UPCOMING FIGHTS and CURENT BOXING CHAMPIONS

DECEMBER 2020

Dec. 26: Tokyo

• Masayuki Ito vs. Hironori Mishiro, 10 rounds, lightweights
• Kai Chiba vs. Haruki Ishikawa, 8 rounds, junior featherweights
• Ryo Akaho vs. Yuto Nakamura, 8 rounds, junior featherweights
• Shoki Sakai vs. Takeru Kobata, 8 rounds, welterweights
• Kojiro Nishikawa vs. Daiju Kogo, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
• Takuya Yamaguchi vs. Masashi Noguchi, 6 rounds, lightweights

Dec. 31: Tokyo, Japan

• Title fight:Kazuto Ioka vs. Kosei Tanaka, 12 rounds, for Ioka’s WBO junior bantamweight title

JANUARY 2021

Jan. 2: Dallas, Texas (DAZN)

• Title fight:Ryan Garcia vs. Luke Campbell, 12 rounds, for the vacant WBC interim lightweight title
• Title fight: Rene Alvarado vs. Roger Gutierrez, 12 rounds, for Alvarado’s WBA “regular” junior lightweight title
• Title fight: Felix Alvarado vs. DeeJay Kriel, 12 rounds, for Alvarado’s IBF junior flyweight title
• Franchon Crews-Dezurn vs. Ashleigh Curry, 8 rounds, super middleweights
• Raul Curiel vs. Ferdinand Kerobyan, 10 rounds, welterweights
• Blair Cobbs vs. Issouf Kinda, 10 rounds, welterweights
• Sean Garcia vs Asa Stevens, 4 rounds, bantamweights

Jan. 14: Tokyo, Japan

• Keita Kurihara vs. Takuma Inoue, 12 rounds, bantamweights
• Taku Kuwahara vs. Yoshiki Minato, 8 rounds, junior bantamweights
• Katsuki Mori vs. Sora Takeda, 6 rounds, junior flyweights
• Ryutaro Nakagaki vs. Yuji Okinori, 4 rounds, junior bantamweights

Jan. 20: Uncasville, Conn. (Showtime)

• Patrick Cora vs. Hurshidbek Normatov, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
• Yeis Gabriel Solano vs. Mykquan Williams, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
• Jose Nunez vs. Aram Avagyan, 8 rounds, featherweights
• Martino Jules vs. Pedro Marquez Medina, 8 rounds, featherweights

Jan. 22: Wakefield, England (ESPN+)

• Karim Guerfi vs. Lee McGregor, 12 rounds, for Guerfi’s European bantamweight title

Jan. 30: Moscow, Russia (ESPN+)

• Artur Beterbiev vs. Adam Deines, 12 rounds, for Beterbiev’s WBC and IBF light heavyweight titles

Jan. 30: TBA (FOX)

• Caleb Plant vs. Caleb Truax, 12 rounds, for Plant’s IBF super middleweight title

Jan. 30: Moscow, Russia (DAZN)

• Sergey Kovalev vs. Bektemir Melikuziev, 12 rounds, light heavyweights

FEBRUARY 2021

Feb. 13: TBA (ESPN)

• Title fight:Joe Smith Jr. vs Maxim Vlasov, 12 rounds, for the vacant WBO light heavyweight title

Feb. 13: TBA (DAZN)

• Title fight:Joseph “JoJo” Diaz vs. Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov, 12 rounds, for Diaz’s IBF junior lightweight title
• Title fight:Patrick Teixeira vs. Brian Castano, 12 rounds, for Teixeira’s WBO junior middleweight title

Feb. 20: TBA (ESPN)

• Title fight:Miguel Berchelt vs. Oscar Valdez, 12 rounds, for Berchelt’s WBC junior lightweight title

Feb. 27: Auckland, New Zealand (DAZN)

• Joseph Parker vs. Junior Fa, 12 rounds, heavyweights

MARCH 2021

March 13, TBA (DAZN)

• Title fight:Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez, for Estrada’s WBC title and Gonzalez’s WBA title

**Alexander Povetkin  is the WBC interim heavyweight champion

Cruiserweight (200 lbs.)

