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January 25: Plant City, Fla. (ProBox TV)
Cesar Francis vs. Jesus Sarocho, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Oscar Alvarez Jr. vs. Nicolas Polanco, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
Jonhatan Cardoso vs. Jose Arellano, 6 rounds, lightweights
Jorge Carlos vs. Edmon Driver, 4 rounds, lightweights
Lorenzo Medina vs. Cleveland Billingsly III, 4 rounds, heavyweights
January 25: Bangkok, Thailand
Wulan Tuolehazi vs. Sho Kimura, 12 eounds, flyweights
LeQuan Wang vs. Reymond Yanong, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Yinhuan Su vs. Suriya Kraimanee, 10 rounds, junior bantamweights
January 27: Montebello, Calif. (UFC Fight Pass)
Serhii Bohachuk vs. Nathaniel Gallimore, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
Omar Cande Trinidad vs. Jose Luis Ramirez, 8 rounds, junior featherweights
Eric Priest vs. Joeshon James, 8 rounds, middleweights
Daniel Barrera vs. Victor Hernandez Martin, 4 rounds, junior bantamweights
Umar Dzambekov vs. TBA, 6 rounds, light heavyweights
Gloria Munguilla vs. JoAnna Espinoza, 4 rounds, female junior bantamweights
David Romero vs. Michael De La Cruz, 5 rounds, lightweights
Steve von Euw vs. Adonis Marmolejo Castro, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
Stefanie Cohen vs. Kedra Bradley, 4 rounds, female junior bantamweights
January 27: Monterrey, Mexico (Canela.tv)
Francisco Rodriguez vs. Joel Cordova, 10 rounds, flyweights
Jonathan Rojas vs. Odin Juarez, 8 rounds, featherweights
Miguel Martinez vs. Jorge Sanchez Zarate, 8 rounds, junior bantamweights
January 27: Windham, N.H.
Otto Wallin vs. Helaman Olguin, 8 rounds, heavyweights
Shayna Foppiano vs. Sarah Click, 6 rounds, female junior welterweights
James Perkins vs. Pablo Ernesto Oliveto, 6 rounds, super middleweights
Alexis Flores vs. Javier Torres, 4 rounds, lightweights
Michael Alvarez vs. Jay Gregory, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
Nathan Balakin vs. Michael Taylor, 4 rounds, welterweights
Malik Jackson vs. Michael Medeiros, 4 rounds, light heavyweights
January 28: London (ESPN+)
Artur Beterbiev vs. Anthony Yarde, 12 rounds, for Beterbiev’s WBC/IBF/WBO light heavyweight title
Moses Itauma vs. Marcel Bode, 4 rounds, heavyweights
Artem Dalakian vs. David Jimenez, 12 rounds, for Dalakian’s WBA flyweight title
Karol Itauma vs. Ezequiel Osvaldo Maderna, 10 rounds, light heavwyeights
Tommy Fletcher vs. TBA, 4 rounds, cruiserweights
Khalid Ali vs. Ivica Gogosevic, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Umar Khan vs. Sandeep Singh Bhatti, 6 rounds, featherweights
Sean Noakes vs. Santiago Garces, 6 rounds, welterweights
Charles Frankham vs. Joshua Ocampo, 6 rounds, lightweights
Joshua Frankham vs. Joe Hardy, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Masoud Abdulah vs. TBA, 6 rounds, featherweights
January 28: Inglewood, Calif. (DAZN)
Alexis Rocha vs. Anthony Young, 12 rounds, welterweights
Floyd Schofield vs. Alberto Mercado, 10 rounds, lightweights
Oscar Collazo vs. Yudel Reyes, 12 rounds, WBO strawweight eliminator
Bektemir Melikuziev vs. Ulises Sierra, 10 rounds, super middleweights
Alejandro Reyes vs. Joe Zaragoza, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
Adan Palma vs. Pedro Salome, 4 rounds, junior featherweights
Danny Garcia vs. Jonathan Perez, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
January 28: Lowell, Mass.
