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July 25: Brisbane, Australia (DAZN)
Justis Huni vs. Troy Pilcher, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Lucas Miller vs. Clay Waterman, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
Max McIntyre vs. Micah Rivetti, 4 rounds, super middleweights
Xavier Fletcher vs. Suitama Manuele, 6 rounds, middleweights
Uila Mau’u vs. Veni Mafi, 4 rounds, light heavyweights
July 26: Orlando, Fla. (DAZN)
Jan Paul Rivera vs. Justin Goodson, 8 rounds, featherweights
Dainier Pero vs. James Evans, 8 rounds, heavyweights
Krystal Rosado vs. Veronika Dmitriyeva, 6 rounds, female bantamweights
David Garcia vs. Dominicc Hardy, 6 rounds, heavyweights
Damazion VanHouter vs. Cody Kerr, 6 rounds, heavyweights
Kaipo Gallegos vs. Armando Frausto, 6 rounds, lightweights
Roberto Raul Rivera vs. Carlos Dos Santos Rocha, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
Kiria Tapia vs. TBA, 4 rounds, female junior lightweights
Miy Sean Mason vs. Thomas Guillemette, 6 rounds, lightweights
Malik Lewis vs. Randy Zazueta Medina, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
July 26: Commerce, Calif. (UFC Fight Pass)
Omar Trinidad vs. Viktor Slavinskyi, 10 rounds, featherweights
Gor Yeritsyan vs. Aram Amirkhanyan, 10 rounds, welterweights
Adan Palma vs. Roberto Pucheta, 6 rounds, junior featherweights
Abel Mejia vs. Jose Jesus Correa, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
Iyana Verduzco vs. Colleen Davis, 6 rounds, female featherweights
Chantel Navarro vs. Wildalys Rivera, 4 rounds, female, featherweights
Jaybrio Pe Benito vs. Michael Land, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
July 26: Atlantic City, N.J. (BoxingInsider.com)
Otto Wallin vs. Onoriode Ehwaeieme, 8 rounds, heavyweights
Justin Figueroa vs. Bela Istvan Orban, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Bruce Seldon Jr. vs. Isaiah Margheim, 4 rounds, heavyweights
Stacia Suttles vs. Kalindra Faria, 4 rounds, female junior welterweights
Jacob Solis vs. James Abraham, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
Jason Castanon vs. Arveontae Dukes, 4 rounds, lightweights
Marco Romero vs. Victor Pradis, 4 rounds, super middleweights
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July 27: London (ESPN+)
Joe Joyce vs. Derek Chisora, 12 rounds, heavyweights
Dennis McCann vs. Ionut Baluta, 12 rounds, for vacant European junior featherweight title
Ryan Garner vs. Archie Sharp, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
Moses Itauna vs. Mariusz Wach, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Raven Chapman vs. Yohana Sarabia, 10 rounds, female featherweights
Brandun Lee vs. Juan Anacona, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Aadam Hamed vs. Georgi Velichkov, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
Sean Noakes vs. Inder Bassi, 10 rounds, welterweights
Royston Barney-Smith vs. Brian Barajas, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
Umar Khan vs. Kaddour Hmiani, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
Jermaine Dhliwayo vs. Engel Gomez, 4 rounds, lightweights
July 27: Detroit (DAZN)
Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse vs. Claressa Shields, 10 rounds, for Lepage-Joanisse’s WBC women’s heavyweight/vacant WBO light heavyweight title
Michel Rivera vs. Hugo Alberto Roldan, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Shohjahon Ergashev vs. Julian Smith, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Cameran Pankey vs. Shaileik Paisley, 6 rounds, featherweights
Gordie Russ II vs. Josiah Shackelford, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Husam Al Mashhadi vs. Bruno Leonardo Romay 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Ernesto Mercado vs. Hector Edgardo Sarmiento, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Jaquan McElroy vs. Travis Floyd, 4 rounds, middleweights
Samantha Worthington vs. Edina Kiss, 8 rounds, female junior welterweights
Danielle Perkins vs. Christianne Fahey, 8 rounds, female heavyweights
July 27: El Paso, Texas
Stephanie Han vs. Miranda Reyes, 8 rounds, female lightweights
Jorge Tovar vs. Lester Medrano, 6 rounds, middleweights
Yadira Bustillos vs. Amy Salinas, 8 rounds, female flyweights
Marcos Duran vs. Brandon Everett, 4 rounds, heavyweights
Victor Aranda vs. Kevin Pantoja, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
Dwayne Bonds vs. Jason Phillips, 6 rounds, welterweights
Dominic Barry vs. Tommie Britton, 4 rounds, cruiserweights
Corion Hawkins vs. D’Angelo Sanchez, 4 rounds, junior bantamweights
Julian Gonzalez vs. Deivi Julio, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
July 28: Saitama, Japan
Manny Pacquiao vs. Chihiro Suzuki, exhibition, 3 rounds, welterweights
July 28: Otsu, Japan
Ginjiro Shigeoka vs. Perdro Taduran, 12 rounds, for Shigeoka’s IBF strawweight title
August 3: Los Angeles (DAZN PPV, ESPN+ PPV, PPV.com)
