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February 8: Las Vegas (ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN+)
Teofimo Lopez vs. Jamaine Ortiz, 12 rounds, for Lopez’s lineal/WBO junior welterweight title
Keyshawn Davis vs. Jose Pedraza, 10 rounds, lightweights
Abdullah Mason vs. Benjamin Gurment, 8 rounds, lightweights
Javier Martinez vs. Raul Salomon, 8 rounds, middleweights
Charlie Sheehy vs. Abdel Sauceda, 8 rounds, lightweights
Alan Garcia vs. Tomas Ornelas, 6 rounds, lightweights
Art Barrera Jr. vs. Michael Portales, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
George Acosta vs. Rene Tellez Giron, 8 rounds, lightweights
Antonio Zepeda vs. Lemir Isom Riley, 6 rounds, heavyweights
February 9: Sheffield, England
Thomas Essomba vs. Elie Konki, 12 rounds, for Essomba’s European bantamweight title
Stevi Levy vs. Dorota Norek, 10 rounds, female junior featherweights
Shakiel Thompson vs. Gino Kanters, 8 rounds, middleweights
Sheldon McDonald vs. TBA, 8 rounds, cruiserweights
Liam Cameron vs. TBA, 6 rounds, light heavyweights
Frak Ali vs. Kevin Trana, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
Nohman Hussain vs. Darryl Tapfuma, 6 rounds, featherweights
Bree Wright vs. Vaida Masiokaite, 8 rounds, female welterweights
Nephtali Nembhard vs. Mitchell Woolard, 4 rounds, middleweights
Joe Hayden vs. George Rogers, 4 rounds, middleweights
Red Johnson vs. Genadij Krajevskij, 4 rounds, super middleweights
Owen Durnan vs. Fonz Alexander, 4 rounds, welterweights
February 10: Newcastle, England (DAZN)
Liam Dillon vs. Reece Bellotti, 12 rounds, for Dillon’s British and Bellotti’s Commonwealth junior lightweight titles
Shannon Ryan vs. Emma Dolan, 10 rounds, for vacant British and Dolan’s Commonwealth women’s junior bantamweight titles
Cameron Vuong vs. Ishmael Ellis, 8 rounds, lightweights
John Hedges vs. Erdogan Kadrija, 8 rounds, cruiserweights
Maiseyrose Courtney vs. Jasmina Zapotoczna, 8 rounds, female flyweights
Khaleel Majid vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
February 10: London (ESPN+)
Hamzah Sheeraz vs. Liam Williams, 12 rounds, middleweights
Sam Noakes vs. Lewis Sylvester, 12 rounds, for Noakes’ Commonwealth lightweight title
Anthony Yarde vs. Marko Nikolic, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
Masood Abdulah vs. Qais Ashfaq, 10 rounds, featherweights
Karol Itauma vs. Eros Seghetti, 8 rounds, light heavyweights
Tommy Fletcher vs. Alvaro Terrero, 6 rounds, heavyweights
Aloys Youmbi vs. TBA, 6 rounds, cruiserweights
Khalid Ali vs. John Henry Mosquera, 6 rounds, welterweights
Umar Khan vs. Maicol Velazco, 6 rounds, featherweighs
Sam King vs. Bartosz Glowacki, 4 rounds, middleweight
Billy Adams vs. Engel Gomez, 4 rounds, lightweights
Charlie Hickford vs. Yin Caicedo, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
February 10: Long Beach, Calif. (Fox Deportes and FuboTV)
Austin Brooks vs. Julio Carrera, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
Tayden Beltran vs. Lyle McFarlane, 8 rounds, lightweights
Leonardo Rubalcava vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
Stephanie Chavez vs. Hailey Pasion, 6 rounds, female junior bantamweights
Hector Lopez vs. Rod Sarguilla, 6 rounds, junior bantamweights
Jose Bravo vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior featherweights
February 10: Hawaiian Gardens, Calif.
