramirez vs. Jose Pedraza, 12 rounds, junior welterweights
- Gabriel Flores Jr. vs. Abraham Montoya, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
- Joet Gonzalez vs. Jeo Santisima, 10 round, featherweights
- Richard Torrez Jr. vs. TBA, 4 rounds, heavyweights
- Karlos Balderas vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
- Charlie Sheehy vs. TBA, 4 rounds, lightweights
- Antonio Mireles vs. TBA, 4 rounds, heavyweights
- Javier Martinez vs. TBA, 6 rounds, middleweights
March 5: San Diego, California (DAZN)
- Roman Gonzalez vs. Julio Cesar Martinez, 12 rounds, junior bantamweights
- Mauricio Lara vs. Emilio Sanchez, 10 rounds, featherweights
- Angel Fierro vs. Juan Carlos Burgos, 10 rounds, lightweights
- Diego Pacheco vs. Genc Pllana, 8 rounds, super middleweights
- Marc Castro vs. Julio Madera, 6 rounds, lightweights
- Skye Nicolson vs. Bree Howling, 6 rounds, women’s featherweights
- Anthony Christopher Herrera vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior bantamweights
March 5: Brno, Czech Republic
- Michal Ryba vs. Jozef Jurko, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
- Tomas Salek vs. TBA, 10 rounds, heavyweights
- Fabiana Bytyqi vs. TBA, 8 rounds, women’s junior flyweights
- Martin Parlagi vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior featherweights
- Tomas Bezvoda vs. TBA, 6 rounds, super middleweights
- Milos Beranek vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
March 11: Montreal
- Title fight: Yesenia Gomez vs. Kim Clavel, 10 rounds, for Gomez’s WBC women’s junior flyweight title
- Mathieu Germain vs. Mario Perez, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
March 12: Nottingham, England (DAZN)
- Title fight: Leigh Wood vs. Michael Conlan, 12 rounds, for Wood’s WBA “regular” featherweight title
- Gary Cully vs. Miguel Vazquez, 10 rounds, lightweights
- Terri Harper vs. Heather Hardy, 10 rounds, women’s lightweights
- Jorge David Castaneda vs. Kid Galahad, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
- Caoimhin Agyarko vs. TBA, 10 rounds, middleweights
- Sandy Ryan vs. Erica Anabella Farias, 6 rounds, women’s junior welterweights
March 12: Newcastle, England
- Title fight: Savannah Marshall vs. Femke Hermans, 10 rounds, for Marshall’s WBO women’s middleweight title
March 18: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Estelle Yoka Mossely vs. Yanina del Carmen Lescano, 10 rounds, women’s lightweights
- Jono Carroll vs. Serif Gurdijeljac, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
March 19: New York (ESPN/ESPN+)
- Edgar Berlanga vs. Steve Rolls, 10 rounds, super middleweights
- Xander Zayas vs. Quincy LaVallais, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
- Keyshawn Davis vs. Esteban Sanchez, 8 rounds, lightweights
- John Bauza vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
- Pablo Valdez vs. TBA, 6 rounds, welterweights
- Henry Lebron vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
- Kelvin Davis vs. TBA, 4 rouns, junior welterweights
March 19: Los Angeles (Showtime)
- Title fight: Jermell Charlo vs. Brian Carlos Castano, 12 rounds, for Charlo’s WBC, IBF and WBA junior middleweight titles and Castano’s WBO junior middleweight title
- Tim Tszyu vs. Terrell Gausha, 12 rounds, junior middleweights
March 19: TBA (DAZN)
- Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Michael McKinson, 10 rounds, welterweights
March 19: Kyoto, Japan
- Title fight: Masamichi Yabuki vs. Kenshiro Teraji, 12 rounds, for Yabuki’s WBC junior flyweight title
- Shota Asami vs. Yuga Inoue, 8 rounds, flyweights
- Rikito Shiba vs. Shisui Kawabata, 8 rounds, flyweights
