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May 31: Houston (DAZN)
Andreas Katzourakis vs. Kudratillo Abdukakhorov, 10 rounds, junior middleweight tournament quarterfinals
Robert Terry vs. Vladimir Hernandez, 10 rounds, junior middleweight tournament quarterfinals
Giovanni Marquez vs. Jason Limon, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Gustavo Rivera Rios vs. Alexander Espinoza, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
Breyon Gorham vs. Luis Manuel Baltazar, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
LeAnna Cruz vs. Elizabeth Lopez, 6 rounds, female junior bantamweights
Oscar Alan Perez vs. Rafael Reyes, 6 rounds, lightweights
May 31: Orlando, Fla. (DAZN)
Kevin Hayler Brown vs. Idalberto Umara, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Gurgen Hovhannisyan vs. Luis Pascual, 8 rounds, heavyweights
Hendri Cedeno vs. Matt Conway, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Angel Barrientes vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior featherweights
Kaipo Gallegos vs. Jay Krupp, 6 rounds, lightweights
Angel Ilarraza vs. Orlenis Licea, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Yan Marcos vs. Luis Florez, 6 rounds, middleweights
Chavez Barrientes vs. TBA, 6 rounds, featherweights
Zeleck Ruiz vs. Arthur Brown, 4 rounds, middleweights
Aaron Aponte vs. Gene Perez, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
Antraveous Ingram vs. Louis Solis, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
May 31: Cagliari, Italy
Mauro Forte vs. Cristobal Lorente, 12 rounds, for Forte’s European featherweight title
June 1: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (DAZN PPV)
Deontay Wilder vs. Zhilei Zhang, 12 rounds, heavyweights
Filip Hrgovic vs. Daniel Dubois, 12 rounds, heavyweights
Dmitry Bivol vs. Malik Zinad, 12 rounds, for Bivol’s WBA light heavyweight title
Raymond Ford vs. Nick Ball, 12 rounds, for Ford’s WBA featherweight title
Austin Williams vs. Hamzah Sheeraz, 12 rounds, middleweights
Craig Richards vs. Willy Hutchinson, 12 rounds, light heavyweights
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June 1: Niagara Falls, Canada
Lucas Bahdi vs. Jose Luis Rodriguez, 10 rounds, lightweights
Amanda Galle vs. Edith de Jesus Flores, 8 rounds, female bantamweights
Steven Wilcox vs. Jose Castro, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
James Hughes vs. Dawid Przybylski, 4 rounds, middleweights
Stephane Fondjo vs. Silverio Ortiz, 6 rounds, super middleweights
Peter Nowaczek vs. Dariusz Skop, 6 rounds, cruiserweights
June 5: Plant City, Fla. (ProBox TV)
Radzhab Butaev vs. Guido Schramm, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
June 6: Montreal (ESPN+)
Patrice Volny vs. Steven Butler, 10 rounds, middleweights
Osleys Iglesias vs. Evgeny Shvedenko, 12 rounds, super middleweights
Mary Spencer vs. April Hunter, 10 rounds, female welterweights
Arthur Biyarslanov vs. TBA, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Shamil Khataev vs. TBA, 10 rounds, middleweights
Jhon Orobio vs. TBA, 8 rounds, lightweights
June 7: Verona, N.Y. (DAZN)
Oscar Collazo vs. Geraldo Zapata, 12 rounds, for Collazo’s WBO strawweight title
Eric Tudor vs. Quinton Randall, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Mykquan Williams vs. Willmank Brito, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
David Stevens vs. Sergio Lopez, 8 rounds, super middleweights
Yair Lozano vs. Michael Portalatin, 6 rounds, light heavyweights
Bryce Mills vs. Jose Marruffo, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
Sasha Tudor vs. Manuel Moreira, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
June 7: Hollywood, Fla. (TrillerTV PPV)
Adrien Broner vs. Blair Cobbs, 10 rounds, welterweights
Ian Green vs. Roy Barringer, 10 rounds, middleweights
Cassius Chaney vs. Michael Hunter, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Antonio Perez vs. Antonio Williams, 10 rounds, lightweights
Johnnie Langston vs. Mike Perez, 10 rounds, cruiserweights
Tresean Wiggins vs. Semajay Thomas, 8 rounds, welterweights
June 7: Santa Ynez, Calif. (UFC Fight Pass)
Callum Walsh vs. Carlos Ortiz, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Karlos Balderas vs. Gilberto Espinoza Zarate, 8 rounds, lightweights
