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December 17: New York (DAZN)
Andy Dominguez vs. Angel Geovanny Meza, 8 rounds, flyweights
Nisa Rodriguez vs. Melody Popravak, 6 rounds, female middleweights
Donte Layne vs. Pachino Hill, 6 rounds, super middleweights
Terell Bostic vs. Carlos Marrero, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Jacob Riley Solis vs. Daniel Jefferson, 4 rounds, middleweights
Koby Khalil Williams vs. Deonta Williamson, 4 rounds, lightweights
December 18: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (DAZN)
Chris Kongo vs. John Henry Mosquera, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Aadam Hamed vs.Jesus Gonzalez, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
Abdullah Darkazanly vs. Jose Aguirre, 4 rounds, middleweights
Levi Barnes vs. Ramiro Garcia Lopez, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
Luke Bibby vs. Jordan Ellison, 6 rounds, welterweights
December 19: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Erick Rosa vs. Neider Valdez Aguilar, 12 rounds, for vacant WBA junior flyweight title
Noel Reyes Cepeda vs. Liborio Solis, 12 rounds, junior featherweights
Vivian Bianelis Rodriguez vs. Magali Rodriguez, 10 rounds, female featherweights
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December 21: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (DAZN PPV)
Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tyson Fury, rematch, 12 rounds, for Usyk’s WBC/WBO/WBA heavyweight title
Serheii Bohachuk vs. Ishmael Davis, 12 rounds, WBC final junior middleweight eliminator
Moses Itauma vs. Demsey McKean, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Peter McGrail vs. Rhys Edwards, 10 rounds, junior featherweights
Johnny Fisher vs. David Allen, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Isaac Lowe vs. Lee McGregor, 10 rounds, featherweights
Daniel Lapin vs. Dylan Colin, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
Andrii Novytskyi vs. Edgar Ramirez, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Mohammed Alakel vs. Joshua Ocampo, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
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December 21: Shizuoka, Japan
Willibaldo Garcia Perez vs. Rene Calixto Bibiano, 12 rounds, for vacant IBF junior bantamweight title
December 21: Karlsruhe, Germany (DAZN)
Sarah Bormann vs. Jennifer Meza, 10 rounds, for vacant WBO women’s strawweight title
Daniel Dietz vs. Granit Shala, 12 rounds, heavyweights
David Kerkmann vs. Mohamad Mardenli, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
Alex Alselo vs. Keiver Pinango, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Janos Lakatos vs. Denny Heidrich, 8 rounds, cruiserweights
Calito Cumic vs. Aydin Yildirim, 8 rounds, heavyweights
Miljan Cumic vs. Kelash Hotak, 6 rounds, light heavyweights
Rosa Acosta Carrion vs. Madeleine Mohrhardt, 6 rounds, female junior welterweights
Sandor Megyesi vs. Karwan Al Bewani, 4 rounds, welterweights
Mazen Girke vs. Can Kaplan, 4 rounds, light heavyweights
Gabor Martin Turi vs. Can Goek, 4 rounds, light heavyweights
Maxim Kaptil vs. Laszlo Sarandi , 4 rounds, light heavyweights
December 21: Carteret, N.J.
Paul Bamba vs. Rogelio “Porky” Medina, 12 rounds, cruiserweights
Thomas Blumenfeld vs. Kerim Morkoc, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Carlos Gonzalez vs. Gregorio Lebron, 8 rounds, featherweights
Daniel Gonzalez vs. Danny Murray, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
Christopher Houston vs. Michael Ruiz, 4 rounds, featherweights
Jean Pierre Valencia vs. DePriest Johnson, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
Justin Penaranda vs. Desmond Carr, 4 rounds, lightweights
Muhammad Noori vs. Michael Land, 4 rounds, featherweights
Daniel Bean vs. Elian Moreno-Rangel, 4 rounds, heavyweights
Richard Johnson vs. Carlo Ricci, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
December 26: Bangkok, Thailand
Carlos Canizales vs. Panya Pradabsri, 12 rounds, for vacant WBC junior flyweight title
December 27: Managua, Nicaragua
Felix Alvarado vs. Tobias Jeremias Reyes, 12 rounds, IBF flyweight eliminator
December 31: Tokyo
Fernando Martinez vs. Kazuto Ioka, rematch, 12 rounds, for Martinez’s WBA junior bantamweight title
Hayato Tsutsumi vs. Rene Alvarado, 12 rounds, junior lightweights
Joe Shiraishi vs. Tsuyoshi Sato, 8 rounds, junior bantamweights
Masato Shinoda vs. Kenshin Oshima, 8 rounds, featherweights
Hanyun Wu vs. Yoshimitsu Kimura, 8 rounds, lightweights
Areji Kato vs. Masahiro Suzuki, 8 rounds, lightweights
Mao Tameda vs. Tsukuru Midorikawa, 6 rounds, middleweights
Sora Takahashi vs. Hayato Aiko, 4 rounds, featherweights
Masahiro Nakata vs. Yuki Yamashiro, 4 rounds, junior featherweights
January 8: Broadbeach, Australia (DAZN)
Jai Opetaia vs. TBA, 12 rounds, for Opetaia’s lineal/IBF cruiserweight title
Justis Huni vs. Shaun Potgieter, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Max McIntyre vs. Abdulselam Saman, 10 rounds, super middleweights
Teremoana Teremoana vs. TBA, 6 rounds, heavyweights
January 10: Tacoma, Wash.
