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THE USA BOXING NEWS
- Upcoming Fisticuffs Schedule
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- MAY
- May 20 – Las Vegas, NV (ESPN+ PPV)Title fight: Devin Haney vs. Vasiliy Lomachenko, 12 rounds, for Haney’s undisputed lightweight championship
- Oscar Valdez vs. Adam Lopez, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
- Title fight: Junto Nakatani vs. Andrew Moloney, 12 rounds, for the vacant WBO junior bantamweight title
- Raymond Muratalla vs. Jeremia Nakathila, 10 rounds, lightweigths
- Abdullah Mason vs. Desmond Lyons, 6 rounds, lightweights
- Nico Ali Walsh vs. TBA, 8 rounds, middleweights
- Emiliano Vargas vs. TBA, 4 rounds, lightweights
- Floyd Diaz vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior featherweights
- Amari Jones vs. TBA, 6 rounds, middleweights
May 20 – Dublin, Ireland (DAZN)
- Title fight: Chantelle Cameron vs. Katie Taylor, 10 rounds, for Cameron’s undisputed women’s junior welterweight championship
- Title fight: Terri Harper vs. Cecilia Braekhus, 10 rounds, for Harper’s WBA women’s junior middleweight title
- Dennis Hogan vs. James Metcalf, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
May 27- Belfast, Northern Ireland (ESPN+)
- Title fight: Luis Alberto Lopez vs. Michael Conlan, 12 rounds, for Lopez’s IBF featherweight title
- Nick Ball vs. Ludumo Lamati, 12 rounds, WBC featherweight eliminator
- Padraig McCrory vs. TBA, 12 rounds, super middleweights
- Anthony Cacace vs. Damian Wrzesinski, 12 rounds, junior lightweights
- Pierce O’Leary vs. Alin Florin Ciorceri, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
- Conor Quinn vs. TBA, 10 rounds, junior bantamweights
- Jamesy Freeman vs. TBA, 4 rounds, welterweights
- Callum Thompson vs. TBA, 4 rounds, lightweights
- Fearghus Quinn vs. TBA, 6 rounds, middleweights
May 27- Manchester, England (DAZN)
- Title fight: Mauricio Lara vs. Leigh Wood, 12 rounds, for Lara’s WBA featherweight title
- Kieron Conway vs. Linus Udofia, 12 rounds, middleweights
- Jack Catterall vs. Darragh Foley, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
- Danny Ball vs. Anthony Tomlinson, 10 rounds, for the vacant British welterweight title
- Campbell Hatton vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
- Aaron Bowen vs. TBA, 4 rounds, middleweights
- Aqib Fiaz vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
May 27- Bournemouth, England
- Title fight: Lawrence Okolie vs. Chris Billam-Smith, 12 rounds, for Okolie’s WBO cruiserweight title
- Mikael Lawal vs. Isaac Chamberlain, 12 rounds, for Lawal’s British cruiserweight title
- Sam Eggington vs. Joe Pigford, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
- Lee Cutler vs. Stanley Stannard, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
- Mace Ruegg vs. Dean Dodge, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
- Lewis Edmondson vs. Vladimir Belujsky, 6 rounds, light heavyweights
- Michael McKinson vs. TBA, 6 rounds, welterweights
- Tommy Welch vs. TBA, 6 rounds, heavyweights
- Karriss Artingstall vs. Jade Taylor, 4 rounds, women’s featherweights
May 27- TBA
- Title fight: Marlen Esparza vs. Gabriela Alaniz, 10 rounds, for Esparza’s WBC and WBA flyweight titles
JUNE
June 3 – Detroit, Michigan (DAZN)
- Title fight: Claressa Shields vs. Hanna Gabriels, 10 rounds, for Shield’s undisputed women’s middleweight championship
- Joseph Hicks vs. TBA, 8 rounds, middleweights
- Gunnar Kolbeinn Kristinsson vs. TBA, 8 rounds, heavyweights
- Da’Velle Smith vs. TBA, 6 rounds, middleweights
- Joshua Pagan vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
June 10 – New York (ESPN/ESPN+)
- Title fight: Josh Taylor vs. Teofimo Lopez Jr., 12 rounds, for Taylor’s WBO junior welterweight title
June 10 – London (DAZN)
- Title fight: Sunny Edwards vs. Andres Campos, 10 rounds, for Edwards’ IBF flyweight title
- Title fight: Cherneka Johnson vs. Ellie Scotney, 10 rounds, for Johnson’s IBF women’s junior featherweight title
- Title fight: Nina Hughes vs. Shannon Courtenay, 10 rounds, for Hughes’ WBA women’s bantamweight title
- Cheavon Clarke vs. David Jamieson, 10 rounds, cruiserweights
- Youssef Khoumari vs. Reece Bellotti, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
- Shannon Ryan vs. TBA, 8 rounds, women’s flyweights
- George Liddard vs. James McCarthy, 6 rounds, middleweights
- Johnny Fisher vs. TBA, 4 rounds, heavyweights
- Muhammad Ali vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior featherweights
June 10 – Ontario, California (DAZN)
- Jaime Munguia vs. Sergiy Derevyanchenko, 12 rounds, middleweights
June 17 – New Orleans, Louisiana (DAZN)
- Title fight: Regis Prograis vs. Liam Paro, 12 rounds, for Prograis’ WBC junior welterweight title
- Ramla Ali vs. Julissa Alejandra Guzman, 10 rounds, junior featherweights
June 18 – Queensland, Australia
- Tim Tszyu vs. Carlos Ocampo, 12 rounds, for Tszyu’s WBO interim junior middleweight title
- Sam Goodman vs. Ra’eese Aleem, 12 rounds, junior featherweights
- Justin Frost vs. Hassan Hamdan, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