Ernesto “Tito” Mercado vs. Victoriano Antonio Santillan, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Michael Bracamontes vs. TBA, 6 rounds, featherweights
Mathias Radcliffe vs. Christian Lorenzo, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
Mylik Roashun Birdsong vs. Isaac Freeman, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
February 15: Commerce, Calif. (DAZN)
Joseph Diaz Jr. vs. Jesus “Ricky” Perez, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Ricardo Sandoval vs. TBA, 10 rounds, flyweights
Eric Tudor vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Jorge Chavez vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior featherweights
February 16: New York (ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN+)
O’Shaquie Foster vs. Abraham Nova, 12 rounds, for Foster’s WBC junior lightweight title
Andres Cortes vs. Bryan Chevalier, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington vs. Bernard Torres, 10 rounds, featherweights
Guido Vianello vs. Moses Johnson, 8 rounds, heavyweights
Tiger Johnson vs. Paulo Galdino, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Ofacio Falcon vs. Edward Ceballos, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
Euri Cedeno vs. Antonio Todd, 8 rounds, middleweights
Isaah Flaherty vs. TBA, 6 rounds, middleweights
February 16: Oaxaca, Mexico (DAZN)
Adrien Curiel vs. Sivenathi Nontshinga, rematch, 12 rounds, for Curiel’s IBF junior flyweight title
Mauricio Lara vs. Daniel Lugo, 10 rounds, featherweights
February 17: Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov vs. Eduardo Nunez, 12 rounds, IBF junior lightweight eliminator
February 20: Detroit (DAZN)
Ardreal Holmes Jr. vs. Marlon Harrington, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Ali Izmailov vs. Britton Norwood, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
Joshua Pagan vs. Dwane Taylor, 8 rounds, lightweights
Da’Velle Smith vs. TBA, 6 rounds, middleweights
Joseph Hicks Jr. vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Juan Carrillo vs. Jose Cortes, 8 rounds, light heavyweights
Luis Quintero vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
February 23: Santa Ynez, Calif. (UFC Fight Pass)
Gor Yeritsyan vs. Quinton Randall, 10 rounds, welterweights
Cain Sandoval vs. Javier Molina, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Daniel Barrera vs. TBA, 6 rounds, flyweights
Jorge Maravillo vs. Jesus Gonzalez, 6 rounds, welterweights
February 23: Huntington, N.Y.
Wendy Toussaint vs. Mpondu Kalunga, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Simone Federici vs. Blake Caparello, 10 rounds, cruiserweights
Danny Gonzalez vs. Keane McMahon, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
February 24: Tokyo (ESPN+)
Alexandro Santiago vs. Junto Nakatani, 12 rounds, for Santiago’s WBC bantamweight title
Takuma Inoue vs. Jerwin Ancajas, 12 rounds, for Inoue’s WBA bantamweight title
Kosei Tanaka vs. Christian Bacasegua, 12 rounds, for vacant WBO junior bantamweight title
Jonas Sultan vs. Riku Masuda, 8 rounds, bantamweights
February 24: Orlando, Fla. (DAZN)
Edgar Berlanga vs. Padraig McCrory, 12 rounds, super middleweights
Andy Cruz vs. Brayan Zamarripa, 10 rounds, lightweights
Shakhram Giyasov vs. Pablo Cesar Cano, 12 rounds, WBA welterweight eliminator
Antonio Vargas vs. Jonathan Rodriguez, 12 rounds, WBA bantamweight eliminator
Yankiel Rivera vs. Andy Dominguez, 10 rounds, flyweights
Aaron Aponte vs. Joseph Fernandez, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Herich Ruiz vs. Mitch Williams, 6 rounds, heavyweights
February 24: Liverpool, England
Conor Butler vs. Jay Harris, 12 rounds, for Butler’s European and Commonwealth and Harris’ British flyweight title
February 24: Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico
Yomar Alamo vs. Adriano Ramírez, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Omar Rosario vs. Alberto Candelaria, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
Yamitt Ponce vs. Emmanuel Morales, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
