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July 31: Santa Monica, Calif. (DAZN)
Marc Castro vs. George Acosta, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
Shakhram Giyasov vs. Miguel Parra, 10 rounds, welterweights
Nathan Lugo vs. Ray Corona, 4 rounds, super middleweights
July 31: Plant City, Fla. (ProBox TV)
Alberto Palmetta vs. Jesus Saracho, 10 rounds, welterweights
Emiliano Moreno vs. Rashield Williams, 8 rounds, welterweights
Jonathan Navarro vs. Clarence Booth, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
Terrence Williams vs. Roberto Kevin Escobar, 6 rounds, welterweights
Alexis De la Cerda vs. Alexander Taylor, 4 rounds, junior featherweights
Enzo Herrera vs. Jordan Taylor, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
Michael Pirotton vs. Orlando Rashad Coulter, 6 rounds, heavyweights
August 3: Los Angeles (DAZN PPV, PPV.com, ESPN+ PPV, Prime Video PPV)
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
Andy Ruiz vs. Jarrell Miller, 12 rounds, heavyweights
Jared Anderson vs. Martin Bakole, 10 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
Steven Nelson vs. Marcos Vazquez Rodriguez, 10 rounds, super middleweights
Ziyad Almaayouf vs. Michal Bulik, 6 rounds, welterweights
August 3: Barnsley, England (Peacock)
Zak Chelli vs. Callum Simpson, 12 rounds, for Chelli’s British and Commonwealth super middleweight titles
Stephen McKenna vs. Joe Laws, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Maira Moneo vs. Caroline Dubois, 10 rounds, for Moneo’s WBC interim women’s lightweight title
Mauro Silva vs. Dale Arrowsmith, 6 rounds, middleweights
Connor Coyle vs. Kyle Lomotey, 8 rounds, middleweights
Joel Kodua vs. TBA, 6 rounds, welterweights
Billy Deniz vs. Khalid Graidia, 6 rounds, light heavyweights
August 3: Belfast, Northern Ireland (DAZN)
Tyrone McKenna vs. Mohamed Mimoune, rematch, 10 rounds, welterweights
Fearghus Quinn vs. Aston Brown, 10 rounds, middleweights
Caoimhin Agyarko vs. Tomi Silvennoinen, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Ruadhan Farrell vs. Gerard Hughes, 8 rounds, junior featherweights
Owen O’Neill vs. Dylan Moran, 8 rounds, welterweights
Gareth Dowling vs. Ilias Liokaftos, 4 rounds, welterweights
Teo Alin vs. Engel Gomez, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
Gary Arthurs vs. Edgar Romero, 4 rounds, middleweights
Jack O’Neill vs. Luke Fash, 4 rounds, featherweights
Dean Gonzalez Furlong vs. Paul Scaife, 4 rounds, welterweights
Cathal McLaughlin vs. Martin Shaw, 4 rounds, middleweights
August 3: Washington, D.C.
Jordan White vs. Jason Sanchez, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
Jaqeem Hutcherson vs. Anthony Eliotti, 8 rounds, junior featherweights
Brandon Quarles vs. Daniel Aduku, 6 rounds, super middleweights
Francois Scarboro Jr. vs. Ferris Dixon Jr., 6 rounds, junior lightweights
Jeffrey Yu vs. Dennis Candelaria, 6 rounds, featherweights
Ervin Fuller III vs. Robin Ellis, 6 rounds, junior featherweights
Nijay Brown vs. Alejandro Fugon, 4 rounds, super middleweights
Adrian Washington vs. Jordan Gruszewski, 4 rounds, cruiserweights
Tremaine Fuller vs. Joshua Zimmerman, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
Josiyah Giles vs. Jonatan Hernan Godoy, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
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August 9: Mexico City (ESPN+)
Angel Ayala vs. Dave Apolinario, 12 rounds, for vacant IBF flyweight title
August 9: Worcester, Mass.