Israil Madrimov vs. Terence Crawford, 12 rounds, for Madrimov’s WBA and vacant WBO interim junior middleweight title
Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz vs. Jose Valenzuela, 12 rounds, for Cruz’s WBA junior welterweight title
Andy Ruiz vs. Jarrell Miller, 12 rounds, heavyweights
Jared Anderson vs. Martin Bakole, 10 rounds, heavyweights
David Morrell vs. “Hot Rod” Radivoje Kalajdzic, 12 rounds, for vacant WBA “regular” light heavyweight title
Andy Cruz vs. Antonio Moran, 10 rounds, lightweights
Ziyad Almaayouf vs. Michal Bulik, 6 rounds, welterweights
August 3: Barnsley, England (Peacock)
Zak Chelli vs. Callum Simpson, 12 rounds, for Chelli’s British and Commonwealth super middleweight titles
Stephen McKenna vs. Joe Laws, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Maira Moneo vs. Caroline Dubois, 10 rounds, for Moneo’s WBC interim women’s lightweight title
Mauro Silva vs. TBA, 6 rounds, middleweights
Joel Kodua vs. TBA, 6 rounds, welterweights
Billy Deniz vs. Navid Iran, 6 rounds, cruiserweights
August 3: Belfast, Northern Ireland (DAZN)
Tyrone McKenna vs. Mohamed Mimoune, rematch, 10 rounds, welterweights
Fearghus Quinn vs. Aston Brown, 10 rounds, middleweights
Caoimhin Agyarko vs. Tomi Silvennoinen, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Ruadhan Farrell vs. Gerard Hughes, 8 rounds, junior featherweights
Owen O’Neill vs. Dylan Moran, 8 rounds, welterweights
Kurt Walker vs. Erik Lopez, 8 rounds, featherweights
Gareth Dowling vs. TBA, 4 rounds, welterweights
Teo Alin vs. Engel Gomez, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
Gary Arthurs vs. Edgar Romero, 4 rounds, middleweights
Jack O’Neill vs. Luke Fash, 4 rounds, featherweights
Dean Gonzalez Furlong vs. Paul Scaife, 4 rounds, welterweights
Cathal McLaughlin vs. Martin Shaw, 4 rounds, middleweights
August 3: Washington, D.C.
Jordan White vs. Jason Sanchez, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
Jaqeem Hutcherson vs. Anthony Eliotti, 8 rounds, junior featherweights
Brandon Quarles vs. Daniel Aduku, 6 rounds, super middleweights
Francois Scarboro Jr. vs. Ferris Dixon Jr., 6 rounds, junior lightweights
Jeffrey Yu vs. Dennis Candelaria, 6 rounds, featherweights
Ervin Fuller III vs. Robin Ellis, 6 rounds, junior featherweights
Nijay Brown vs. Alejandro Fugon, 4 rounds, super middleweights
Adrian Washington vs. Jordan Gruszewski, 4 rounds, cruiserweights
Tremaine Fuller vs. Joshua Zimmerman, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
Josiyah Giles vs. Jonatan Hernan Godoy, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
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August 9: Mexico City (ESPN+)
Angel Ayala vs. Dave Apolinario, 12 rounds, for vacant IBF flyweight title
August 9: Worcester, Mass.
Denzel Whitley vs. Anthony Viera, 8 rounds, welterweights
Maureen Shea vs. TBA, 8 rounds, female junior featherweights
Josniel Castro vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
Demek Edmunds vs. Jose Armando Martinez, 6 rounds, cruiserweights
Keno Luna vs. Izaiah Vargas, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
Justin Laporte vs. Tymar Miles, 4 rounds, welterweights
Jhon Devers vs. Igor Santos, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
Daniel Docimo vs. TBA, 4 rounds, welterweights
August 10: Las Vegas (DAZN)
Serhii Bohachuk vs. Vergil Ortiz Jr., 12 rounds for Bohachuk’s WBC interim junior middleweight title
Charles Conwell vs. TBA, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Gabriela Fundora vs. Daniela Asenjo, 10 rounds, for Fundora’s IBF women’s flyweight title
Kenneth Sims Jr. vs. TBA, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
August 10: Albuquerque, N.M. (ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN+)
Luis Alberto Lopez vs. Angelo Leo, 12 rounds, for Lopez’s IBF featherweight title
Lindolfo Delgado vs. Bryan Flores, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Abraham Perez vs. Matthew Griego, 10 rounds, flyweights
Alan Garcia vs. Donnie Reeves, 8 rounds, lightweights
Vito Mielnicki Jr. vs. TBA, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Steven Navarro vs. Oscar Arroyo, 6 rounds, junior bantamweights
Arnold Khegai vs. Belmar Preciado, 10 rounds, featherweights
August 17: Quebec City, Canada (ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN+)
Christian Mbilli vs. Sergiy Derevyanchenko, 10 rounds, super middleweights
Arslanbek Makhmudov vs. Guido Vianello, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Osleys Iglesias vs. TBA, 10 rounds, super middleweights
Abdullah Mason vs. Agustin Ezequiel Quintana, 8 rounds, lightweights
Jahi Tucker vs. Santiago Fernandez, 8 rounds, middleweights
Wilkens Mathieu vs. TBA, 6 or 8 rounds, super middleweights
Leila Beaudoin vs. TBA, 8 or 10 rounds, female junior lightweights
Thomas Chabot vs. TBA, 8 or 10 rounds, junior lightweights
Dzmitry Asanau vs. TBA, 6 or 8 rounds, lightweights
August 23: Hollywood, Fla.
