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August 16: Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Deon Nicholson vs. Sergio Jimenez, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
Keontae Modley vs. Shaquille Cameron, 6 rounds, super middleweights
KeAndrae Leatherwood vs. Anthony Blake LaCaze, 6 rounds, super middleweights
Jessie Fletcher III vs. Marquis Hawthorne, 6 rounds, welterweights
Adrian Drane vs. Ryan King, 4 rounds, heavyweights
August 16: Panama City, Panama
Harvin Aguirre vs. Alberto Mosquera, 10 rounds, welterweights
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. Sena Agbekol, 10 rounds, super middleweights
Abdullah Mason vs. Mike Ohan Jr., 8 rounds, lightweights
Leila Beaudoin vs. Lizbeth Crespo, 10 rounds, female junior lightweights
Wilkens Mathieu vs. Facundo Nicolas Galovar, 6 rounds, super middleweights
Jahi Tucker vs. Santiago Fernandez, 8 rounds, middleweights
Thomas Chabot vs. Matias Guenemil, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
Dzmitry Asanau vs. Alexis Gabriel Camejo, 8 rounds, lightweights
August 17: London
Denzel Bentley vs. Derrick Osaze, 10 rounds, middleweights
Aloys Junior vs. Oronzo Burardi, 10 rounds, cruiserweights
Ben Fail vs. Omir Rodriguez, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
Billy Adams vs. Marvin Solano, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
Joshua Frankham vs. Artjom Spatar, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Luke McCormack vs. Yauheni Aleinik, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
William Hamilton vs. Perry Howe, 6 rounds, heavyweights
Mason Payne vs. John Henry Mosquera, 4 rounds, welterweights
Frankie Wood vs. Engel Gomez, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
Mykyle Ahmed vs. Stephen Jackson, 4 rounds, junior bantamweights
August 21: Plant City, Fla. (ProBox TV)
Jarrett Hurd vs. Jeison Rosario, 10 rounds, middleweights
Darrelle Valsaint vs. Angel Ruiz Astorga, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Dominic Valle vs. Kevin Piedrahita Puerta, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
Tristan Gallichan vs. Renny Viamonte Mastrapa, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
Ivan Dychko vs. Craig Lewis, 8 rounds, heavyweights
Gary Antonio Russell vs. TBA, 8 rounds, bantamweights
August 23: Hollywood, Fla.
Yosdiel Napoles vs. Frank Zaldivar, 10 rounds, lightweights
Maureen Shea vs. Beata Dudek, 8 rounds, female junior featherweights
Kevin Castillo vs. TBA, 6 rounds, lightweights
Montaser Aboughaly vs. TBA, 4 rounds, welterweights
Esteban Mussio vs. TBA, 4 rounds, welterweights
August 24: Mexico City (DAZN PPV)
Floyd Mayweather vs. John Gotti III, rematch, exhibition, 8 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 Rodriguez 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
Yudai Shigeoka vs. Samuel Salva, 10 rounds, junior flyweights
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
Isaiah Johnson vs. Andrew Rodgers, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Erron Peterson vs. Ashton Sykes, 6 rounds, middleweights
Nasheed Smith vs. Christopher Brooker, 4 rounds, light heavyweights
Jacob Cuevas vs. Brian Knight, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
Nimal Farmer vs. Maurice Clemons, 4 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. Humberto Diaz, 6 rounds, middleweights
Richard Meinecke vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
Max Suske vs. TBA, 6 rounds, super middleweights
Rudolf Hoffmann vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
Artur Reis vs. Yevgenii Makhteienko, 6 rounds, light heavyweights
August 28: Sydney, Australia
Nikita Tszyu vs. Koen Mazoudier, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Conor Wallace vs. Jerome Pampellone, 12 rounds, IBF light heavyweight eliminator
Michael Zerafa vs. Tommy Browne, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
Jasmine Parr vs. Amber Amelia, 10 rounds, female junior bantamweights
Brandon Grach vs. Jackson Murray, 6 rounds, heavyweights
Dharringarra Trewhella vs. Calvin Jensen, 6 rounds, welterweights
Mai Soliman vs. Connie Brown, 6 rounds, female junior bantamweights
John Weetra vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Sonny Knight vs. Laban Stringer, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
Max McIntyre vs. L-B Mathew, 4 rounds, super middleweights
August 30: Atlanta (DAZN)
Elijah Pierce vs. Jose Sanmartin, 10 rounds, junior featherweights
Brandon Adams vs.Francisco Daniel Veron, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Andreas Katzourakis vs. Robert Terry, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Maliek Montgomery vs. Oscar Bravo, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
Donte Layne vs. TBA, 4 rounds, super middleweight
Gustavo Rivera Rio vs. Carlos Andre Dos Santos Rocha, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
August 31: Carson, Calif. (DAZN)
Diego Pacheco vs. Maciej Sulecki, 12 rounds, super middleweights
Adelaida Ruiz vs. Ginny Fuchs, 10 rounds, for Ruiz’s WBC interim women’s junior bantamweight title
Criztec Bazaldua vs. Kyle Erwin, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
Fabian Rojo vs. Alejandro Frias Rodriguez, 6 rounds, welterweights
Alexander Gueche vs. David Vargas Zamora, 6 rounds, junior bantamweights
August 31: Naucalpan, Mexico (ESPN+)
Julio Luna vs. Oliver Quintana, 10 rounds, welterweights
Alejandro Davila vs. Leonardo Ruiz, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Ernesto Salcedo vs. Joel Cordoba, 8 rounds, bantamweights
Ariel Gonzalez vs. Martin Escamilla, 8 rounds, lightweights
Camilla Panatta vs. Sara Carmona, 8 rounds, female junior lightweights