Josniel Castro vs. Jerry Bradford, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
Maureen Shea vs. Beata Dudek, 8 rounds, female junior featherweights
Kevin Nagle vs. Jose Humberto Corral, 8 rounds, heavyweights
Keno Luna vs. Izaiah Vargas, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
Justin Laporte vs. Tymar Miles, 4 rounds, welterweights
Jhon Devers vs. Igor Santos, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
Daniel Docimo vs. Tracey Coppedge, 4 rounds, welterweights
August 10: Las Vegas (DAZN)
Serhii Bohachuk vs. Vergil Ortiz Jr., 12 rounds for Bohachuk’s WBC interim junior middleweight title
Charles Conwell vs. Khiary Gray, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Kenneth Sims Jr. vs. Jesus Perez, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Gabriela Fundora vs. Daniela Asenjo, 10 rounds, for Fundora’s IBF women’s flyweight title
Joel Iriarte vs. TBA, 6 rounds, welterweights
Ema Kozin vs. Cecilia Braekhus, 10 rounds, for Kozin’s WBC/WBO women’s junior middleweight title
Eric Priest vs. TBA, 10 rounds, middleweights
Johnny Canas vs. Carlos Otero, 4 rounds, lightweights
Jordan Fuentes vs. TBA, 4 rounds, bantamweights
Figo Ramirez vs. TBA, 6 rounds, bantamweights
Jennah Creason vs. Kelsey Wickstrum, 4 round, female welterweights
August 10: Albuquerque, N.M. (ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN+)
Luis Alberto Lopez vs. Angelo Leo, 12 rounds, for Lopez’s IBF featherweight title
Lindolfo Delgado vs. Bryan Flores, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Abraham Perez vs. Matthew Griego, 10 rounds, flyweights
Alan Garcia vs. Donnie Reeves, 8 rounds, lightweights
Vito Mielnicki Jr. vs. TBA, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Steven Navarro vs. Oscar Arroyo, 6 rounds, junior bantamweights
Arnold Khegai vs. Belmar Preciado, 10 rounds, featherweights
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. TBA, 10 rounds, super middleweights
Abdullah Mason vs. Agustin Ezequiel Quintana, 8 rounds, lightweights
Jahi Tucker vs. Santiago Fernandez, 8 rounds, middleweights
Wilkens Mathieu vs. TBA, 6 or 8 rounds, super middleweights
Leila Beaudoin vs. Lizbeth Crespo, 10 rounds, female junior lightweights
Thomas Chabot vs. TBA, 8 or 10 rounds, junior lightweights
Dzmitry Asanau vs. Matias Carlos Adrian Rueda, 10 rounds, lightweights
August 17: London
Denzel Bentley vs. Derrick Osaze,12 rounds, middleweights
Aloys Junior vs. Oronzo Burardi, 10 rounds, cruiserweights
August 23: Hollywood, Fla.
Yoenli Hernandez vs. TBA, 10 rounds, middleweights
Yosdiel Napoles vs. TBA, 10 rounds, lightweights
Maureen Shea vs. Beata Dudek, 8 rounds, female junior featherweights
Harold Calderon vs. TBA, 8 rounds, welterweights
August 24: Manchester, England (DAZN)
Jack Catterall vs. Regis Prograis, 12 rounds, junior welterweights
Johnny Fisher vs. Andrii Rudenko, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Rhiannon Dixon vs. Terri Harper, 10 rounds, for Dixon’s WBO women’s lightweight title
Pat McCormack vs. Williams Andres Herrera, 10 rounds, welterweights
Joe McGrail vs. Lewis Morris, 8 rounds, featherweights
Campbell Hatton vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
Ste Clarke vs. TBA, 6 rounds, middleweights
William Crolla vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Emily Whitworth vs. TBA, 4 rounds, female bantamweights
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
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
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. TBA, 6 rounds, middleweights
Richard Meinecke vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Max Suske vs. TBA, 6 rounds, super middleweights
Rudolf Hoffmann vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
August 28: TBA, Australia
Nikita Tszyu vs. Koen Mazoudier, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Conor Wallace vs. Jerome Pampellone, 12 rounds, light heavyweights
Michael Zerafa vs. Tommy Browne, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
August 30: Atlanta (DAZN)
OTX 10
August 31: Carson, Calif. (DAZN)
Diego Pacheco vs. Maciej Sulecki, 12 rounds, super middleweights
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. TBA, 8 rounds, middleweights
Alexander Gueche vs. TBA, 6 rounds, bantamweights
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 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 8: Orlando, Fla. (DAZN)
Kevin Brown vs. John Bauza, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Javon Walton vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
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
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
September 20: TBA, Ariz. (ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN+)
Jaime Munguia vs. Erik Bazinyan, 12 rounds, super middleweights
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, IBF junior middleweight eliminator
September 27: Fayetteville, Ga.
Alycia Baumgardner vs. Delfine Persoon, 10 rounds, for Baumgardner’s WBC/WBO/IBF/WBA women’s junior lightweight title
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
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
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
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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