Daniel Barrera vs. Christian Robles, 8 rounds, junior bantamweights
Jorge Maravillo vs. Jose Manuel Gomez, 6 rounds, welterweights
Guadalupe Medina vs. Ashley Felix, 6 rounds, strawweights
Alexander Gueche vs. Jonathan Almacen, 4 rounds, junior bantamweights
June 7: Seoul, South Korea
Daishi Nagata vs. Yong-Uk Yong, 12 rounds, junior welterweights
June 8: New York (ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN+)
Xander Zayas vs. Patrick Teixeira, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington vs. Jose Enrique Vivas, 10 rounds, featherweights
Jahi Tucker vs. Quincy LaVallais, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
Tiger Johnson vs. Tarik Zaina, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Elijah Flores vs. Derrick Whitley Jr., 6 rounds, welterweights
Ofacio Falcon vs. Antonio Dunton El Jr., 6 rounds, junior lightweights
Ali Feliz vs. Lemir Isom-Riley, 4 rounds, heavyweights
Nisa Rodriguez vs. Jordanne Garcia, 4 rounds, middleweights
Andy Dominguez vs. Cristopher Rios, 8 rounds, flyweights
June 8: Atlantic City, N.J.
Thomas LaManna vs. Juan Carlos Abreu, 12 rounds, middleweights
Emmanuel Rodriguez vs. Khalid Twaiti, 10 rounds, bantamweights
Terell Bostic vs. Carlos Rosario, 8 rounds, lightweights
Perla Lomeli vs. Chiara Dituri, 8 rounds, female featherweights
Gabriel Gerena vs. Lyle McFarlane, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
Saleh Ali vs. Michael Ruiz, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
Damian Tinnerello vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
Justin Palmieri vs. Marcos Lugo, 4 rounds, lightweights
Jean Pierre Valencia vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
Delvin McKinley vs. Richard Hernandez, 4 rounds, junior bantamweights
June 10: Pathum Thani, Thailand
Tenkai Tsunami vs. Siriporn Taweesuk, 10 rounds, female strawweights
June 12: Sydney, Australia
Alex Winwood vs. Joey Canoy, 12 rounds, WBC strawweight eliminator
Tyson Pedro vs. Kris Terzievski, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Ella Boot vs. Tywarna Campbell, 8 rounds, female lightweights
June 14: Manchester, England (DAZN)
Abass Baraou vs. Macaulay McGowan, 12 rounds, for Baraou’s European junior middleweight titlte
Lerrone Richards vs. Steed Woodall, 10 rounds, super middleweights
Ryan Kelly vs. Gerome Warburton, 10 rounds, middleweights
Dan Toward vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
Ben Marksby vs. Miguel Cesario Antin, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Ellis Price vs. TBA, 6 rounds, lightweights
Mikie Tallon vs. TBA, 6 rounds, flyweights
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June 15: Las Vegas (Prime Video PPV, PPV.com)
Gervonta Davis vs. Frank Martin, 12 rounds, for Davis’ WBA lightweight title
David Benavidez vs. Oleksandr Gvozdyk, 12 rounds, for vacant WBC interim light heavyweight title
Gary Antuanne Russell vs. Alberto Puello, 12 rounds, for vacant WBC interim junior welterweight title
Carlos Adames vs. Terrell Gausha, 12 rounds, for Adames’ WBC middleweight title
Elijah Garcia vs. Kyrone Davis, 10 rounds, middleweights
Roiman Villa vs. Ricardo Salas Rodriguez, 10 rounds, welterweights
June 15: Manati, Puerto Rico (DAZN)
Subriel Matias vs. Liam Paro, 12 rounds, for Matias’ IBF junior welterweight title
Angel Fierro vs. Alfredo Santiago, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Yankiel Rivera vs. Victor Sandoval, 10 rounds, flyweights
Stephanie Pineiro vs. Diana Tapia, 10 rounds, female welterweights
William Ortiz vs. Luis Gonzalez, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
June 15: London (Peacock)
Chris Billam-Smith vs. Richard Riakporhe, rematch, 12 rounds, for Billam-Smith’s WBO cruiserweight titlist
Isaac Chamberlain vs. Jack Massey, 12 rounds, for vacant European and Commonwealth cruiserweight titles
Ben Whittaker vs. Ezra Arenyeka, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
Dan Azeez vs. TBA, 8 rounds, light heavyweights
Francesca Hennessy vs. TBA, 6 rounds, female featherweights
June 15: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen, 8 or 10 rounds, cruiserweights
June 15: Atlantic City, N.J.