Yoenli Hernandez vs. TBA, 10 rounds, middleweights
Yosdiel Napoles vs. TBA, 10 rounds, lightweights
Maureen Shea vs. Beata Dudek, 8 rounds, female junior featherweights
Harold Calderon vs. TBA, 8 rounds, welterweights
August 24: Manchester, England (DAZN)
Rhiannon Dixon vs. Terri Harper, 10 rounds, for Dixon’s WBO women’s lightweight title
Johnny Fisher vs.TBA, 10 rounds, heavyweights
William Crolla vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Joe McGrail vs. Lewis Morris, 8 rounds, featherweights
Campbell Hatton vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
Ste Clarke vs. TBA, 6 rounds, middleweights
August 24: Mexico City (DAZN PPV)
Floyd Mayweather vs. John Gotti III, rematch, exhibition, 7 rounds, no weight limit
Victor Ortiz vs. Rodrigo Damian Coria, exhibition, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
Alan David Picasso vs. Azat Hovhannisyan, 12 rounds, junior featherweights
Luis Rodríguez vs. Cesar Vaca, 10 rounds, super middleweights
Aaron Silva vs. Alfonso Flores, 10 rounds, super middleweights
Silvia Torres vs. Cecilia Rodriguez, 10 rounds, female strawweights
August 24: Osaka, Japan
Lerato Dlamini vs. Tomoki Kameda, rematch, 12 rounds, IBF featherweight eliminator
August 24: Philadelphia
Nahir Albright vs. Chris Colbert, 10 rounds, lightweights
Bryant Jennings vs. Joel Caudle, 8 rounds, heavyweights
Avious Griffin vs. William Jackson, 8 rounds, welterweights
Hakeem Harmon vs. Jahmir Anderson, 4 rounds, welterweights
August 24: Magdeburg, Germany
Roman Fress vs. Yasin Basar, 10 rounds, cruiserweights
Marlon Dzemski vs. Philipp Schuster, 10 rounds, welterweights
Robin Rehse vs. TBA, 6 rounds, super middleweights
Artur Henrik vs. TBA, 6 rounds, middleweights
Richard Meinecke vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
August 28: TBA, Australia
Nikita Tszyu vs. Koen Mazoudier, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
August 30: Atlanta (DAZN)
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August 31: Carson, Calif. (DAZN)
Diego Pacheco vs. Maciej Sulecki, 12 rounds, super middleweights
August 31: Santa Ynez, Calif. (UFC Fight Pass)
Cain Sandoval vs. Romero Duno, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Karlos Balderas vs. William Encarnacion, 8 rounds, lightweights
Umar Dzambekov vs. Edward Jeramie Ortiz, 8 rounds, light heavyweights
Sadriddin Akhmedov vs. TBA, 8 rounds, middleweights
Daniel Barrera vs. Garen Diagan, 8 rounds, flyweights
Alexander Gueche vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior bantamweights
September 3: Tokyo (ESPN+)
Naoya Inoue vs. TJ Doheny, 12 rounds, for Inoue’s WBC/WBO/IBF/WBA junior featherweight title
Yoshiki Takei vs. Daigo Higa, 12 rounds, for Takei’s WBO bantamweight title
Ismael Barroso vs. Andy Hiraoka, 12 rounds, for Barroso’s WBA interim junior welterweight title
Jin Sasaki vs. Qamil Balla, 12 rounds, welterweights
Toshiki Shimomachi vs. Ryuya Tsugawa, 10 rounds, junior featherweights
September 7: Perth, Australia
Thammanoon Niyomtrong vs. Alex Winwood, 12 rounds, for WBA strawweight title
September 7: Katrineholm, Sweden
Samo Jangirov vs. Marko Mononen, 8 rounds, cruiserweights
Ivan Perala vs. Andrei Baranovs, 6 rounds, super middleweights
September 8: Orlando, Fla. (DAZN)
Kevin Brown vs. John Bauza, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Javon Walton vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
September 13: Hermosillo, Mexico (DAZN)
Eduardo “Rocky” Hernandez vs. Thomas Mattice, 12 rounds, junior lightweights
September 13: London
Thomas Essomba vs. Charlie Edwards, 12 rounds, for Essomba’s European bantamweight title
September 14: Auckland, New Zealand (DAZN)
David Nyika vs. Blake Caparello, 12 rounds, cruiserweights
Ricaia Warren vs. Dylan Wright, 4 rounds, light heavyweights
Uila Mau’u vs. TBA, 4 rounds, heavyweights
Alex Leapai Jr. vs. Kenny Niko, 4 rounds, heavyweights
September 21: London (DAZN PPV, PPV.com)
Daniel Dubois vs. Anthony Joshua, 12 rounds, for Dubois’ IBF heavyweight title
