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THE USA BOXING NEWS
- Upcoming Fisticuffs Schedule
- -2023-
- JANUARY
- Jan. 13: Laval, Canada (Watch 7 p.m. ET on ESPN+)
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- Title fight: Kim Clavel vs. Jessica Nery Plata, 10 rounds, for Clavel’s WBC women’s junior flyweight title and Plata’s WBA women’s junior flyweight title
- Mazlum Akdeniz vs. Cristian Bielma, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
- Marie Pier Houle vs. Marisol Moreno, 8 rounds, women’s welterweights
- Eric Basran vs. Juan Carlos Ramirez Garcia, 6 rounds, lightweights
- Caroline Veyre vs. Estefania Gonzalez Franco, 6 rounds, women’s featherweights
- Derek Pomerleau vs. Gustavo Magana Rodriguez, 6 rounds, middleweights
Jan. 14: Verona, New York (Watch 10 p.m. ET on ESPN/ESPN+)
- Efe Ajagba vs. Stephan Shaw, 10 rounds, heavyweights
- Guido Vianello vs. Jonathan Rice, 10 rounds, heavyweights
- Adam Lopez vs. Abraham Nova, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
- Haven Brady Jr. vs. Ruben Cervera, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
- Bryce Mills vs. Margarito Hernandez, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
- Edwin Rodriguez vs. Floyd Diaz, 8 rounds, junior featherweights
- Brian Norman Jr. vs. Rodrigo Damian Coria, 8 rounds, welterweights
- Bruce Carrington vs. Juan Antonio Lopez, 6 rounds, featherweights
- Dante Benjamin vs. Emmanueal Austin, 6 rounds, light heavyweights
- Rohan Polanco vs. Julian Smith, 8 rounds, welterweights
Jan. 20: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (Showtime)
- Paul Kroll vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
- Sean Hemphill vs. David Stevens, 8 rounds, super middleweights
- Atif Oberlton vs. Artem Brusov, 8 rounds, light heavyweights
- Julian Gonzalez vs. Rosalindo Morales, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
- Otto Wallin vs. TBA, 8 rounds, heavyweights
- James Bernadin vs. TBA, 8 rounds, lightweights
- Moses Johnson vs. Terrell Jamal Woods, 6 rounds, heavyweights
- Jonathan Rodriguez vs. TBA, 6 rounds, bantamweights
- Thanjhae Teasley vs. TBA, 4 rounds, welterweights
- Francis Oran vs. Marlon Haywood, 4 rounds, heavyweights
Jan. 21: Manchester, England
- Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Liam Smith, 12 rounds, middleweights
- Richard Riakporhe vs. Krzysztof Glowacki, 10 rounds, cruiserweights
- Joseph Parker vs. Jack Massey, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Jan. 21: Miami, Florida
- Jonathan Guidry vs. Bermane Stiverne, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Jan. 28: London (Watch: 3 p.m. ET on ESPN+)
- Title fight: Artur Beterbiev vs. Anthony Yarde, 12 rounds, for Beterbiev’s WBC, WBO and IBF light heavyweight titles
- Title fight: Artem Dalakian vs. David Jimenez, 12 rounds, for Dalakian’s WBA flyweight title
- Willy Hutchinson vs. Emil Markic, 12 rounds, light heavyweights
- Karol Itauma vs. TBA, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
- Joshua Frankham vs. Joe Hardy, 6 rounds, welterweights
- Charles Frankham vs. Joshua Ocampo, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
- Umar Khan vs. Sandeep Singh Bhatti, 6 rounds, featherweights
- Sean Noakes vs. Santiago Garces, 6 rounds, welterweights
- Khalid Ali vs. Ivica Gogosevic, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
- Tommy Fletcher vs. Darryl Sharp, 4 rounds, cruiserweights
- Enriko Itauma vs. TBA, 4 rounds, heavyweights
Jan. 28: Inglewood, California (DAZN)
- Alexis Rocha vs. Anthony Young, 12 rounds, welterweights
- Floyd Schofield vs. Alberto Mercado, 10 rounds, lightweights
- Oscar Collazo vs. Wilfredo Mendez, 12 rounds, WBO strawweight title eliminator
- Bektemir Melikuziev vs. TBA, 10 rounds, super middleweights
FEBRUARY
Feb. 3: Glendale, Arizona (ESPN/ESPN+)
- Title fight: Emanuel Navarrete vs. Liam Wilson, 12 rounds, for the vacant WBO junior lightweight tile
- Jose Pedraza vs. Arnold Barboza Jr., 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Feb. 4: New York (DAZN)
- Title fight: Amanda Serrano vs. Erika Cruz, 10 rounds, for Serrano, WBC, WBO and IBF featherweight titles and Cruz’s WBA featherweight title
- Title fight: Alycia Baumgardner vs. Elhem Mekhaled, 10 rounds, for Baumgardner’s WBC, WBO and IBF junior lightweight titles and the vacant WBA junior lightweight title
Feb. 11: San Antonio, Texas (Showtime)
- Title fight: Rey Vargas vs. O’Shaquie Foster, 12 rounds, for the vacant WBC junior lightweight title
- Title fight: Subriel Matias vs. Jeremias Ponce, 12 rounds, for the vacant IBF junior welterweight title
Feb. 18: Nottingham (DAZN)
- Title fight: Leigh Wood vs. Mauricio Lara, 12 rounds, for Wood’s WBA featherweight title