WBO: Vacant

IBF: Mairis Briedis

WBA: Arsen Goulamirian*

WBC: Ilunga Makabu

**Beibut Shumenov is the WBA “regular” cruiserweight champion and Ryad Merhy is the WBA interim cruiserweight champion

Light Heavyweight (175 lbs.)

WBO: Vacant

IBF: Artur Beterbiev

WBA: Dmitry Bivol*

WBC: Artur Beterbiev

*Jean Pascal is the WBA “regular” light heavyweight champion and Dominic Boesel is the WBA interim light heavyweight champion

Super Middleweight (168 lbs.)

WBO: Billy Joe Saunders

IBF: Caleb Plant

WBA: Canelo Alvarez *

WBC: Canelo Alvarez

*David Morrell is the WBA “regular” super middleweight champion and David Morrell is the WBA interim super middleweight champion

Middleweight (160 lbs.)

WBO: Demetrius Andrade

IBF: Gennadiy Golovkin

WBA: Canelo Alvarez*

WBC: Jermall Charlo

*Ryota Murata is the WBA “regular” middleweight champion and Chris Eubank Jr. is the WBA interim middleweight champion

Junior Middleweight (154 lbs.)

WBO: Patrick Teixeira

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: Manny Pacquiao*

WBC: Errol Spence Jr.

*Yordenis Ugas is the WBA interim welterweight champion and Jamal James is the WBA interim welterweight champion

Junior Welterweight (140 lbs.)

WBO: Jose Ramirez

IBF: Josh Taylor

WBA: Josh Taylor*

WBC: Jose Ramirez

*Mario Barrios is the WBA “regular” junior welterweight champion and Alberto Puello is the WBA interim junior welterweight champion

Lightweight (135 lbs.)

WBO: Teofimo Lopez Jr.

IBF: Teofimo Lopez Jr.

WBA: Teofimo Lopez Jr. *

WBC: Devin Haney**

*Gervonta Davis  is the WBA “regular” lightweight champion and Rolando Romero is the WBA interim lightweight champion

IBF: Joseph Diaz Jr.

WBA: Gervonta Davis*

WBC: Miguel Berchelt

*Rene Alvarado is the WBA “regular” junior lightweight champion and Chris Colbert is the WBA interim junior lightweight champion

Featherweight (126 lbs.)

WBO: Emanuel Navarrete

IBF: Josh Warrington

WBA: Leo Santa Cruz*

WBC: Gary Russell Jr.

*Xu Can is the WBA “regular” featherweight champion

Junior Featherweight (122 lbs.)

WBO: Angelo Leo

IBF: Murodjon Akhmadaliev*

WBA: Murodjon Akhmadaliev**

WBC: Luis Nery

*Ryosuke Iwasa is the IBF interim junior featherweight champion

**Brandon Figueroa is the WBA “regular” junior featherweight champion

Bantamweight (118 lbs.)

WBO: John Riel Casimero

IBF: Naoya Inoue

WBA: Naoya Inoue*

WBC: Vacant

*Guillermo Rigondeaux is the WBA “regular” bantamweight champion

Junior Bantamweight (115 lbs.)

WBO: Kazuto Ioka

IBF: Jerwin Ancajas

WBA: Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez*

WBC: Juan Francisco Estrada

*Joshua Franco is the WBA “regular” junior bantamweight champion

Flyweight (112 lbs.)

WBO: Junto Nakatani

IBF: Moruti Mthalane

WBA: Artem Dalakian*

WBC: Julio Cesar Martinez

*Luis Concepcion is the WBA interim flyweight champion

Junior Flyweight (108 lbs.)

WBO: Elwin Soto

IBF: Felix Alvarado

WBA: Hiroto Kyoguchi*

WBC: Kenshiro Teraji

*Carlos Canizales is the WBA “regular” junior flyweight champion and Daniel Matellon is the WBA interim junior flyweight champion.

Strawweight (105 lbs.)

WBO: Wilfredo Mendez

IBF: Pedro Taduran

WBA: Knockout CP Freshmart

WBC: Panya Pradabsri