- Liam Wilson vs. Eduardo Ramirez10 rounds, junior lightweights
- Vegas Larfield vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior featherweights
- Hasely Hepi vs. Troy Pilcher, 8 rounds, heavyweights
June 24 – TBA (Showtime)
- Title fight: Carlos Adames vs. Julian Williams, for Adames’s WBC interim middleweight title
- Erickson Lubin vs. Luis Arias, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
- Title fight: Fernando Martinez vs. Jade Bornea, 12 rounds, for Martinez’s IBF junior bantamweight title
June 24 – New York (DAZN)
- Edgar Berlanga vs. Jason Quigley, 10 rounds, super middleweights
JULY
July 1 – Toledo, Ohio (ESPN/ESPN+)
- Jared Anderson vs. Zhan Kossobutskiy, 10 rounds, heavyweights
- Arslanbek Makhmudov vs. Raphael Akpejiori, 10 rounds, heavyweights
- DeAndre Ware vs. TBA, 6 rounds, middleweights
- Tiger Johnson vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
- Dante Benjamin vs. TBA, 6 rounds light heavyweights
- Husam Al Mashhadi vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
- Jahi Tucker vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
July 1 – Manchester, England
- Liam Smith vs. Chris Eubank Jr., 12 rounds, middleweights
- Mark Heffron vs. Zak Chelli, 12 rounds, for Heffron’s British super middleweight title
- Title fight: Franchon Crews Dezurn vs. Savannah Marshall, 10 rounds, for Crews Dezurn’s super middleweight women’s undisputed championship
- Title fight: Natasha Jonas vs. TBA, 10 rounds, for Jonas’ WBC, WBO and IBF women’s junior middleweight titles
- Ben Whittaker vs. TBA, 4 rounds, light heavyweights
July 22 -TBA
- Title fight: Seniesa Estrada vs. TBA, 1o rounds, for Estrada’s WBC and WBA women’s strawweight titles
July 25: Tokyo (ESPN+)
- Title fight: Stephen Fulton vs. Naoya Inoue, 12 rounds, for Fulton’s WBC and WBO junior featherweight titles
- Title fight: Robeisy Ramirez vs. Satoshi Shimizu , 12 rounds, for Ramirez’s WBO featherweight titles
AUGUST
August 5 – Dallas (DAZN PPV)
- Jake Paul vs. Nate Diaz, 8 rounds, 185 pounds
- Title fight: Amanda Serrano vs. Heather Hardy, 10 rounds, for Serrano’s undisputed featherweight title
August 5 – Brooklyn, New York (Showtime)
- Title fight: Erislandy Lara vs. Danny Garcia, 12 rounds, for Lara’s WBA “regular” middleweight title
(Schedule information provided by ESPN)
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Heavyweight (Unlimited)
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WBO: Oleksandr Usyk
IBF: Oleksandr Usyk
WBA: Oleksandr Usyk*
WBC: Tyson Fury**
*Daniel Dubois is the WBA “regular” heavyweight champion
Cruiserweight (200 lbs.)
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WBO: Lawrence Okolie
IBF: Jai Opetaia
WBA: Arsen Goulamirian*
WBC: Ilunga Makabu
Light heavyweight (175 lbs.)
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WBO: Artur Beterbiev
IBF: Artur Beterbiev
WBA: Dmitry Bivol*
WBC: Artur Beterbiev
Super middleweight (168 lbs.)
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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.)
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WBO: Janibek Alimkhanuly
IBF: Vacant
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.)
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WBO: Jermell Charlo
IBF: Jermell Charlo
WBA: Jermell Charlo*
WBC: Jermell Charlo
Welterweight (147 lbs.)
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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 TaylorIBF: VacantWBA: Alberto PuelloWBC: Regis Prograis
Lightweight (135 lbs.)
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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.)
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WBO: Emanuel Navarrete
IBF: Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov
- WBA: Hector Luis GarciaWBC: Vacant
- WBC: Vacant
Featherweight (126 lbs.)
- WBO: VacantIBF: Luis Alberto LopezWBA: Mauricio LaraWBC: Rey Vargas
Junior featherweight (122 lbs.)
- WBO: Stephen FultonIBF: Murodjon AkhmadalievWBA: Murodjon AkhmadalievWBC: Stephen Fulton
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Bantamweight (118 lbs.)
WBO: Vacant
IBF: Vacant
WBA: Vacant
WBC: Vacant
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Junior bantamweight (115 lbs.)
- WBO: Kazuto IokaIBF: Fernando MartinezWBA: Joshua FrancoWBC: Juan Francisco Estrada
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*Juan Francisco Estrada is the WBC “franchise” junior bantamweight champion
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Flyweight (112 lbs.)
- WBO: VacantIBF: Sunny EdwardsWBA: Artem Dalakian*WBC: Julio Cesar Martinez* McWilliams Arroyo is the WBC interim flyweight champion
Junior flyweight (108 lbs.)
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WBO: Jonathan Gonzalez
IBF: Sivenathi Nontshinga
WBA: Kenshiro Teraji
WBC: Kenshiro Teraji
Strawweight (105 lbs.)
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WBO: Melvin Jerusalem
IBF: Daniel Vallafares
WBA: Knockout CP Freshmart*
WBC: Petchmanee CP Freshmart
*Erick Rosa is the WBA “regular” strawweight champion