Austin Brooks vs. Rosalindo Morales, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
Alexis De la Cerda Landin vs. Nelson Guerrero, 4 rounds, junior featherweights
Kingsley Ibeh vs. Scott Alexander, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Rolyn Nez vs. TBA, 4 rounds, welterweights
Joel Hernandez vs. TBA, 4 rounds, featherweights
Dedrick Crocklem vs. Nesly Trezile, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
Quinn McKenna vs. Niguy Simms,4 rounds, junior welterweights
January 11: Sheffield, Englands (Peacock)
Callum Simpson vs. Steed Woodall, 12 rounds, for Simpson’s British and Commonwealth super middleweight titles
Caroline Dubois vs. Jessica Camara, 10 rounds, for Dubois’ WBC women’s lightweight title
January 17: Commerce, Calif. (UFC Fight Pass)
Omar Trinidad vs. Mike Plania, 10 rounds, featherweights
Ali Akhmedov vs. TBA, 10 rounds, super middleweights
Mizuki Hiruta vs. TBA, 10 rounds, for Hiruta’s WBO women’s junior bantamweight title
Gloria Munguilla vs. Brook Sibrian, 8 rounds, female junior flyweights
Iyana Verduzco vs. Lindsey Ellis, 6 rounds, female junior lightweights
Joshua Anton vs. Victor Toney, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Adan Palma vs. Sharone Carter, 6 rounds, junior featherweights
Tayden Beltran vs. Eugene Lagos, 6 rounds, lightweights
January 24: Tokyo (ESPN+)
Naoya Inoue vs. Sam Goodman, 12 rounds, for Inoue’s WBC/WBO/IBF/WBA junior featherweight title
Yoshiki Takei vs. Yuttapong Tongdee, 12 rounds, for Takei’s WBO bantamweight title
Jin Sasaki vs. Shoki Sakai, 12 rounds, welterweights
Kai Watanabe vs. Tsubasa Narai, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
Toshiki Shimomachi vs. Misaki Hirano, 10 rounds, junior featherweights
Goki Kobayashi vs. Yuni Takada, 12 rounds, strawweights
January 25: Las Vegas (DAZN)
Diego Pacheco vs. Steven Nelson, 12 rounds, super middleweights
Andy Cruz vs. Omar Salcido, 10 rounds, lightweights
Ernesto “Tito” Mercado vs. Jose Pedraza, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
January 25: Nottingham, England (DAZN)
Dalton Smith vs, Walid Ouizza, 12 rounds, for vacant European junior welterweight title
Ellie Scotney vs. Mea Motu, 10 rounds, for Scotney’s IBF women’s junior featherweight title
Harry Scarff vs. Conah Walker, 12 rounds, for Scarff’s British and Commonwealth welterweight titles
Mark Dickinson vs. Reece Farnhill, 10 rounds, super middleweights
Ibraheem Sulaimaan vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
Hamza Uddin vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior bantamweights
January 31: London (DAZN)
George Liddard vs. Derrick Osaze, 10 rounds, middleweights
Junaid Bostan vs. Bilal Fawaz, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Jimmy Sains vs. TBA, 6 or 8 rounds, middleweights
Giorgio Visioli vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
Leli Buttigieg vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Taylor Bevan vs. TBA, 6 rounds, super middleweights
Jesse Brandon vs. TBA, 4 rounds, welterweights
February 1: Las Vegas (Prime Video PPV, PPV.COM)
David Benavidez vs. David Morrell, 12 rounds, for Benavidez’s WBC interim and Morrell’s WBA “regular” light heavyweight titles
Brandon Figueroa vs. Stephen Fulton Jr., rematch, 12 rounds, for Figueroa’s WBC featherweight title
Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz vs. Angel Fierro, 10 or 12 rounds, junior welterweights
Jesus Ramos Jr. vs. Jeison Rosario, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
February 1: London (Peacock)
Adam Azim vs. Sergey Lipinets, 12 rounds, junior welterweights
Isaac Chamberlain vs. Viddal Riley, 10 rounds, cruiserweights
February 2: Flint, Michigan (DAZN)
Claressa Shields vs. Danielle Perkins, 10 rounds, for Shields’ WBC and vacant WBO/WBA heavyweight titles
February 6: Montreal (ESPN+)
Arthur Biyarslanov vs. Mohamed Mimoune, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Bakhodir Jalolov vs. David Spilmont, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Albert Ramirez vs. TBA, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
Avery Martin Duval vs. TBA, 8 rounds, lightweights
