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September 14: Toronto (DAZN)
Bryan Acosta vs. Jon Martinez, 10 rounds, featherweights
Joshuah Lupia vs. Jesus Solis Reyes, 6 rounds, welterweights
September 15: Nathan, Australia
Paul Gallen vs. Justin Hodges, 4 rounds, heavyweights
Paul Gallen vs. Ben Hannant, 4 rounds, heavyweights
September 16: Montreal (ESPN+)
Arslanbek Makhmudov vs. Carlos Takam, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Steven Butler vs. Mark DeLuca, 10 rounds, middleweights
Thomas Chabot vs. Armando Ramirez, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
Alexandre Gaumont vs. Gaston Due, 6 rounds, middleweighs
Hamza Khabbaz vs. Marcin Jadwiszczak, 4 rounds, welterweights
Jean Gardy François vs. Andres Sanchez Ramirez, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
Martine Vallieres-Bisson vs. Emma Gongora, 6 rounds, female featherweights
September 16: London
Denzel Bentley vs. Marcus Morrison, 12 rounds, for Bentley’s British middleweight title
Ellis Zorro vs. Dec Spelman, 8 rounds, cruiserweights
Royston Barney-Smith vs. Paul Holt, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
Frank Arnold vs. Brayan Mairena, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
Adan Mohamed vs. Reiss Taylor, 6 rounds, junior featherweights
Khalid Ali vs. Dario Borosa, 6 rounds, welterweights
Masood Abdulah vs. Stefan Nicolae, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
Arnold Obodai vs. Pawel Strykowski, 4 rounds, cruiserweights
Joel Kodua vs. Joe Hardy, 4 rounds, middleweights
September 16: Obregon, Mexico (Canela TV)
Luis Torres vs. Cesar Gutierrez, 10 rounds, lightweights
Marco Cota vs. Kevin Piedrahita, 8 rounds, lightweights
Gerardo Sanchez vs. Israel Flores Lopez, 6 rounds, flyweights
Alejandro Cota vs. Alex Fuentas Borbon, 4 rounds, featherweights
Pedro Penunuri vs. Jan Rodriguez Martinez, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
September 16: Philadelphia
Jeremy Cuevas vs. Jose Angulo, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Joshafat Ortiz vs. TBA, 8 rounds, lightweights
Jan Carlos Rivera vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
Jeffrey Villanueva vs. Michael Turner, 4 rounds, bantamweights
LeAnna Cruz vs. Lilian Almaraz, 4 rounds, female junior bantamweights
Juan Gutierrez vs. Alexis Salido, 4 rounds, junior bantamweights
John Leonardo vs. Pedro Hernandez, 6 rounds, featherweights
September 17: Las Vegas (DAZN PPV and PPV.com)
Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennadiy Golovkin, third fight, 12 rounds, for Alvarez’s WBC/IBF/WBO/WBA super middleweight title
Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez vs. Israel Gonzalez, 12 rounds, for Rodriguez’s WBC junior bantamweight title
Ali Akhmedov vs. Gabriel Rosado, 10 rounds, super middleweights
Austin Williams vs. Kieron Conway, 10 rounds, middleweights
Diego Pacheco vs. Enrique Collazo, 10 rounds, super middleweights
Marc Castro vs. Kevin Montiel Mendoza, 8 rounds, lightweights
Aaron Aponte vs. Fernando Molina, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Anthony Herrera vs. Delvin McKinley, 6 rounds, bantamweights
September 17: Bolton, England
Lydon Arthur vs. Walter Sequeira, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
Nathan Gorman vs. TBA, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Gavin Gwynne vs. Craig Woodruff, 12 rounds, for Gwynne’s British lightweight title
Conah Walker vs. Kane Gardner, 10 rounds, welterweights
September 17: Kempton Park, South Africa
Kevin Lerena vs. Mariusz Wach, 12 rounds, heavwyeights
Tshifhiwa Munyai vs. Lusanda Komanisi, 12 rounds, lightweights
September 17: Tampa
Yamaguchi Falcao vs Abel Adriel, 8 rounds, super middleweights
Connor Coyle vs. Silverio Ortiz, 8 rounds, middleweights
September 17: Wilmington, Del.