Donnie Palmer vs. Steve Vukosa, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Harry Gigliotti vs. Brandon Sandoval, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
Gabriel Morales vs. Ryan Venable, 6 rounds, lightweights
Luke Iannuccilli vs. Angelo Thompson, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Jaydell Pazmino vs. Stacey Anderson, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
Steve Geffrard vs. Ariel Armando Basconcel, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
William Silva vs. Benjamin Lamptey, 8 rounds, lightweights
Hegley Mosqueda vs. Ezequiel Tevez, 8 rounds, featherweights
Tahmir Smalls vs. Agustin Kucharski, 6 rounds, welterweights
DeVon Williams vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
Alicia Pike vs. River Tucker, 4 rounds, female junior featherweights
Salvatore Pugliares vs. Trevathan Milatz, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
January 28: Panama City, Panama
Leonardo Carrillo vs. Yermi Peralta Jimenez, 10 rounds, junior featherweights
Jose Sanchez vs. Jorge Sanchez, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
Leo Sanchez vs. Gilberto Ramos, 4 rounds, lightweights
January 28: Nagoya, Japan
Masamichi Yabuki vs. Ronald Chacon, 12 rounds, junior flyweights
February 2: Montreal (ESPN+)
Erik Bazinyan vs. Alantez Fox, 10 rounds, super middleweights
Yves Ulysse Jr. vs. Javier Molina, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Raphael Courchesne vs. Diego Garduno Reyes, 6 rounds, welterweights
Christopher Guerrero vs. Nassim Mahouechi, 6 rounds, welterweights
Alexandre Gaumont vs. Piotr Bis, 6 rounds, middleweights
Avery Martin-Duval vs. TBA, 6 rounds, featherweights
Wilkens Mathieu vs. Zsolt Birkas, 4 rounds, welterweights
February 3: Glendale, Ariz. (ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN+)
Emanuel Navarrete vs. Liam Wilson, 12 rounds, for vacant WBO junior lightweight title
Arnold Barboza vs. Jose Pedraza, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Richard Torrez Jr. vs. TBA, 6 rounds, heavyweights
Emiliano Vargas vs. TBA, 4 rounds, lightweights
Andres Cortes vs. Luis Melendez, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
Xavier Martinez vs. TBA, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
Nico Ali Walsh vs. Eduardo Ayala, 6 rounds, middleweights
Lindolfo Delgado vs. Clarence Booth, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
February 4: New York (DAZN)
Amanda Serrano vs. Erika Cruz, 10 rounds, WBC/WBO/IBF/WBA women’s featherweight unification
Alycia Baumgardner vs. Elhem Mekhaled, 10 rounds, for Baumgardner’s WBC/WBO/IBF and vacant WBA women’s junior lightweight title
Richardson Hitchins vs. John Bauza, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Reshat Mati vs. Keith Hunter, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Skye Nicolson vs. Tania Alvarez, 10 rounds, female featherweights
Ramla Ali vs. Avril Mathie, 10 rounds, female junior featherweights
Aaron Aponte vs. Joshua David Rivera, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Harley Mederos vs. Julio Madera, 6 rounds, lightweights
February 4: Ontario, Calif.
Ernesto Mercado vs. TBA, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Raul Lizarraga vs. Ryan Adams, 8 rounds, middleweights
Isaac Anguiano vs. Jeen Gonzalez, 6 rounds, junior bantamweights
William King vs. Tyjuan Townsend, 4 rounds, lightweights
Robert Hernandez vs. Dimitri Glenn, 4 rounds, featherweights
Alonso Cisneros vs. Felipe Torres, 4 rounds, heavyweights
Angel Lozano vs. TBA, 4 rounds, light heavyweights
Jaime Cerna vs. Jamel Reynolds, 4 rounds, light heavyweights
February 4: Ludwigshafen, Germany
Mourad Aliev vs. Ali Kiydin, 10 rounds, heavyweights
February 8: Mexico City (ProBox TV)
Alejandro Gonzalez vs. Bryan Rivera, 10 rounds, junior featherweights
Erick Araujo vs. Ivan Garcia, 8 rounds, junior flyweights
February 10: Ontario, Calif. (Thompson Boxing Facebook and YouTube)