Wilkens Mathieu vs. TBA, 8 rounds, super middleweights
Moreno Fendero vs. TBA, 8 rounds, super middleweights
February 7: Sheffield, England (DAZN)
Daniel Dos Santos vs. Shakan Pitters, 12 rounds, for Dos Santos’ European light heavyweight title
Tysie Gallagher vs. Ebanie Jones, 10 rounds, for Gallagher’s British and Commonwealth, women’s junior featherweight title
Shakiel Thompson vs. TBA, 10 rounds, middleweights
February 8: Manchester, England
Derek Chisora vs. Otto Wallin, 12 rounds, heavyweights
Willy Hutchinson vs. Zach Parker, 10 or 12 rounds, light heavyweights
Jack Rafferty vs. Kane Gardner, 12 rounds, for Rafferty’s British and Commonwealth junior welterweight titles
Masood Abdulah vs. Zak Miller, 12 rounds, for Abdulah’s Commonwealth featherweight title
Nathan Heaney vs. TBA, 8 or 10 rounds, middleweights
February 14: New York (ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN+)
Denys Berinchyk vs. Keyshawn Davis, 12 rounds, for Berinchyk’s WBO lightweight title
Xander Zayas vs. Slawa Spomer, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
February 15: Neu-Ulm, Germany
Felix Sturm vs. TBA, 10 or 12 rounds, light heavyweights
February 22: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (DAZN PPV)
Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol, rematch, 12 rounds, for Beterbiev’s undisputed light heavyweight title
Daniel Dubois vs. Joseph Parker, 12 rounds, for Dubois’ IBF heavyweight title
Shakur Stevenson vs. Floyd Schofield, 12 rounds, for Stevenson’s WBC lightweight title
Carlos Adames vs. Hamzah Sheeraz, 12 rounds, for Adames’ WBC middleweight title
Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Israil Madrimov, 12 rounds, for Ortiz’s WBC interim junior middleweight title
Zhilei Zhang vs. Agit Kabayel, 12 rounds, for vacant WBC interim heavyweight title
Joshua Buatsi vs. Callum Smith, 12 rounds, for Buatsi’s WBO interim light heavyweight title
February 28: Oaxaca, Mexico (DAZN)
Eduardo “Rocky” Hernandez vs. Rene Tellez Giron, 10 or 12 rounds, junior lightweights
March 1: Brooklyn, N.Y. (Prime Video PPV, PPV.COM)
Gervonta Davis vs. Lamont Roach, 12 rounds, for Davis’ WBA lightweight title
Jose Valenzuela vs. Gary Antuanne Russell, 12 rounds, for Valenzuela’s WBA junior welterweight title
Alberto Puello vs. Sandor Martin, 12 rounds, for Puello’s WBC junior welterweight title
March 1: Belfast, Northern Ireland (DAZN)
Lewis Crocker vs. Paddy Donovan, 12 rounds, welterweights
March 1: Bournemouth, England
Ryan Garner vs. Salvador Jimenez, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
March 14: Montreal (ESPN+)
Erik Bazinyan vs. Steven Butler, 10 rounds, super middleweights
March 15: Liverpool, England
Nick Ball vs. TJ Doheny, 12 rounds, for Ball’s WBA featherweight title
Andrew Cain vs. Charlie Edwards 12 rounds, for Cain’s British and Commonwealth bantamweight titles
Brad Strand vs. Ionut Baluta, 10 rounds, junior featherweights
Jadier Herrera vs. TBA, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
Jack Turner vs. TBA, 10 rounds, junior bantamweights
Lucas Biswana vs. TBA, 4 rounds, welterweights
Joe Cooper vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
Lewis Lawton vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
Nelson Birchall vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
March 28: Altrincham, England (DAZN)
Pat Brown vs. TBA, 6 or 8 rounds, cruiserweights
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Hello Dan. You mentioned assisting with throwing out into the ether, Pac vs DLH. Welp, how about Monster Inoue at Dodger Stadium? Top Rank is about to bring one of the biggest stars in Boxing ever to the USA. And likely the typical "Cut and Paste" profitable, but boring Vegas route. The LA Dodgers go to Japan for their regular season "Home Opener series" March 18-19. Then return back to LA to start the season at home March 27. That leaves Saturday, March 22nd as prime real estate to co promote a massive event with the Dodgers, their Japanese stars, the local Japanese community, and a enormous amount of local boxing fans. I would buy tickets and make the trip for something special like that 💯🇯🇵👺🥊