Sonny Conto vs. Quintin Sumpter, 8 rounds, heavyweights
Daiyaan Butt vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Stanley Johnson vs. Raphael Carolina, 4 rounds, cruiserweights
Miguel Roman vs. Joseph Elzey, 4 rounds, junior featherweights
Florencia Pajares Brito vs. TBA, 4 rounds, female featherweights
William Briscoe vs. Kijonti Davis, 4 rounds, middleweights
Carlos Umanzor vs. Jason Moreno, 4 rounds, welterweights
Mychal Bynum vs. Aanjhure Williams, 4 rounds featherweights
Johnny Rivera V vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
Joel Flores vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
John Gjini vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
Tyhler Williams vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
Devin Gantt vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior featherweights
Jahlyte Chance vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior bantamweights
June 15: Kempton Park, South Africa (StarBoxing.tv)
Roarke Knapp vs. Jorge Garcia Perez, 12 rounds, junior middleweights
Shervantaigh Koopman vs. Wendy Toussaint, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
June 15: Uncasville, Conn.
Chordale Booker vs. Brian Damian Chaves, 10 rounds, middleweights
Jaime Clampitt vs. Kandi Wyatt, 8 rounds, female lightweights
Michael Kimbel vs. Ian Garcia, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
Slawomir Bohdziewicz vs. Jonathan Gruber, 4 rounds, cruiserweights
Chad Leoncello vs. Gabriel Aguilar, 4 rounds, heavyweights
Jeffrey Torres vs. Charles Garner, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
June 19: Plant City, Fla. (ProBox TV)
ProBox TV
June 20: Costa Mesa, Calif. (TrillerTV+)
Jordan Panthen vs. Miguel Angel Hernandez, 8 rounds, middleweights
Jaime Cerna vs. Craig Wilkerson, 4 rounds, light heavyweights
Steven Shareef vs. TBA, 4 rounds, welterweights
June 21: Las Vegas (ESPN+)
Rafael Espinoza vs. Sergio Chirino, 12 rounds, for Espinoza’s WBO featherweight title
Andres Cortes vs. Abraham Nova, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
Troy Isley vs. Javier Martinez, 10 rounds, middleweights
Emiliano Vargas vs. Jose Zaragoza, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Floyd Diaz vs. Francisco Pedroza, 8 rounds, bantamweights
DJ Zamora vs. Jose Antonio Meza, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
Steven Navarro vs. Juan Pablo Meza, 6 rounds, junior bantamweights
Albert Gonzalez vs. Conrado Martinez, 6 rounds, featherweighs
June 21: Bolton, England (DAZN)
Lyndon Arthur vs. Liam Cameron, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
June 22: Birmingham, England (DAZN)
Tyler Denny vs. Felix Cash, 12 rounds, for Denny’s European middleweight title
Lewis Crocker vs. Conah Walker, 10 rounds, welterweights
Cameron Vuong vs. Jordan Flynn, 10 rounds, lightweights
Shannon Ryan vs. Emma Dolan, 10 rounds, for vacant British women’s and Dolan’s Commonwealth junior bantamweight title
Hamza Uddin vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior bantamweights
Muhammad Ali vs. TBA, 6 rounds, lightweights
Ibraheem Sulaimaan vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior featherweights
June 22: Long Beach, Calif. (Fox Deportes, Fubo Sports)
Tayden Beltran vs. Cesar Villarraga, 8 rounds, lightweights
Juan Sanchez vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