Jessica Camara vs. Jaica Pavilus, 8 rounds, female junior welterweights
Pedro Gomez vs. Dante Cox, 8 rounds, lightweights
Istvan Bernath vs. TBA, 8 rounds, heavyweights
Milton Jorge Andrade Jeremias vs. Shawn Rall, 4 rounds, welterweights
September 17: Nykobing Falster, Denmark
Kem Ljungqvist vs. Chris Thompson, 10 rounds, heavyweights
September 23: Newark, N.J. (ESPN/ESPN Deportes/ESPN+)
Shakur Stevenson vs. Robson Conceicao, 12 rounds, for Stevenson’s WBC/WBO junior lightweight title
Keyshawn Davis vs. Omar Tienda, 8 rounds, lightweights
Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington vs. Jose Argel, 6 rounds, featherweights
Jahi Tucker vs. Jose Luis Sanchez, 8 rounds, welterweights
Henry Lebron vs. Andy Vences, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
Antoine Cobb vs. Jaylan Phillips, rematch, 4 rounds, welterweights
Pablo Valdez vs. Noe Alejandro Lopez, 6 rounds, welterweights
Orlando Gonzalez vs. Misael Lopez, 8 rounds, featherweights
Floyd Diaz vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior featherweights
September 23: Ontario, Calif. (Thompson Boxing Facebook and YouTube)
Richard Brewart Jr. vs. Joeshon James, 8 rounds, middleweights
Roberto Meza Jr. vs. Isaac Avelar, 8 rounds, featherweights
Ruben Islas vs. TBA, 6 rounds, lightweights
David Salinas vs. Alexis Salido, 4 rounds, featherweights
September 23: Cancun, Mexico (ProBox TV)
Cristopher Lopez vs. Alejandro Diaz, 10 rounds, junior featherweights
Bryan Mercado Vazquez vs. Victor Albino, 10 rounds, junior featherweights
Celex Castro vs. Jose Amauro Guerrero, 8 rounds, featherweights
Alvino Herrera vs. Edgar De La Cruz, 8 rounds, featherweights
Jaycob Gomez-Zayas vs. Luis Reyes Carmona, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
Jusiyah Shirley vs. Jorge Batalla Martinez, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
Javid Ramirez vs. Misael Hinojosa, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Guadalupe Martinez vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior featherweights
Ikram Kerwat vs. TBA, 6 rounds, lightweights
Tommy Wu vs. Vicente Granados Guzman, 4 rounds, welterweights
Tony Curtis vs Javier Perez Calderon, 4 rounds, strawweights
Jose Guillermo Keb-Canul vs. TBA, 4 rounds, lightweights
September 23: Essington, Pa.
Nahir Albright vs. Estivan Falcao, 6 rounds, lightweights
Cameron Krael vs. Temirlan Raimkulov, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Mark Dawson vs. Vincent Floyd, rematch, 6 rounds, welterweights
Romuel Cruz vs. Roberto Pucheta, rematch, 6 rounds, junior featherweights
Dominique Mayfield vs. Jeremiah Wiles, 4 rounds, heavyweights
Erron Peterson vs. TBA, 4 rounds, middleweights
Famous Wilson vs. Tyler Jaques, 4 rounds, middleweights
Nimal Farmer vs. Kaywann Sistrunk, 4 rounds, welterweights
Rahiem Cooke vs. Joshua Zimmerman, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
Marvelous Corbin vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
September 23: Bethlehem, Pa.