March 1: Telford, England
Abass Baraou vs. Sam Eggington, 12 rounds, for vacant Euopean junior middleweight title
Matt Harris vs. TBA, 6 rounds, heavyweights
Dan Toward vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
March 2: Verona, N.Y. (ESPN+)
Otabek Kholmatov vs. Raymond Ford, 12 rounds, for vacant WBA featherweight title
Luis Alberto Lopez vs. Reiya Abe, 12 rounds, for Lopez’s IBF featherweight title
Brian Norman Jr. vs. Janelson Bocachica, 10 rounds, welterweights
Duke Ragan vs. Brandon Valdes, 8 rounds, featherweights
Rohan Polanco vs. Tarik Zaina, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Troy Isley vs. Marcos Hernandez, 8 rounds, middleweights
Brandon Moore vs. Helaman Olguin, 8 rounds, heavyweights
Floyd Diaz vs. Edwin Rodriguez, 8 rounds, bantamweights
Nico Ali Walsh vs. TBA, 6 rounds, middleweights
Bryce Mills vs. Gerffred Ngayot, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
March 2: San Juan, Puerto Rico (DAZN)
Amanda Serrano vs. Nina Meinke, 12 rounds, for Serrano’s IBF/WBO/WBA women’s featherweight title
Jake Paul vs. Ryan Bourland, 8 rounds, cruiserweights
Javon Walton vs. TBA, 4 rounds, featherweights
Jonathan Gonzalez vs. Rene Santiago, 12 rounds, for Gonzalez’s WBO junior flyweight title
Krystal Rosado vs. Gloria Munguilla, 4 rounds, female, junior bantamweights
March 6: Sydney, Australia
Bilal Akkawy vs. Renold Quinlan, 6 rounds, cruiserweights
March 7: Montreal (ESPN+)
Steven Butler vs. Steve Rolls, 10 rounds, middleweights
Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse vs. Abril Argentina Vidal, 10 rounds, for vacant WBC women’s heavyweight title
March 7: New York
Iman Lee vs. TBA, 6 rounds, lightweights
Pryce Taylor vs. TBA, 4 rounds, heavyweights
March 8: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (DAZN PPV, PPV.com)
Anthony Joshua vs. Francis Ngannou, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Zhilei Zhang vs. Joseph Parker, 12 rounds, for Zhang’s WBO interim heavyweight title
Rey Vargas vs. Nick Ball, 12 rounds, for Vargas’ WBC featherweight title
Gavin Gwynne vs. Mark Chamberlain, 12 rounds, for Gwynne’s European lightweight title
Justis Huni vs. TBA, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Roman Fury vs. TBA, 4 rounds, cruiserweights
Jack McGann vs. TBA, 8 or 10 rounds, junior middleweight
Ziyad Almaayouf vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
March 9: Levallois, France
Kevin Lele Sadjo vs. Giovanni De Carolis, 12 rounds, for Sadjo’s European super middleweight title
March 9: Caen, France
Jordy Weiss vs. Michal Lesniak, 12 rounds, for Weiss’ European welterweight title
March 13: Wollongong, Australia
Sam Goodman vs. Mark Schleibs, 10 rounds, junior featherweights
Issac Hardman vs. Endry Saavedra, 10 rounds, middleweights
March 15: New York (UFC Fight Pass)
Callum Walsh vs. Dauren Yeleussinov, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Feargal McCrory vs. Carlos Carlson, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
Reshat Mati vs. Irving Macias, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Cletus Seldin vs. Jose Angulo, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Brian Ceballo vs. Elias Espadas, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
Giovanni Scuderi vs. TBA, 6 rounds, heavyweights
Nisa Rodriguez vs. TBA, 4 rounds, female junior middleweights
March 16: Las Vegas (DAZN)
William Zepeda vs. Maxi Hughes, 12 rounds, IBF lightweight eliminator
Floyd Schofield vs. TBA, 10 rounds, lightweights
March 16: Birmingham, England (ESPN+)
Nathan Heaney vs. Brad Pauls, 12 rounds, for Heaney’s British middleweight title
Erik Robles Ayala vs. Liam Davies, 12 rounds, junior featherweights
Dennis McCann vs. Brad Strand, 10 rounds, junior featherweights
Eithan James vs. Owen Cooper, 10 rounds, welterweights
Sol Dacres vs. TBA, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Joe Joyce vs. Kash Ali, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Zach Parker vs. Tyron Zeuge, 10 rounds, super middleweights
March 16: Lynchburg, Va.