Leonardo Rubalcava vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
Jose Bravo vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior featherweights
Hector Lopez vs. Nestro Varala, 4 rounds, junior featherweights
Jared Hermosillo vs. TBA, 4 rounds, featherweights
Aristides Garcia vs. Ratavious Thrasher, 4 rounds, super middleweights
June 28: Washington, D.C. (ProBox TV)
Lamont Roach Jr. vs. Feargal McCrory, 12 rounds, for Roach’s WBA junior lightweight title
Lester Martinez vs. Carlos Gongora, 10 rounds, super middleweights
Alex Dilmaghani vs. Rene Tellez Giron, 10 rounds, lightweights
Rianna Rios vs. Mary Romero, 8 rounds, female bantamweights
Benjamin Johnson vs. TBA, 4 rounds, welterweights
Jordan Roach vs. TBA, 4 rounds, flyweights
Greg Outlaw vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
Deric Davis vs. TBA, 4 rounds, lightweights
Eric Hernandez vs. TBA, 4 rounds, lightweights
June 28: Atlanta (DAZN)
OTX Boxing
June 28: Toppenish, Wash. (BLKK Prime)
Andrew Murphy vs. Robelle Rogers, 8 rounds, super middleweights
Mandeep Jangra vs. Robelle Rogers, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
Piotr Apostol vs. Gerardo Esquivel, 8 rounds, lightweights
Devontae McDonald vs. Billy Wagner, 6 rounds, middleweights
Cade Howell vs. Kevin Davila, 4 rounds, welterweights
Carlos Villanueva vs. Brandon Colantonio, 4 rounds, cruiserweights
June 28: Magdeburg, Germany
Roman Fress vs. TBA, 10 rounds, cruiserweights
Marlon Dzemski vs. TBA, 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
June 29: Phoenix (DAZN)
Juan Francisco Estrada vs. Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez, 12 rounds, for Estrada’s lineal/WBC junior bantamweight title
Sunny Edwards vs. Adrian Curiel, 12 rounds, flyweights
Yamileth Mercado vs. Ramla Ali, 10 rounds, for Mercado’s WBC women’s junior featherweight title
June 29: Miami (ESPN, ESPN+, ESPN Deportes)
Teofimo Lopez vs. Steve Claggett, 12 rounds, for Lopez’s lineal/WBO junior welterweight title
Robeisy Ramirez vs. Brandon Leon Benitez, 10 rounds, featherweights
Sona Akale vs. Nico Ali Walsh, rematch, 6 rounds, middleweights
Elvis Rodriguez vs. TBA, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Rohan Polanco vs. Luis Hernandez, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Euri Cedeno vs. Dormedes Potes, 8 rounds, middleweights
Yan Santana vs. Brandon Valdes, 10 rounds, featherweights
Lorenzo Medina vs. Colby Madison, 6 rounds, heavyweights
Bryan Polaco vs. Richard Acevedo, 6 rounds, middleweights
June 29: Berlin, Germany
Marco Huck vs. Evgenios Lazaridis, 10 rounds, heavyweights
July 6: Newark, N.J. (ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN+)
Shakur Stevenson vs. Artem Harutyunyan, 12 rounds, for Stevenson’s WBC lightweight title
O’Shaquie Foster vs. Robson Conceicao, 12 rounds, for Foster’s WBC junior lightweight title
Keyshawn Davis vs. Miguel Madueno, 10 rounds, lightweights
Abdullah Mason vs. Luis Lebron , 8 rounds, lightweights
Damian Knyba vs. Richard Lartey, 8 rounds, heavyweights
July 6: Ontario, Calif. (DAZN)
William Zepeda vs. Giovanni Cabrera, 12 rounds, lightweights
July 6: London (DAZN)
Johnny Fisher vs. Alen Babic, 10 rounds, heavyweights
July 6: Anaheim, Calif. (Fanmio PPV)
Nate Diaz vs. Jorge Masvidal, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
Anthony Pettis vs. Chris Avilla, 6 rounds, light heavyweights
