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April 18: Philadelphia
George Arias vs. Skylar Lacy, 8 rounds, heavyweights
Roney Hines vs. Robert Hall Jr., 8 rounds, heavyweights
Erron Peterson vs. Raheem Davis, 4 rounds, middleweights
Romuel Cruz vs. Robin Ellis, 6 rounds, junior featherweights
Kestna Davis vs. Abdalla Nagy, 4 rounds, welterweights
Wilver Hernandez vs. Merlito Sabillo, 8 rounds, bantamweights
April 19: Atlanta (DAZN)
Kurt Scoby vs. Dakota Linger, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Brandon Adams vs. Ismael Villarreal, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Francisco Vernon vs. Angel Ruiz, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Avious Griffin vs. Ricardo Salas Rodriguez, 8 rounds, welterweights
David Lopez vs. Anthony Mora, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
Nathan Lugo vs. Robert Lartigue, 4 rounds, super middleweights
April 20: New York (DAZN PPV, PPV.com)
Devin Haney vs. Ryan Garcia, 12 rounds, for Haney’s WBC junior welterweight title
Arnold Barboza Jr. vs. Sean McComb, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Bektemir Melikuziev vs. Pierre Dibombe, 10 rounds, super middleweights
John “Scrappy” Ramirez vs. David Jimenez, 12 round, for vacant WBA interim junior bantamweights title
Charles Conwell vs. Nathaniel Gallimore, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Sergiy Derevyanchenko vs. Vaughn Alexander, 10 rounds, super middleweights
April 20: London
Sam Noakes vs. Yvan Mendy, 12 rounds, vacant European lightweight title
Henry Turner vs. Maykol Mendoza, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Andrew Cain vs. Darwing Martinez, 8 rounds, bantamweights
Aloys Junior vs. Pablo Natalio Farias, 8 rounds, cruiserweights
Jack Olephant vs. Remi Scholer, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Billy Adams vs. Mark Butler, 4 rounds, lightweights
Eoghan Lavin vs. Vasif Mamedov, 4 rounds, middleweights
Sam King vs. Artjom Spatar, 4 rounds, middleweights
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April 20: Commerce, Calif. (UFC Fight Pass)
Cain Sandoval vs. Angel Rebollar, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Brook Sibrian vs. Ashley Felix, 6 rounds, female junior flyweights
Guadalupe Medina vs. Sabrina Persona, 6 rounds, female strawweights
Daniel Barrera vs. Hector Ivan Valdes Pena, 6 rounds, flyweights
Eduardo Diaz vs. Luis Segura, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Eliezer Silva vs. Jonathan Moskowitz, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
Rodrigo Mosquera vs. Ryan Mondala, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
Abel Mejia vs. Rodney Mondala, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
Jaybrio Pe Benito vs. Christian Lorenzo, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
April 20: Munich, Germany (DAZN)
Juergen Uldedaj vs. Damir Beljo, 10 rounds, cruiserweights
Shefat Isufi vs. Ralfs Vilcans, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
Howik Bebraham vs. Karim Guerfi, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
Emre Cukur vs. Yoann Kongolo, 10 rounds, super middleweights
Yehor Velikovskyi vs. Petro Lakotskyi, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
Dimitar Tilev vs. Willi Knorpp, 8 rounds, super middleweights
Muzamiru Kakande vs. Jose Marcano, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
April 20: Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico
Wilfredo Mendez vs. Jesus Haro, 12 rounds, strawweights
April 20: Walloon Brabant, Belgium
Antoine Vanackere vs. Arblin Kaba, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
April 20: Zagreb, Croatia
Ivana Habazin vs. Kinga Magyar, 10 rounds, for vacant WBA interim women’s welterweight title
Petar Pavcec vs. Nodar Robakidze, 8 rounds, super middleweights
Lovro Pavcec vs. Geriso Aduashvili, 6 rounds, heavyweights
April 24: Plant City, Fla. (ProBox TV)
Marques Valle vs. Damian Sosa, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Ramon Cardenas vs. Jesus Ramirez Rubio, 10 rounds, junior featherweights
Ronny Rios vs. Nicolas Polanco, 10 rounds, featherweights