Tyler Denny vs. Hamzah Sheeraz, 12 rounds, for Denny’s European middleweight title
Anthony Cacace vs. Josh Warrington, 12 rounds, for Cacace’s IBF junior lightweight title
Liam Smith vs.Josh Kelly, 12 rounds, middleweights
Joshua Buatsi vs. Willy Hutchinson, 12 rounds, for vacant WBO interim light heavyweight title
Mark Chamberlain vs. Josh Padley, 12 rounds, lightweights
September 21: Sydney, Australia (Prime Video)
Tim Tszyu vs. TBA, 12 rounds, IBF junior middleweight eliminator
September 27: Fayetteville, Ga.
Alycia Baumgardner vs. Delfine Persoon, 10 rounds, for Baumgardner’s WBC/WBO/IBF/WBA women’s junior lightweight title
September 28: Sheffield, England (DAZN)
Dalton Smith vs. Jon Fernandez, 12 rounds, for vacant European junior welterweight title
September 28: Ludwigsburg, Germany (DAZN)
Ardian Krasniqi vs. TBA, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
Eris Bajra vs. TBA, 10 rounds, welterweights
Altin Zogaj vs. TBA, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
Tyron Zeuge vs. TBA, 8 rounds, super middleweights
October 12: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (ESPN+)
Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol, 12 rounds, WBC/WBO/IBF/WBA light heavyweight unification
October 19: Laval, France
Jordy Weiss vs. Samuel Molina, 12 rounds, for Weiss’ European welterweight title
November 15: Arlington, Texas (Netflix)
Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson, 8 rounds, heavyweights
Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano, rematch, 10 rounds, for Taylor’s WBC/WBO/IBF/WBA women’s junior welterweight title
December 21: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (DAZN PPV, ESPN PPV, PPV.com)
Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tyson Fury, rematch, 12 rounds, for Usyk’s WBC/WBO/WBA heavyweight title
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I am distressed to see David Morrell (just like David Benavidez) forced out of the Super-Middleweight division because Canelo Alvarez feels he is entitled to do whatever he wants and no one will strip him of any belts. Canelo has earned the right to call some shots but this is too much. We need a boxing commissioner like the NFL, MLB and the NBA and WNBA have a single individual who can make decisions and force certain actions for the good of the sport. I nominate Larry Hazzard Sr. - a class act for many decades and the man with the gravitas and people skills to pull all this together. Main advisors: how about Turki Alalsheikh, Teddy Atlas and Laila Ali? Put those three in leadership roles under Hazzard and give them two years - the sport would reach even greater heights with some coordination and strong leadership. First pieces of business: 1) find a mentor and help for Ryan Garcia; 2) develop a protocol for how to announce PED violations so the sport doesn't look like a bunch of amateurs; 2b) get rid of Victor Conti, ban him from the sport; 3) stop sanctioning orgs from handing out titles which cheapens real champions' belts (i.e. Rolly Romero, Daniel DuBois, Mahmoud Charr); 4) institute standards for judges and get rid of those who are either corrupt, unqualified or blind; 5) mediate the silly beefs between Mayweather, Tank and Leonard Ellerbee; fine Bill Haney for his comments bringing detriment to the sport ........ this is not rocket science, and any administrator who knew what they were doing could clean this up in a year or two. We have the people with the smarts who are capable of doing this and right now the man who everyone is listening to is Turki Al-alsheikh, so if he favors a plan like this and has Teddy Atlas by his side we could see some action. One caution: Turki needs to stay in the background a bit because if it looks like he's trying to take over everything people will back off. Right now he's playing his cards perfectly. Great thanks to His Excellency for all he's done for boxing and if he favors a commissioner we'd be a good ways down that road.