March 19: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Title fight: Sunny Edwards vs. Muhammad Waseem, 12 rounds, for Edwards’ IBF flyweight title
- O’Shaquie Foster vs. Muhammadkhuja Yaqubov, 12 rounds, junior lightweights
- Regis Prograis vs. Tyrone McKenna, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
March 26: Leeds, England (DAZN)
- Title fight: Kiko Martinez vs. Josh Warrington, 12 rounds, for Martinez’s IBF featherweight title
- Maxi Hughes vs. Ryan Walsh, 12 rounds, lightweights
- Title fight: Maria Cecilia Roman vs. Ebanie Bridges, 10 rounds, for Roman’s IBF women’s bantamweight title
March 26: Ekaterinburg, Russia
- Magomed Kurbanov vs. Patrick Teixeira, 12 rounds, junior middleweights
- Zhora Hamazaryan vs. Gaibatulla Gadzhialiev, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
- Artysh Lopsan vs. TBA, 10 rounds, super middleweights
- Stanislav Kutin vs. TBA, 8 rounds, cruiserweights
- Elnur Samedov vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
- Yaroslav Doronichev vs. TBA, 8 rounds, cruiserweights
- Lazizbek Mullojonov vs. TBA, 6 rounds, heavyweights
- Shamil Askerov vs. TBA, 6 rounds, featherweights
March 26: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Mike Perez vs. Vasil Ducar, 12 rounds, cruiserweights
- Brian Agustin Arregui vs. TBA, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
- Marcos Maidana vs. TBA, 10 rounds, middleweights
- Agustin Mauro Gauto vs. Miel Fajardo, 8 rounds, junior flyweights
- Lenroy Thomas vs. Agron Smakici, 8 rounds, heavyweights
- Ramona Graeff vs. Anisha Basheel, 6 rounds, women’s lightweights
- rancisco Daniel Veron vs. Octavian Gratii, 6 rounds, middleweights
- Frank Zaldivar vs. Muksini Swalehe, 6 rounds, lightweights
- Hamza Touba vs. Idrisa Feruzi, 4 rounds, flyweights
March 29: Thailand
- Title fight: Petchmanee CP Freshmart vs. Wanheng Menayothin, rematch, 12 rounds, for CP Freshmart’s WBC strawweight title
APRIL
April 9: San Antonio, Texas (DAZN)
- Ryan Garcia vs. Emmanuel Tagoe, 12 rounds, lightweights
April 9: Holstebro, Denmark
- Title fight: Dina Thorslund vs. Niorkis Carreno, 10 rounds, for Thorslund’s WBO women’s bantamweight title
April 16: Arlington, Texas (PBC on Fox PPV)
- Title fight: Errol Spence Jr. vs. Yordenis Ugas, for Spences’ WBC and IBF welterweight titles and Ugas’ WBA “super” welterweight title
April 23: TBA, England (ESPN+ PPV)
- Title fight: Tyson Fury vs. Dillian Whyte, 12 rounds, for Fury’s WBC heavyweight title
April 30: Las Vegas (ESPN/ESPN+)
- Title fight: Shakur Stevenson vs. Oscar Valdez, 12 rounds, for Stevenson’s WBO junior lightweight title, and Valdez’s WBC junior lightweight title
April 30: New York (DAZN)
- Title fight: Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano, 10 rounds, for Taylor’s WBC, WBA, WBO and IBF lightweight titles
- Jessie Vargas vs. Liam Smith, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
- Title fight: Franchon Crews-Dezurn vs. Elin Cederroos, 10 rounds, for Crews-Dezurn’s WBC and WBO super middleweight titles and Cederroos’ IBF and WBA super middleweight titles
JUNE
June 5: Melbourne, Australia
- Title fight: George Kambosos Jr. vs. TBA, 12 rounds, for Kambosos’ WBA, IBF, WBO and WBC “franchise” tit
– Current Boxing Champions –
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Heavyweight (Unlimited)
WBO: Oleksandr Usyk
IBF: Oleksandr Usyk
WBA: Oleksandr Usyk*
WBC: Tyson Fury**
*Trevor Bryan is the WBA “regular” heavyweight champion
**Dillian Whyte is the WBC interim heavyweight champion
Cruiserweight (200 lbs.)
WBO: Lawrence Okolie
IBF: Mairis Briedis
WBA: Arsen Goulamirian*
WBC: Ilunga Makabu
*Ryad Merhy is the WBA “regular” cruiserweight champion
Light heavyweight (175 lbs.)
WBO: Joe Smith Jr.