Max Ornelas vs. Alexander Mejia, 6 rounds, junior featherweights
Joshua Greer Jr. vs. Jerson Ortiz, 6 rounds, junior featherweights
Fernely Felix Jr. vs. TBA, 8 rounds, heavyweights
April 24: Sydney, Australia
Nikita Tszyu vs. Danilo Creati, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Clara Lescurat vs. Linn Sandstrom, 10 rounds, for Lescurat’s WBA women’s junior bantamweight title
April 26: Orlando, Fla. (DAZN)
Yoenis Tellez vs. Joseph Jackson, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Benigno Aguilar vs. Alexander Rios, rematch, 8 rounds, lightweights
Dainier Pero vs. TBA, 6 rounds, heavyweights
Jan Paul Rivera vs. David Perez, 6 rounds, featherweights
David Garcia vs. Henry Richard, 6 rounds, heavyweights
Xavier Bocanegra vs. Carlos Andre Dos Santos Rocha, 4 rounds, featherweights
Natalie Dove vs. Alyssia Lopez, 4 rounds, female flyweights
Arial Perez vs. Stephen Motley, 4 rounds, light heavyweights
DeMichael Harris vs. Blas Ezequiel Caro, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
Alexis Chaparro vs. TBA, 4 rounds, middleweights
April 27: Fresno, Calif. (DAZN)
Jose Ramirez vs. Rances Barthelemy, 12 rounds, junior welerweights
Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Thomas Dulorme, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Oscar Duarte vs. Joseph Diaz Jr., 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Marlen Esparza vs. Gabriela Alaniz, rematch, 10 rounds, for Esparza’s WBC/WBO/WBA women’s flyweight title
Raul Curiel vs. Jorge Marron Jr., 10 rounds, welterweights
Jennah Creason vs. TBA, 4 rounds, female welterweights
Brian Lua vs. TBA, 6 rounds, lightweights
Figo Gonzalez vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior bantamweights
April 27: Liverpool, England (DAZN)
Peter McGrail vs. Marc Leach, 10 rounds, junior featherweights
Beatriz Ferreira vs. Yanina del Carmen Lescano, 10 rounds, for vacant IBF women’s lightweight title
Pat McCormack vs. Williams Andres Herrera, 10 rounds, welterweights
Junaid Bostan vs. Jack Martin, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Maisey Rose Courtney vs. TBA, 6 rounds, female junior bantamweights
Joe McGrail vs. Ryan Walker, 8 rounds, featherweights
Frankie Stringer vs. TBA, 6 rounds, lightweights
Hamza Uddin vs. Santiago San Eusebio, 4 rounds, flyweights
April 27: Miami (TrillerTV PPV)
Ian Green vs. Roy Barringer, 10 rounds, middleweights
Ahmed Elbiali vs. Sergio Jimenez, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
Antonio Perez vs. TBA, 10 rounds, lightweights
Lawrence Newton vs. Luis Tenorio, 10 rounds, bantamweights
Angel Perez vs. Nicholas Givan, 8 rounds, welterweights
DeVon Williams vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
Semajay Thomas vs. TBA, 6 rounds, welterweights
April 27: Philadelphia (BLK Prime PPV)
Andrew Tabiti vs. Junior Wright, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Nikita Ababiy vs. Cleotis Pendarvis, 8 rounds, middleweights
Jesse Hart vs. Daniel Aduku, 8 rounds, light heavyweights
Muhsin Cason vs. DeShon Webster, 6 rounds, cruiserweights
Dylan Price vs. Ernesto Sebastian Franzolini, 8 rounds, bantamweights
Joey Dawejko vs. Walter Burns, 8 rounds, heavyweights
Hank Lundy vs. Juan De La Cruz, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
Tariq Green vs. Rancy Slanger, 4 rounds, middleweights
Seifullah Jihad Wise vs. Aaron Newsome, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
Shamsuddeen Justice vs. Kelvin Diaz, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
Frankie Lynn vs. Tyler Zwicharowski, 4 rounds, welterweights
Richard Johnson vs. Deron Eillis, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
April 27: Toronto
Maria Guadalupe Bautista vs. Sara Haghighat Joo, 10 rounds, for Bautista’s WBA women’s junior flyweight title
Josh Wagner vs. Geronimo Manuel Vazquez, 10 rounds, welterweights
May 2: Montreal (ESPN+)
Erik Bazinyan vs. Shakeel Phinn, 10 rounds, super middleweights
Thomas Chabot vs. Alfredo Jimenez, 8 rounds, featherweights
Moreno Fendero vs. Nicolas Luque Palacios, 6 rounds, middleweights
Jhon Orobio vs. TBA, 6 rounds, lightweights
May 4: Las Vegas (Prime Video PPV, PPV.com, DAZN PPV)