Dusty Hernandez Harrison vs. Scott Sigmon, 12 rounds, super middleweights
Austin Deanda vs. James Winchester, 8 rounds, middleweights
Mike Balogun vs. Orlando Rashad Coulter, 6 rounds, heavyweights
March 16: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Patrick Teixeira vs. Edisson Saltarin, 10 rounds, middleweights
March 20: Sydney, Australia
Nathaniel May vs. Tyson Lantry, 8 rounds, lightweights
March 22: London
Chris Bourke vs. Ashley Lane, 12 rounds, for vacant British bantamweight title
Willy Hutchinson vs. Martin Huber, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
Raven Chapman vs. Yohana Sarabia, 10 rounds, female featherweights
Royston Barney-Smith vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
Sean Noakes vs. TBA, 6 rounds, welterweights
Sonny Liston Ali vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Frank Wood vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
Iman Zamatkesh vs. TBA, 4 rounds, cruiserweights
Nicola Barke vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
March 22: Rome, Italy
Michael Magnesi vs. Masanori Rikiishi, 12 rounds, junior lightweights
March 23: Sheffield, England (DAZN)
Dalton Smith vs. Jose Zepeda, 12 rounds, junior welterweights
Sandy Ryan vs. Terri Harper, 10 rounds, for Ryan’s WBO women’s welterweight title
Campbell Hatton vs. James Flint, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Ishmael Davis vs. Troy Williamson, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
March 29: Glendale, Ariz. (ESPN+)
Oscar Valdez vs. Liam Wilson, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
Seniesa Estrada vs. Yokasta Valle, 10 rounds, WBC/WBA/WBO/IBF women’s strawweight unification
Raymond Muratalla vs. Agustin Ezequiel Quintana, 10 rounds, lightweights
Richard Torrez Jr. vs. Don Haynesworth, 8 rounds, heavyweights
Emiliano Vargas vs. Nelson Hampton, 6 rounds, lightweights
Sergio Rodriguez vs. Sanny Duversonne, 6 rounds, middleweights
Ricardo Ruvalcaba vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
March 29: Atlanta (DAZN)
OTX Boxing
March 30: Las Vegas (Amazon Prime Video PPV, PPV.com)
Tim Tszyu vs. Keith Thurman, 12 rounds, middleweights
Rolando Romero vs. Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz, 12 rounds, for Romero’s WBA junior welterweight title
Erislandy Lara vs. Michael Zerafa, 12 rounds, for Lara’s WBA middleweight title
Sebastian Fundora vs. Serhii Bohachuk, 12 rounds, for vacant WBC junior middleweight title
Curmel Moton vs. TBA, 4 or 6 rounds, featherweights
March 30: Sofia, Bulgaria
Mahmoud Charr vs. Kubrat Pulev, 12 rounds, for Charr’s WBA “regular” heavyweight title
March 31: London (Peacock)
Fabio Wardley vs. Frazer Clarke, 12 rounds, for Wardley’s British heavyweight title
March 31: Nagoya, Japan (DAZN)
“Prizefighter” tournament quarterfinals
Riku Kunimoto vs. Eiki Kani, 10 rounds, middleweights
Mark Dickinson vs. Anauel Ngamissengue, 10 rounds, middleweights
Aaron McKenna vs. Jeovanny Estela, 10 rounds, middleweights
Kieron Conway vs. Ainiwaer Yilixiati, 10 rounds, middleweights
April 6: Las Vegas (DAZN)
Richardson Hitchins vs. Gustavo Daniel Lemos, 12 rounds, IBF junior welterweight eliminator
Diego Pacheco vs. Shawn McCalman, 12 rounds, super middleweights
April 6: Falkansee, Germany
Bakhram Murtazaliev vs. Jack Culcay, 12 rounds, for vacant IBF junior middleweight title
April 13: Manchester, England (DAZN)
Jordan Gill vs. Zelfa Barrett, 12 rounds, junior lightweights
Rhiannon Dixon vs. Karen Elizabeth Carabajal, 10 rounds, for vacant WBO junior welterweight title
Johnny Fisher vs. TBA, 8 or 10 rounds, heavyweights
April 19: Atlanta (DAZN)
OTX Boxing
April 20: Bangkok, Thailand
Manny Pacquiao vs. Buakaw Banchamek, exhibition, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
April 20: Zagreb, Croatia
Jessica McCaskill vs. Ivana Habazin, 10 rounds, for McCaskill’s WBC/WBA women’s welterweight title
April 26: Orlando, Fla. (DAZN)
Most Valuable Prospects
April 27: Liverpool, England (DAZN)
Ja’Rico O’Quinn vs. Peter McGrail, rematch, 10 rounds, junior featherweights
May 6: Tokyo (ESPN+)
Naoya Inoue vs. Luis Nery, 12 rounds for Inoue’s WBC/WBO/IBF/WBA junior featherweight title
May 10: Niagara Falls, N.Y.
Seneca Fight Night
May 11: Perth Australia (ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN+)
Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. George Kambosos, 12 rounds, for vacant IBF lightweight title
Jason Moloney vs. TBA, 12 rounds, for Moloney’s WBO bantamweight title
Nina Hughes vs. Cherneka Johnson, 10 rounds, for Hughes’ WBA women’s bantamweight titlist
Andrew Moloney vs. TBA, 10 or 12 rounds, junior bantamweights
Joe Goodall vs. Djanago Opelu, 10 rounds, heavyweights
May 11: Huntington, N.Y.
Star Boxing
May 18: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (DAZN PPV, ESPN+ PPV, PPV.com)
Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk, 12 rounds, WBC/WBO/IBF/WBA heavyweight unification
May 31: Houston (DAZN)
OTX Boxing
June 28: Atlanta (DAZN)
OTX Boxing
July 26: Orlando, Fla. (DAZN)
Most Valuable Prospects
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