Sean Garcia vs. Amado Vargas, 8 rounds, lightweights
Devin Cushing vs. TBA, 8 rounds, lightweights
July 7: Tokyo
Kazuto Ioka vs. Fernando Martinez, 12 rounds, WBA/IBF junior bantamweight unification
July 12: Managua, Nicaragua (ESPN+)
Roman “Chocolatito” Gonalez vs. Rober Barrera, 10 rounds, bantamweights
July 13: Philadelphia (DAZN)
Jaron “Boots” Ennis vs. Cody Crowley, 12 rounds, for Ennis’ IBF welterweight title
July 13: Las Vegas (ESPN, ESPN+, ESPN Deportes)
Janibek Alimkhanuly vs. Andrei Mikhailovich, 12 rounds, for Alimkhanuly’s WBO/IBF middleweight title
Raymond Muratalla vs. Tevin Farmer, 10 rounds, lightweights
Ruben Villa vs. TBA, 10 rounds, featherweights
July 15: Osaka, Japan (DAZN)
“Prizefighter Quarterfinals”
Kuzuto Takesako vs. Mark Dickinson, 10 rounds, middleweights
Riku Kunimoto vs. Eiki Kani, rematch, 10 rounds, middleweights
Kieron Conway vs. Ainiwaer Yilixiati, 10 rounds, middleweights
Aaron McKenna vs. Jeovanny Estela, 10 rounds, middleweights
July 17: Plant City, Fla. (ProBox TV)
ProBox TV
July 20: 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
Ashton Sylve vs. Floyd Schofield, 10 rounds, lightweights
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Darren Till, 6 rounds, cruiserweights
Neeraj Goyat vs. Whindersson Nunes, 6 rounds, super middleweights
July 20: Tokyo
Junto Nakatani vs. Vincent Astrolabio, 12 rounds, for Nakatani’s WBC bantamweight title
July 20: Birmingham, England
Liam Davies vs. Shabaz Masoud, 12 rounds, junior featherweights
Nathan Heaney vs. Brad Pauls, rematch, for Heaney’s British middleweight title
Chantelle Cameron vs. TBA, 10 rounds, for vacant WBC women’s interim junior welterweight title
Sol Dacres vs. David Adeleye, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Owen Cooper vs. Ekow Essuman, 10 rounds, welterweights
Ashley Lane vs. Andrew Cain, 12 rounds, for Lane’s British and Commonwealth bantamweight titles
Ezra Taylor vs. TBA, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
July 26: Orlando, Fla. (DAZN)
Most Valuable Prospects
July 27: London (ESPN+)
Joe Joyce vs. Derek Chisora, 12 rounds, heavyweights
July 28: Otsu, Japan
Ginjiro Shigeoka vs. Perdro Taduran, 12 rounds, for Shigeoka’s IBF strawweight title
July 31: Plant City, Fla. (ProBox TV)
ProBox TV
August 3: Los Angeles
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
Tim Tszyu vs. Vergil Ortiz Jr., 12 rounds, for vacant WBA interim junior middleweight title
Andy Ruiz vs. Jarrell Miller, 12 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
August 10: Albuquerque, N.M. (ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN+)
Luis Alberto Lopez vs. Angelo Leo, 12 rounds, for Lopez’s IBF featherweight title
Arnold Khegai vs. TBA, 10 rounds, featherweights
August 14: Plant City, Fla. (ProBox TV)
ProBox TV
August 17: Quebec City, Canada (ESPN+)
Christian Mbilli vs. Sergiy Derevyanchenko, 10 or 12 rounds, super middleweights
August 28: Plant City, Fla. (ProBox TV)
ProBox TV
September 11: Plant City, Fla. (ProBox TV)
ProBox TV
September 25: Plant City, Fla. (ProBox TV)
ProBox TV
October 9: Plant City, Fla. (ProBox TV)
ProBox TV
October 23: Plant City, Fla. (ProBox TV)
ProBox TV
November 6: Plant City, Fla. (ProBox TV)
ProBox TV
December 4: Plant City, Fla. (ProBox TV)
ProBox TV
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