Canelo Alvarez vs Jaime Munguia, 12 rounds, for Alvarez’s WBC/IBF/WBO/WBA super middleweight title
Mario Barrios vs. Fabian Maidana, 12 rounds, for Barrios’ WBC interim welterweight title
Brandon Figueroa vs. Jessie Magdaleno, 12 rounds, for Figueroa’s WBC interim featherweight title
Eimantas Stanionis vs. Gabriel Maestre, 12 rounds, for Stanionis’ WBA “regular” welterweight title
Vito Mielnicki Jr. vs. TBA, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
May 4: Ludwigshafen, Germany
Piergiulio Ruhe vs. Joshua Nyanzi, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Sarah Bormann vs. Tamara Elisabet Demarco, 10 rounds, female strawweights
Ahmad Ali vs. Hannock Phiri, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Max Geier vs. Mirko Koenig, 8 rounds, light heavyweights
Daniel Dietz vs. Alen Lauriolle, 8 rounds, heavyweights
May 6: Tokyo (ESPN+)
Naoya Inoue vs. Luis Nery, 12 rounds, for Inoue’s WBC/WBO/IBF/WBA junior featherweight title
Jason Moloney vs. Yoshiki Takei, 12 rounds, for Moloney’s WBO bantamweight title
Takuma Inoue vs. Sho Ishida, 12 rounds, for Inoue’s WBA bantamweight title
Seigo Yuri Akui vs. Taku Kuwahara, 12 rounds, for Akui’s WBA flyweight title
TJ Doheny vs. Bryl Bayogos, 8 rounds, junior featherweights
May 8: Plant City, Fla. (ProBox TV)
ProBox TV
May 10: Manila, Philippines
Marlon Tapales vs. Nattapong Jankaew, 10 rounds, junior featherweights
Reymart Gaballo vs. Kenbun Torres, 10 rounds, bantamweights
May 10: Niagara Falls, N.Y.
Arnold Gonzalez vs. Esneiker Correa, 10 rounds, welterweights
Mikiah Kreps vs. Melissa Parker, 8 rounds, female junior featherweights
Alexander Castellano vs. Miguel Carizo, rematch, 8 rounds, junior featherweights
Gerffred Ngayot vs. Emmanuel Morales, 6 rounds, lightweights
Michael Vega vs. Edgar Macz-Sagui, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
Samir Alowbali vs. Josh Aarons, 4 rounds, bantamweights
Anthony Bizzaro vs. TBA, 6 rounds, lightweights
May 11: Perth Australia (ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN+)
Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. George Kambosos Jr., 12 rounds, for vacant IBF lightweight title
Nina Hughes vs. Cherneka Johnson, 10 rounds, for Hughes’ WBA women’s bantamweight titlist
Andrew Moloney vs. Pedro Guevara, 12 rounds, for vacant WBC interim junior bantamweight title
Imam Khataev vs. Ricards Bolotniks, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
Lucas Browne vs. Hemi Ahio, 8 rounds, heavyweights
Joe Goodall vs. Djanago Opelu, 10 rounds, heavyweights
May 11: Cardiff, Wales (Peacock)
Jessica McCaskill vs. Lauren Price, 10 rounds, for McCaskill’s WBA women’s welterweight title
May 11: Aguascalientes, Mexico (DAZN)
Eduardo “Rocky” Hernandez vs. Daniel Lugo, 12 rounds, junior lightweights
Erika Cruz vs. Nazarena Romero, 10 rounds, for Cruz’s WBA women’s junior featherweight title
May 11: London
Denzel Bentley vs. Danny Dignum, 12 rounds, middleweights
Francesco Grandelli vs. Nathaniel Collins, 12 rounds, featherweights
Ryan Garner vs. Liam Dillon, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
May 11: Huntington, N.Y. (StarBoxing.tv)
Star Boxing
May 11: Atlantic City, N.J. (BoxingInsider.com)
John Leonardo vs. Frank Gonzalez, 8 rounds, junior featherweights
Justin Figueroa vs. TBA, 6 rounds, middleweights
Dwyke Flemmings Jr. vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Pryce Taylor vs. TBA, 4 rounds, heavyweights
Jacob Solis vs. TBA, 4 rounds, middleweights
May 11: Niagara Falls, Canada (DAZN)
Lucas Bahdi vs. Juan Javier Carrasco, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
May 18: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (DAZN PPV, ESPN+ PPV, PPV.com)
Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk, 12 rounds, WBC/WBO/IBF/WBA heavyweight unification
Jai Opetaia vs. Mairis Breidis, rematch, 12 rounds, for Opetaia’s lineal/vacant IBF cruiserweight title
Joe Cordina vs. Anthony Cacace 12 rounds, for Cordina’s IBF junior lightweight title
Agit Kabayel vs. Frank Sanchez, 12 rounds, WBC heavyweight eliminator
Sergey Kovalev vs. Robin Safar, 10 rounds, cruiserweights
Mark Chamberlain vs. Joshua Wahab, 10 rounds, lightweights