Jonathan Rodriguez vs. Oscar Vazquez, 8 rounds, bantamweights
James Bernadin vs. Jairo Lopez, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Joseph Jackson vs. Anthony Lenk, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
Julian Gonzalez vs. Rondale Hubbert, 6 rounds, lightweights
Thanjhae Teasley vs. TBA, 4 rounds, welterweights
Jetter Burgos vs. Tyriek Gainey, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
September 24: Manchester, England (ESPN+)
Joe Joyce vs. Joseph Parker, 12 rounds, for vacant WBO interim heavyweight title
Amanda Serrano vs. Sarah Mahfoud, 10 rounds, WBC/WBO/IBF women’s featherweight unification
Michael Magnesi vs. Anthony Cacace 12 rounds, junior lightweights
Ekow Essuman vs. Samuel Antwi, 12 rounds, for Essuman’s British and Commonwealth welterweight titles
Nathan Heaney vs. Jack Flatley, 10 rounds, super middlweights
Raven Chapman vs. Jorgelina Guanini, 10 rounds, female featherweights
Mark Heffron vs. TBA, 8 rounds, super middleweights
James Heneghan vs. Rod Douglas Jr., 6 rounds, middleweights
Amaar Akbar vs. Karlo Wallace, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
Tommy Fletcher vs. TBA, 4 rounds, cruiserweights
Callum Thompson vs. Delmar Thomas, 4 rounds, lightweights
September 24: Nottingham, England (DAZN)
Leigh Wood vs. Mauricio Lara, 12 rounds, for Wood’s WBA “regular” featherweight title
Maxi Hughes vs. Kid Galahad, 12 rounds, lightweights
Hannah Rankin vs. Terri Harper , 10 rounds, for Rankin’s WBA women’s junior lightweight title
Cyrus Pattinson vs. TBA, 8 rounds, welterweights
Cheavon Clarke vs. TBA, 6 rounds, cruiserweights
Rhiannon Dixon vs. TBA, 6 rounds, female lightweights
Nico Leivars vs. TBA, 6 rounds, bantamweights
Junaid Bostan vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
September 24: Saitama, Japan (Integrated Sports PPV, PPV.com, FITE)
Floyd Mayweather vs. Mikuru Asakura, exhibition, 3 rounds, junior middleweights
September 24: Ludwigshafen, Germany
Sarah Bormann vs. Elizabeth Lopez Corzo, 10 rounds, female strawweights
Huseyin Cinkara vs. Al Sands, 10 rounds, cruiserweights
Michael Seitz vs. Muhammad Oguzhan Arifogullari, 10 rounds, cruiserweights
Ahmad Ali vs. Felice Moncelli, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Leon Bauer vs. TBA, 10 rounds, super middleweights
September 24: Valladolid, Spain
Kiko Martinez vs. TBA, 10 rounds, featherweights
September 30: Mexico City (EstrellaTV)
Boxeo EstrellaTV
September 30: Bielsko-Biala, Poland
Lukasz Stanioch vs. Khoren Gevor, 10 rounds, super middleweights
October 1: Huntington, N.Y.
Lyubomyr Pinchuk vs. Joel Shojgreen, 10 rounds, cruiserweights
John Gotti III vs. TBA, 4 rounds, light heavyweights
Omar Bordoy vs. Victor Rabei, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Ronny Reyes vs. Travis Crawford, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
Louis Maietta vs. Dequint Hill, 4 rounds, light heavyweights
Zay Flaherty vs. TBA, 6 rounds, middleweights
Ray Cuadrado vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
October 1: Washington, D.C. (BXNG TV)
Dusty Harrison-Hernandez vs. TBA, 10 rounds, cruiserweights
Anthony Peterson vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Greg Outlaw Jr. vs. Wilfrido Buelvas, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Sulaiman Segawa vs. Cobia Breedy, rematch, 10 rounds, featherweights
La’ Vay Lawrence vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
Jay Stancil III vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior featherweights
Eric Hernandez vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
Duane Thompson II vs. TBA< 4 rounds, junior middleweights
October 1: Tijuana, Mexico
Jackie Nava vs. TBA, 10 rounds, female junior featherweights
Luis Nery vs. TBA, 10 rounds, junior featherweights
Jorge Garcia vs. Jorge Paez Jr., 8 rounds, junior middleweights
October 1: Frankfurt, Germany
Leon Bunn vs. Daniel Blenda dos Santos, 12 rounds, light heavyweights
October 2: Almaty, Kazakhstan
Jarrell Miller vs. Ebenezer Tetteh, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Zhankosh Turarov vs. Carlos Manuel Portillo, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Mahammadrasul Majidov vs. Dusan Veletic, 8 rounds, heavyweights
Angelina Lucas vs. Olena Gurieva, 6 rounds, female flyweights
Dauren Yeleussinov vs. Aram Vardanyan, 8 rounds, super middleweights
October 7: Plant City, Fla. (ProBox TV)
ProBox TV
October 8: London (DAZN)
Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn, 12 rounds, middleweights
October 8: Carson, Calif. (Showtime)
Sebastian Fundora vs. Carlos Ocampo, 12 rounds, for Fundora’s WBC interim junior middleweight title
Carlos Adames vs. Juan Macias Montiel, 12 rounds, for vacant WBC interim middleweight title
Fernando Martinez vs. Jerwin Ancajas, rematch, 12 rounds, for Martinez’s IBF junior bantamweight title
Egidijus Kavaliauskas vs. Mykal Fox, 10 rounds, welterweights
Gabriela Fundora vs. TBA, 8 rounds, female flyweights
October 8: Newcastle, Australia
Dennis Hogan vs. Sam Eggington, 12 rounds, junior middleweights
Nikita Tszyu vs. Darkon Dryden, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Paulo Aokuso vs. Faris Chevalier, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
Darragh Foley vs. Blake Minto, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Sam Goodman vs. Jason Cooper, 10 rounds, junior featherweights
David Light vs. Vikas Singh, 8 rounds, cruiserweights
Ella Boot vs. Zoe Putorak, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Jayde Mitchell vs. Mark Lucas, 6 rounds, super middleweights
Cody Beekin vs. Lachlan Higgins, 6 rounds, middleweights
October 14: Monza, Italy
Sebastian Perez vs. Alessio Lorusso, 12 rounds, for vacant European bantamweight title
Mattia Occhinero vs. Mattia De Bianchi, 10 rounds, featherweights
October 14: Niagara Falls, N.Y.
Mikiah Kreps vs. TBA, 6 rounds, female bantamweights
October 15: New York (Fox PPV)
Deontay Wilder vs. Robert Helenius, 12 rounds, WBC heavyweight title eliminator
Caleb Plant vs. Anthony Dirrell, 12 rounds, WBC super middleweight title eliminator
Frank Sanchez vs. Carlos Negron, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Vito Mielnicki Jr. vs. Limberth Ponce, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
October 15: Melbourne, Australia (ESPN/ESPN Deportes/ESPN+)
Devin Haney vs. George Kambosos Jr., rematch, 12 rounds, for Haney’s WBC/WBO/IBF/WBA lightweight title
David Nyika vs. TBA, 4 or 6 rounds, cruiserweights
Hemi Ahio vs. TBA, 8 rounds, heavyweights
October 15: Brisbane, Australia (DAZN)
Liam Paro vs. Brock Jarvis, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Skye Nicolson vs. Krystina Jacobs, 10 rounds, female featherweights
Demsey McKean vs. Patrick Korte, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Cesar Mateo Tapia vs. Abdoulaye Mayweather, 10 rounds, super middleweights
October 15: Cali, Colombia
Oscar Rivas vs. Luckaz Rozanski, 12 rounds, for Rivas’ WBC bridgerweight title
October 15: Sheffield, England (DAZN)
Hasim Rahman Jr. vs. Vitor Belfort, 4 rounds, heavyweights
October 15: Chihuahua, Mexico
Yamileth Mercado vs. Mariana Juarez, 10 rounds, for Mercado’s WBC women’s junior featherweight title
October 20: Indio, Calif. (DAZN)
Floyd Schofield vs. Daniel Rosas, 8 rounds, lightweights
October 21: TBA (Showtime)
Ali Izmailov vs. Radivoje Kalajdzic, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
October 21: San Carlos, Mexico (Canela TV)
Canela Box Nights
October 22: Pont-Sainte-Maxence, France
Yvan Mendy vs. Denys Berinchyk, 12 rounds, for Mendy’s European lightweight title
October 26: San Juan, Puerto Rico (ProBox TV)
Juan Huertas vs. Miguel Madueno, 10 rounds, lightweights
October 27: Gatineau, Quebec
Eye of the Tiger Management
October 28: Mexico City (EstrellaTV)
Boxeo EstrellaTV
October 29: Glendale, Arizona (Showtime PPV)
Jake Paul vs. Anderson Silva, 8 rounds, cruiserweights
October 29: New York (ESPN+)
Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. Jamaine Ortiz, 12 rounds, lightweights
Robeisy Ramirez vs. Jessie Magdaleno, 10 rounds, featherweights
Richard Torrez Jr. vs. TBA, 6 rounds, heavyweights
Tiger Johnson vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
Duke Ragan vs. TBA, 8 rounds, featherweights
Troy Isley vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
Abdullah Mason vs. TBA, 6 rounds, lightweights
Haven Brady Jr. vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
October 29: San Diego (DAZN)
Joseph Diaz Jr. vs. William Zepeda, 12 rounds, lightweights
October 29: Birmingham, England
Hughie Fury vs. Michael Hunter, 12 rounds, WBA heavyweight eliminator
October 29: Zakopane, Poland
Jason Whateley vs. Mateusz Masternak, 12 rounds, IBF cruiserweight eliminator
October 29: Creteil, France
Kevin Lele Sadjo vs. Emre Cukur, 12 rounds, for Sadjo’s European super middleweight title
October 29: Brooks, Calif.