- Dalton Smith vs. Billy Allington, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
- Gary Cully vs. Wilfredo Flores, 10 rounds, lightweights
- Wilfredo Flores vs. Dec Spelman, 6 rounds, cruiserweights
- Gamal Yafai vs. Diego Alberto Ruiz, 10 rounds, junior featherweights
- Kieron Conway vs. Jorge Silva, 8 rounds, super middleweights
- Junaid Bostan vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
- Nico Leivars vs. Alberto Motos, 6 rounds, junior featherweights
Feb. 24: Hialeah, Florida
- Guillermo Rigondeaux vs. TBA, 10 rounds, bantamweights
- Ariel Perez De La Torre vs. Yonfrez Parejo, 8 rounds, junior featherweights
- Jorge De Jesus Romero vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior featherweights
- Frank Diaz vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
- Damian Lescaille vs. TBA, 6 rounds, welterweights
- Gustavo Trujillo vs. TBA, 4 rounds, heavyweights
- Adlay Rodriguez vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
Feb. 25: Minneapolis, Minnesota (Showtime)
- Title fight: Subriel Matias vs. Jeremias Ponce, 12 rounds, for the vacant IBF junior welterweight title
- Jamal James vs. Alberto Palmetta, 12 rounds, welterweights
Feb. 25: Atlanta, Georgia
- Adrien Broner vs. Ivan Redkach, 10 rounds, welterweights
- Tevin Farmer vs. Mickey Bey, 10 rounds, lightweights
MARCH
March 4: Glasgow, Scotland (ESPN+)
- Title fight: Josh Taylor vs. Jack Catterall , 12 rounds, for Taylor’s WBO junior welterweight title
March 25: Fresno, California (ESPN/ESPN+)
- Jose Ramirez vs. Richard Commey, 12 rounds, junior welterweights
APRIL
April 1: Tusla, Oklahoma (ESPN+)
- Title fight: Robeisy Ramirez vs. Isaac Dogboe, 12 rounds, for the WBO vacant featherweight title
April 8: TBA
- Title fight: Shakur Stevenson vs. Shuichiro Yoshino, 12 rounds, WBC lightweight title eliminator
April 8: San Antonio, Texas (DAZN)
- Title fight: Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez vs. Cristian Gonzalez, 12 rounds, for the WBO vacant flyweight title
- – Current Boxing Champions –
- -2023-
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Heavyweight (Unlimited)
WBO: Oleksandr Usyk
IBF: Oleksandr Usyk
WBA: Oleksandr Usyk*
WBC: Tyson Fury**
*Daniel Dubois is the WBA “regular” heavyweight champion
Cruiserweight (200 lbs.)
WBO: Lawrence Okolie
IBF: Jai Opetaia
WBA: Arsen Goulamirian*
WBC: Ilunga Makabu
Light heavyweight (175 lbs.)
WBO: Artur Beterbiev
IBF: Artur Beterbiev
WBA: Dmitry Bivol*
WBC: Artur Beterbiev
Super middleweight (168 lbs.)
WBO: Canelo Alvarez **
IBF: Canelo Alvarez
WBA: Canelo Alvarez*
WBC: Canelo Alvarez
*David Morrell is the WBA “regular” super middleweight champion
- **John Ryder is the WBO “regular” super middleweight champion
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Middleweight (160 lbs.)
WBO: Janibek Alimkhanuly
IBF: Gennadiy Golovkin
WBA: Gennadiy Golovkin*
WBC: Jermall Charlo**
*Erislandy Lara is the WBA “regular” middleweight champion
**Canelo Alvarez is the WBC “franchise champion” and Carlos Adames is the WBC interim champion
Junior middleweight (154 lbs.)
WBO: Jermell Charlo
IBF: Jermell Charlo
WBA: Jermell Charlo*
WBC: Jermell Charlo
Welterweight (147 lbs.)
WBO: Terence Crawford
IBF: Errol Spence Jr.
WBA: Errol Spence Jr.
WBC: Errol Spence Jr.
*Eimantas Stanionis is the WBA “regular” champion
Junior welterweight (140 lbs.)
WBO: Josh Taylor
IBF: Vacant
WBA: Alberto Puello
WBC: Regis Prograis
Lightweight (135 lbs.)
WBO: Devin Haney
IBF: Devin Haney
WBA: Devin Haney*
WBC: Devin Haney**
*Gervonta Davis is the WBA “regular” lightweight champion
**Devin Haney is the WBC “franchise” champion
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Junior lightweight (130 lbs.)
WBO: Vacant
IBF: Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov
- WBA: Hector Luis GarciaWBC: Vacant
Featherweight (126 lbs.)
WBO: Emanuel Navarrete
IBF: Luis Alberto Lopez
WBA: Leo Santa Cruz*
WBC: Rey Vargas
*Leigh Wood is the WBA “regular” 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: Naoya Inoue
IBF: Naoya Inoue
WBA: Naoya Inoue*
WBC: Naoya Inoue
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Junior bantamweight (115 lbs.)
WBO: Kazuto Ioka
IBF: Fernando Martinez
WBA: Joshua Franco
WBC: Vacant
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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**
McWilliams Arroyo is the WBC interim flyweight champion
Junior flyweight (108 lbs.)
WBO: Jonathan Gonzalez
IBF: Sivenathi Nontshinga
WBA: Kenshiro Teraji
WBC: Kenshiro Teraji
Strawweight (105 lbs.)
WBO: Melvin Jerusalem
IBF: Daniel Vallafares
WBA: Knockout CP Freshmart*
WBC: Petchmanee CP Freshmart
*Erick Rosa is the WBA “regular” strawweight champion
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