Moses Itauma vs. Ilja Mezencev, 8 rounds, heavyweights
David Nyika vs. Michael Seitz, 8 rounds, cruiserweights
Isaac Lowe vs. Hasibullah Ahmadi, 8 rounds, featherweights
May 18: San Diego (ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN+)
Emanuel Navarrete vs. Denys Berinchyk, 12 rounds, for vacant WBO lightweight title
Giovani Santillan vs. Brian Norman, 12 rounds, welterweights
Richard Torrez Jr. vs. Brandon Moore, 8 rounds, heavyweights
Emiliano Vargas vs. TBA, 6 rounds, lightweights
Alan Garcia vs. Wilfredo Flores, 8 rounds, lightweights
Art Barrera Jr. vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
Charlie Sheehy vs. Manuel Jaimes, 8 rounds, lightweights
Jonathan Lopez vs. Edgar Ortega, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
Jonny Mansour vs. TBA, 4 rounds, lightweights
May 22: Plant City, Fla. (ProBox TV)
ProBox TV
May 24: Rzeszow, Poland
Lukasz Rozanki vs. Lawrence Okolie, 12 rounds, for Rozanski’s WBC bridgerweight title
May 25: Leeds, England (ESPN+)
Josh Taylor vs. Jack Catterall, rematch, 12 rounds, junior welterweights
Paddy Donovan vs. Lewis Ritson, 10 rounds, welterweights
Cheavon Clarke vs. Ellis Zorro, 12 rounds, for vacant British cruiserweight title
Gary Cully vs. Francesco Patera, 10 rounds, lightweights
George Liddard vs. TBA, 8 rounds, middleweights
Giorgio Visioli vs. Sergio Odabai, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
May 25: Shawinigan, Canada (ESPN+)
Christian Mbilli vs. Mark Heffron, 10 rounds, super middleweights
Arslanbek Makhmudov vs. Junior Fa, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Albert Ramirez vs. Adam Deines, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
May 25: Copenhagen, Denmark
Dina Thorslund vs. Seren Cetin, 10 rounds, for Thorslund’s WBC/WBO women’s bantamweight title
May 31: Houston (DAZN)
OTX Boxing
June 1: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (ESPN+ main event, DAZN PPV undercard)
Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol, 12 rounds, WBC/IBF/WBO/WBA light heavyweight unification
Deontay Wilder vs. Zhilei Zhang, 12 rounds, heavyweights
Filip Hrgovic vs. Daniel Dubois, 12 rounds, heavyweights
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
June 1: Inglewood, 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
June 5: Plant City, Fla. (ProBox TV)
ProBox TV
June 6: Montreal (ESPN+)
Patrice Volny vs. Steven Butler, 10 rounds, middleweights
June 7: Verona, N.Y. (DAZN)
Oscar Collazo vs. Geraldo Zapata, 12 rounds, for Collazo’s WBO strawweight title
June 7: Santa Ynez, Calif. (UFC Fight Pass)
Callum Walsh vs. TBA, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Omar Cande Trinidad vs. TBA, 10 rounds, featherweights
Umar Dzambekov vs. TBA, 6 rounds, light heavyweights
Jorge Maravillo vs. TBA, 6 rounds, welterweights
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. TBA, 10 rounds, featherweights
June 8: Atlantic City, N.J.
Thomas LaManna vs. Juan Carlos Abreu, 12 rounds, middleweights
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 15: Manati, Puerto Rico (DAZN)
Subriel Matias vs. Liam Paro, 12 rounds, for Matias’ IBF junior welterweight title
June 15: TBA, England (Peacock)
Chris Billam-Smith vs. Richard Riakporhe, rematch, 12 rounds, for Billam-Smith’s WBO cruiserweight titlist
June 19: Plant City, Fla. (ProBox TV)
ProBox TV
June 28: Atlanta (DAZN)
OTX Boxing
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
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. TBA, 10 rounds, featherweights
July 6: Newark, N.J. (ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN+)
Shakur Stevenson vs. Artem Harutyunyan, 12 rounds, for Stevenson’s WBC lightweight title
Keyshawn Davis vs. TBA, 10 rounds, lightweights
July 17: Plant City, Fla. (ProBox TV)
ProBox TV
July 20: Arlington, Texas (Netflix)
Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson, TBA rounds, heavyweights
July 26: Orlando, Fla. (DAZN)
Most Valuable Prospects
July 31: Plant City, Fla. (ProBox TV)
ProBox TV
August 14: Plant City, Fla. (ProBox TV)
ProBox TV
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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