Emiliano Alvarado vs. Abel Cruz, 4 rounds, bantamweights
Oswaldo Molina vs. Felix Garcia, 4 rounds, lightweights
Jesus Pina vs. Rafael Gabriel, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
Angela Nolasco vs. Monica Alvarado, 8 rounds, female junior flyweights
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
Daniel Barrera vs. Garen Diagan, 8 rounds, flyweights
Umar Dzambekov vs. Edward Jeramie Ortiz, 8 rounds, light heavyweights
Sadriddin Akhmedov vs. Antonio Todd, 8 rounds, middleweights
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
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September 5: Montreal (ESPN+)
Arthur Biyarslanov vs. Marcos Villasana, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Imam Khataev vs. TBA, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
Mary Spencer vs. TBA, 10 rounds, female junior middleweights
Christopher Guerrero vs. TBA, 8 rounds, weltereweights
Avery Martin Duval vs. TBA, 8 rounds, lightweights
Jhon Orobio vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Wilkens Mathieu vs. TBA, 8 rounds, light heavyweights
Moreno Fendero vs. TBA, 6 rounds, super middleweights
September 6: London
Sam Noakes vs. Gianluca Ceglia, 2 rounds, for Noakes’ European lightweight title
Masood Abdulah vs. George Stewart, 12 rounds, for vacant Commonwealth featherweight title
September 6: Dubai, UAE
Jazza Dickens vs. Eduardo Mancito, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
Dayan Gonzalez vs. Ariel Perez, 10 rounds, 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 7: Cologne, Germany
Ali Kiydin vs. Davide Brito, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Ermal Hadribeaj vs. Younes Zarraa, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
September 8: Orlando, Fla. (DAZN)
Kevin Brown vs. John Bauza, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Jose Armando Resendiz vs. TBA, 8 rounds, middleweights
Hendri Cedeno vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Javon Walton vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
Bree Howling vs. TBA, 8 rounds, female bantamweights
Harley Mederos vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
Phoobadin Yoohanngoh vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
September 13: Hermosillo, Mexico (DAZN)
Eduardo “Rocky” Hernandez vs. Thomas Mattice, 12 rounds, junior lightweights
September 14: Las Vegas (Prime Video PPV, PPV.com)
Canelo Alvarez vs. Edgar Berlanga, 12 rounds, for Alvarez’s WBC/WBO/WBA super middleweight title
Erislandy Lara vs. Danny Garcia, 12 rounds, for Lara’s WBA middleweight title
Caleb Plant vs. Trevor McCumby, 12 rounds, for vacant WBA interim super middleweight title
Rolando Romero vs. Manuel Jaimes, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Stephen Fulton vs. Carlos Castro, 10 rounds, featherweights
September 14: Miami (TrillerTV PPV)
Noel Mikaelian vs. Ryan Rozicki, 12 rounds, for Mikaelian’s WBC cruiserweight 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
Liam Messam vs. Jordan Simi, 4 rounds, heavyweights
September 14: Huntington, N.Y. (StarBoxing)
Junior Younan vs. Lulzim Bajrami, 10 rounds, super middleweights
Rodrigo Marte vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior featherweights
Louis Maietta vs. Jeremiah Truhlar, 6 rounds, super middleweights
Yan Carlos Perez vs. Ronny Reyes, 6 rounds, junior featherweights
Erick Perez vs. Joseph Elzey, 4 rounds, junior featherweights
David Malul vs. Lucien Hannah, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
September 20: Glendale, Ariz. (ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN+)
Jaime Munguia vs. Erik Bazinyan, 12 rounds, super middleweights
Emiliano Vargas vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Richard Torrez Jr. vs. TBA, 8 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, junior middleweights
September 27: New York (ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN+)
Sandy Ryan vs. Mikaela Mayer, 10 rounds, for Ryan’s WBO women’s welterweight title
Xander Zayas vs. Damian Sosa, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington vs. Sulaiman Segawa, 10 rounds, featherweights
September 27: Fayetteville, Ga.
Alycia Baumgardner vs. Delfine Persoon, 10 rounds, for Baumgardner’s WBC/WBO/IBF/WBA women’s junior lightweight title
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September 27: London (DAZN)
Thomas Essomba vs. Charlie Edwards, 12 rounds, for Essomba’s European bantamweight title
Chloe Watson vs. Jasmina Zapotoczna, 10 rounds, for Watson’s European women’s flyweight title
Tom Welland vs. TBA, 6 rounds, featherweights
September 28: Sheffield, England (DAZN)
Dalton Smith vs. Jon Fernandez, 12 rounds, for vacant European junior welterweight title
Rhiannon Dixon vs. Terri Harper, 10 rounds, for Dixon’s WBO women’s lightweight title
Johnny Fisher vs. Andrii Rudenko, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Peter McGrail vs. Brad Foster, 10 rounds, junior featherweights
Cameron Vuong vs. Joe Underwood Hughes, 8 rounds, lightweights
Giorgio Visioli vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
Ibraheem Sulaimaan vs. TBA, 6 rounds, lightweights
Brandon Scott vs. TBA, 6 rounds, featherweights
Josh Babb vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior featherweights
Connan Murray vs. TBA, 6 rounds, middleweights
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
October 26: Manchester, England (DAZN)
Jack Catterall vs. Regis Prograis, 12 rounds, junior welterweights
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
Neeraj Goyat vs. Whindersson Nunes, 6 rounds, super middleweights
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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