George Acosta vs. Marlin Sims, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
Nelson Oliva vs. Wayne Boudreaux, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Elias Diaz vs. TBA, 8 rounds, welterweights
Juan Sanchez vs. David Thomas, 6 rounds, welterweights
Anthony Saldivar vs. Corey Cook, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
Oscar Torrez vs. Jesus Martinez Torres, 6 rounds, heavyweights
February 11: San Antonio (Showtime)
O’Shaquie Foster vs. Rey Vargas, 12 rounds, for vacant WBC junior lightweight title
Mario Barrios vs. Jovanie Santiago, 10 rounds, welterweights
Lenier Pero vs. Viktor Faust, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Eumir Felix Marcial vs. TBA, 6 rounds, middleweights
February 11: London
Adam Azim vs. Santos Reyes, 10 rounds, lightweights
Dan Azeez vs. Thomas Faure, 12 rounds, for vacant European light heavyweight title
Caroline Dubois vs. Yamila Belen Abellaneda, 6 rounds, female lightweights
Tyler Denny vs. Brad Pauls, 10 rounds, middleweights
Viddal Riley vs. Anees Taj, 6 rounds, cruiserweights
Zak Chelli vs. Anthony Sims Jr., 10 rounds, super middleweights
February 11: Hamilton, Ontario (FITE)
Ryan Rozicki vs. Arturs Gorlov, 10 rounds, cruiserweights
Pedro Bernal vs. Paul Ispas, 10 rounds, lightweights
John Michael Bianco vs. TBA, 6 rounds, super middleweights
Reda Benbaziz vs. Dylan Rushton, 4 rounds, lightweights
February 16: Costa Mesa, Calif. (FITE)
Juan Avila vs. Andres Gerardo, 6 rounds, lightweights
Darynn Leyva vs. Percy Peterson, 4 rounds, lightweights
Ruben Cazales vs. Franciso Alfaro, 4 rounds, super middleweights
Antonio Garcia vs. Slava Mayzus, 4 rounds, middleweights
February 17: Topeka, Kansas (Showtime)
Ardreal Holmes vs. Ismael Villarreal, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Misael Lopez vs. Edward Vazquez, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
Victor Padilla vs. John Mannu, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Timur Kerefov vs. TBA, 8 rounds, middleweights
Trey Lippe Morrison vs. TBA, 6 rounds, heavyweights
David Lopez vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
John Cantrell vs. TBA, 4 rounds, heavyweights
February 17: London
Mark Chamberlain vs. Vairo Lenti, 10 rounds, lightweights
David Adeleye vs. Dmytro Bezus, 8 rounds, heavyweights
Henry Turner vs. TBA, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Royston Barney-Smith vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
Carl Fail vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
Ezra Taylor vs. TBA, 6 rounds, light heavyweights
Adan Mohamed vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior featherweights
Amaar Akbar vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
Aloys Junior vs. TBA, 4 rounds, cruiserweights
February 17: Massa, Italy
Davide Tassi vs. Jose Antonio Romero Sanchez, 10 rounds, featherweights
Claudio Granne vs. Jonathan Sannino, 10 rounds, bantamweights
February 18: Nottingham, England (DAZN)
Leigh Wood vs. Mauricio Lara, 12 rounds, for Wood’s WBA featherweight title
Dalton Smith vs. Billy Allington, 12 rounds, for Smith’s British junior welterweight title
Gary Cully vs. Wilfredo Flores, 10 rounds, lightweights
Cheavon Clarke vs. Dec Spelman 10 rounds, cruiserweights
Gamal Yafai vs. Diego Alberto Ruiz, 10 rounds, junior featherweights
Kieron Conway vs. Jorge Silva, 8 rounds, super middleweights
Junaid Bostan vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Nico Leivars vs. Alberto Motos, 6 rounds, junior featherweights
February 18: Melrose, Mass. (BXNGTV)
Anthony Andreozzi vs. Jamer Jones, 6 rounds, middleweights
Justin Rolfe vs. Jonathan Gruber, 6 rounds, heavyweights
Mike Ohan Jr. vs. Daniel Sostre, 10 rounds, welterweights
Vaibhav Singh Yadav vs. William Parra Smith, 6 rounds, welterweights
Tyrone Luckey vs. TBA, 4 rounds, welterweights
Kevin Lewis vs. Jeremiah David Austin, 4 rounds, cruiserweights
February 24: Hialeah, Fla.