IBF: Artur Beterbiev
WBA: Dmitry Bivol*
WBC: Artur Beterbiev
*Jean Pascal is the WBA “regular” light heavyweight champion and Robin Krasniqi is the WBA interim light heavyweight champion
Super middleweight (168 lbs.)
WBO: Canelo Alvarez
IBF: Caleb Plant
WBA: Canelo Alvarez*
WBC: Canelo Alvarez
*David Morrell is the WBA “regular” super middleweight champion
Middleweight (160 lbs.)
WBO: Demetrius Andrade
IBF: Gennadiy Golovkin
WBA: Ryota Murata*
WBC: Jermall Charlo**
*Erislandy Lara is the WBA “regular” middleweight champion, and Chris Eubank Jr. is the WBA interim middleweight champion
**Canelo Alvarez is the WBC “franchise champion”
Junior middleweight (154 lbs.)
WBO: Brian Castano
IBF: Jermell Charlo
WBA: Jermell Charlo*
WBC: Jermell Charlo
*Erislandy Lara is the WBA “regular” junior middleweight champion
Welterweight (147 lbs.)
WBO: Terence Crawford
IBF: Errol Spence Jr.
WBA: Yordenis Ugas*
WBC: Errol Spence Jr.
*Jamal James is the WBA “regular” champion and Gabriel Maestre is the WBA “interim” champion
Junior welterweight (140 lbs.)
WBO: Josh Taylor
IBF: Josh Taylor
WBA: Josh Taylor*
WBC: Josh Taylor
*Gervonta Davis is the WBA “regular” junior welterweight champion and Alberto Puello is the WBA interim junior welterweight champion
Lightweight (135 lbs.)
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WBO: George Kambosos Jr.
IBF: George Kambosos Jr.
WBA: George Kambosos Jr.*
WBC: Devin Haney**
*Gervonta Davis is the WBA “regular” lightweight champion and Rolando Romero is the WBA interim lightweight champion
**George Kambosos Jr. is the WBC “franchise” champion and Joseph Diaz Jr. is the WBC interim champion
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Junior lightweight (130 lbs.)
WBO: Shakur Stevenson
IBF: Kenichi Ogawa
WBA: Roger Gutierrez
WBC: Oscar Valdez
*Shakur Stevenson is the WBO interim junior lightweight champion
**Roger Gutierrez is the WBA “regular” junior lightweight champion and Chris Colbert is the WBA interim junior lightweight champion
Featherweight (126 lbs.)
WBO: Emanuel Navarrete
IBF: Kiko Martinez
WBA: Leo Santa Cruz*
WBC: Mark Magsayo
*Leigh Wood is the WBA “regular” featherweight champion, and Michael Conlan is the WBA interim featherweight champion
Junior featherweight (122 lbs.)
WBO: Stephen Fulton
IBF: Murodjon Akhmadaliev
WBA: Murodjon Akhmadaliev
WBC: Stephen Fulton
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Bantamweight (118 lbs.)
WBO: John Riel Casimero
IBF: Naoya Inoue
WBA: Naoya Inoue*
WBC: Nonito Donaire
*Guillermo Rigondeaux is the WBA “regular” bantamweight champion
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Junior bantamweight (115 lbs.)
WBO: Kazuto Ioka
IBF: Jerwin Ancajas
WBA: Juan Francisco Estrada*
WBC: esse Rodriguez**
*Joshua Franco is the WBA “regular” junior bantamweight champion
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**Juan Francisco Estrada is the WBC “frachise” junior bantamweight champion
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Flyweight (112 lbs.)
WBO: Junto Nakatani
IBF: Sunny Edwards
WBA: Artem Dalakian*
WBC: Julio Cesar Martinez**
*Luis Concepcion is the WBA interim flyweight champion and McWilliams Arroyo is the WBC interim flyweight champion
Junior flyweight (108 lbs.)
WBO: Jonathan Gonzalez
IBF: Felix Alvarado
WBA: Hiroto Kyoguchi*
WBC: Masamichi Yabuki
*Esteban Bermudez is the WBA “regular” junior flyweight champion
Strawweight (105 lbs.)
WBO: Masataka Taniguchi
IBF: Rene Mark Cuarto
WBA: Thammanoon Niyomtrong*
WBC: Panya Pradabsri
*Victorio Saludar is the WBA “regular” strawweight champion
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