Alan Sanchez vs. Saul Bustos, 10 rounds, welterweights
Blake McKernan vs. TBA, 6 rounds, cruiserweights
Ivan Vergara vs. TBA, 6 rounds, featherweights
Kevin Montano vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
November 3: Montebello, Calif. (UFC Fight Pass)
Callum Walsh vs. Delen Parsley, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
Omar Cande Trinidad vs. TBA, 6 rounds, featherweights
Eric Priest vs. TBA, 6 rounds, middleweights
Umar Dzambekov vs. Nathan Davis Sharp, 4 rounds, light heavyweights
Jordan Panthen vs. TBA, 4 rounds, middleweights
Daniel Barrera vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior bantamweights
November 4: Plant City, Fla. (ProBox TV)
ProBox TV
November 5: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (DAZN)
Dmitry Bivol vs. Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez, 12 rounds, for Bivol’s WBA light heavyweight title
Joe Cordina vs. Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov, 12 rounds, for Cordina’s IBF junior lightweight title
Chantelle Cameron vs. Jessica McCaskill, 10 rounds, for Cameron’s WBC/IBF women’s junior welterweight title
November 12: Cleveland (DAZN)
Montana Love vs. Stevie Spark, 12 rounds, junior welterweights
November 18: Cancun, Mexico (ProBox TV)
ProBox TV
November 19: TBA, France
Arsen Goulamirian vs. Aleksei Egorov, 12 rounds, for Goulamirian’s WBA cruiserweight titlist
Abass Baraou vs. Milan Prat, 12 rounds, for vacant European junior middleweight title
November 25: Mexico City (EstrellaTV)
Boxeo EstrellaTV
December 1: Laval, Quebec
Kim Clavel vs. Jessica Nery Plata, 10 rounds, WBC/WBA women’s junior flyweight unification
December 2: Plant City, Fla. (ProBox TV)
ProBox TV
December 3: TBA (DAZN)
Juan Francisco Estrada vs. Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez, third fight, 12 rounds, for Estrada’s lineal junior bantamweight title
December 9: San Juan, Puerto Rico (ProBox TV)
ProBox TV
December 10: New York (ESPN/ESPN Deportes/ESPN+)
Teofimo Lopez vs. TBA, 10 or 12 rounds, junior welterweights
December 10: TBA, South Korea
Manny Pacquiao vs. DK Yoo, exhibition, 6 rounds
December 16: TBA, Philippines (ProBox TV)
ProBox TV
December 16: Mexico City (EstrellaTV)
Boxeo EstrellaTV
December 16: Shawinigan, Quebec
Eye of the Tiger Management
January 28: TBA (Showtime)
Jermell Charlo vs. Tim Tszyu, 12 rounds, for Charlo’s WBO/WBC/IBF/WBA junior middleweight title
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any update when/where the Leo Santa Cruz vs Rey Vargas fight will take place?
Thanks for sending these Dan - super helpful, to plan my social life around the fights :-).