Guillermo Rigondeaux vs. Jesus Martinez, 10 rounds, bantamweights
Ariel Perez De La Torre vs. Yonfrez Parejo, 8 rounds, junior featherweights
Jorge De Jesus Romero vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior featherweights
Frank Diaz vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
Damian Lescaille vs. TBA, 6 rounds, welterweights
Gustavo Trujillo vs. TBA, 4 rounds, heavyweights
February 24: Rome
Khalil El Harraz vs. Vincenzo Bevilacqua, 10 rounds, middleweights
Anna Lisa Brozzi vs. Sheila Martinez, 10 rounds, female featherweights
February 25: Minneapolis (Showtime)
Subriel Matias vs. Jeremias Ponce, 12 rounds, for vacant IBF junior welterweight title
Elvis Rodriguez vs. Joseph Adorno, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Jamal James vs. Alberto Palmetta, 10 rounds, welterweights
February 25: TBA, Saudi Arabia (PPV)
Jake Paul vs. Tommy Fury, 8 rounds, cruiserweights
February 25: Atlanta (BLK Prime/Integrated Sports PPV)
Adrian Broner vs. Hank Lundy, 10 rounds, welterweights
Tevin Farmer vs. Mickey Bey, 10 rounds, lightweights
February 25: TBA, United Kingdom (DAZN)
Misfits Boxing
February 25: London
Floyd Mayweather vs. Aaron Chalmers, exhibition
February 25: Newcastle, England
Lewis Ritson vs. Ohara Davies, 12 rounds, WBA junior welterweight eliminator
Thomas Patrick Ward vs. Otabek Kholmatov, 12 rounds, WBA featherweight eliminator
Troy Williamson vs. TBA, 10 or 12 rounds, junior middleweights
Lee McGregor vs. TBA, 10 or 12 rounds, junior featherweights
February 25: Rzeszow, Poland
Dylan Bregeon vs. Michail Cieslak, 12 rounds, for vacant European cruiserweight title
February 25: Barcelona, Spain
Juan Felix Gomez vs. Catalin Ionescu, 12 rounds, for vacant European junior lightweight title
February 25: Holstebro, Denmark
Dina Thorslund vs. Debora Anahi Lopez, 10 rounds, for Thorslund’s WBO women’s bantamweight
February 25: Malta
Connor Butler vs. Craig Derbyshire, 12 rounds, for vacant Commonwealth flyweight title
February 25: Berlin
Jack Mulowayi vs. Granit Shala, 12 rounds, heavyweights
March 1: Nakhon Sawan, Thailand
Knockout CP Freshmart vs. Erick Rosa, 12 rounds, for CP Freshmart’s WBA strawweight title
March 4: Bochum, Germany
Agit Kabayel vs. Agron Smakici, 12 rounds, for vacant European heavyweight title
Fedor Michel vs. TBA, 6 rounds, super middleweights
March 4: Jersey City, N.J.
Rajon Chance vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior featherweights
Ryan O’Rourke vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Jahyae Brown vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
March 10: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Evelin Bermudez vs. Tania Enriquez, 10 rounds, for vacant IBF/WBO women’s junior flyweight titles
March 11: Liverpool, England (DAZN)
Callum Smith vs. TBA, 12 rounds, light heavyweights
Diego Pacheco vs. Jack Cullen, 10 rounds, super middleweights
March 11: TBA, Australia
Tim Tszyu vs. Tony Harrison, 12 rounds, for vacant WBO interim junior middleweight title
March 11: Paris (ESPN+)
Tony Yoka vs. Carlos Takam, 10 rounds, heavyweights
March 11: London
Lawrence Okolie vs. David Light, 12 rounds, for Okolie’s WBO cruiserweight title
March 11: Barcelona, Spain.
Cristobal Lorente vs. Andoni Gago, 12 rounds, featherweights
March 11: Montpelier, France
Mohammed Kani vs. Pietro Rossetti, 12 rounds, welterweights
March 18: Johannesburg, South Africa
Ryad Merhy vs. Kevin Lerena, 12 rounds, WBC bridgerweight eliminator
March 23: Montreal (ESPN+)
Christian Mbilli vs. Carlos Gongora, 10 rounds, super middleweights
Simon Kean vs. Eric Molina, 10 rounds, heavyweights
March 25: Las Vegas (Showtime PPV)
David Benavidez vs. Caleb Plant, 12 rounds, for Benavidez’s WBC interim super middleweight title
March 25: Fresno, Calif. (ESPN/ESPN Deportes/ESPN+)
Jose Ramirez vs. Richard Commey, 12 rounds, junior welterweights
Seniesa Estrada vs. Tina Rupprecht, 10 rounds, WBA/WBC women’s strawweight unification
Raymond Muratalla vs. TBA, 10 rounds, lightweights
Karlos Balderas vs. TBA, 8 rounds, lightweights
Antonio Mireles vs. TBA, 6 rounds, heavyweights
Charlie Sheehy vs. TBA, 6 rounds, lightweights
Javier Martinez vs. TBA, 6 rounds, middleweights
Jessie James Guerrero vs. TBA, 4 rounds, flyweights
April 1: Tulsa, Okla. (ESPN+)
Robeisy Ramirez vs. Isaac Dogboe, 12 rounds, featherweights
April 1: Paris
Arsen Goulamirian vs. TBA, 12 rounds, for Goulamirian’s WBA cruiserweight title
April 8: San Antonio (DAZN)
Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez vs. Cristian Gonzalez, 12 rounds, for vacant WBO flyweight title
April 8: TBA (ESPN/ESPN Deportes/ESPN+)
Shakur Stevenson vs. TBA, 12 rounds, lightweights
April 22: TBA, United States (DAZN)
Misfits Boxing
May 13: TBA, United Kingdom (DAZN)
Misfits Boxing
June 11: Canastota, N.Y.
International Boxing Hall of Fame inductions
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The saddest thing about this lackluster schedule is that I’m still probably going to watch all this shit. I have a problem.