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April 10: Montreal (ESPN+)
Dzmitry Asanau vs. Francesco Patera, 10 rounds, lightweights
Mary Spencer vs. Ogleidis Suarez, 10 rounds, for Spencer’s WBA women’s welterweight title
Christopher Guerrero vs. Oliver Quintana, 10 rounds, welterweights
Jhon Orobio vs. Sebastian Aguirre, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Alexandre Gaumont vs. Mathis Lourenco, 8 rounds, middleweights
Moreno Fendero vs. Mykola Vovk, 8 rounds, super middleweights
Wyatt Sanford vs. Shawn Archer, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
Erik Israyelyan vs. Richard Bernath, 4 rounds, lightweights
April 11: Varadero, Cuba
Julio Cesar La Cruz vs. Dilan Prasovic, 12 rounds, heavyweights
Arlen Lopez vs. Martin Ezequiel Bulacio, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
Erislandy Alvarez vs. Brainer Vasquez Soli, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Moussa Gholam vs. Misael Vasquez, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
Lazaro Alvarez vs. Miguel Queliz, 10 rounds, lightweights
April 11: Hollywood, Fla.
Armando Martinez Rabi vs. Alberto Guevara, 10 rounds, lightweights
Ari Bonilla vs. Josue Moales, 10 rounds, junior bantamweights
Andrey Bonilla vs. Ryan Shaw, 10 rounds, junior bantamweights
John David Martinez vs. Freddy Espinoza, 6 rounds, middleweights
Montaser Aboughaly vs. William Davis, 8 rounds, welterweights
Lorenzo Medina vs. Derek Cardenas, 6 rounds, heavyweights
Lazaro Medina vs. Jonathan Figueroa, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
Victor Abreu vs. Ernesto Sebastian Franzolino, 8 rounds, featherweights
Alexander Hernandez vs. Lester Medrano , 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Miguel Rosario Paredes vs. Anthony Mora, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
Luis Hernandez vs. Jose Rodriguez-Crespo, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
April 11: Toppenish, Wash. (TrillerTV)
Shady Gamhour vs. Devontae McDonald, rematch, 10 rounds, super middleweights
Dominique Roundtree vs. Sean Brewer, 8 rounds, featherweights
Andrew Murphy vs. Justin Gunter, 6 rounds, super middleweights
Jose Cervantes vs. Jeremiah Sierra, 4 rounds, welterweights
Darnell Thompson vs. Jalen Davis, 4 rounds, heavyweights
April 11: Guaymas, Mexico
Miguel Roman vs. Oscar Escandon, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
April 12: Atlantic City, N.J. (DAZN)
Jaron “Boots” Ennis vs. Eimantas Stanionis, 12 rounds, IBF/WBA welterweight unification
Raymond Ford vs. Thomas Mattice, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
Arturo Cardenas vs. Christian Carto, 10 rounds, junior featherweights
Omari Jones vs. William Jackson, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Shakhram Giyasov vs. Franco Ocampo, 10 rounds, welterweights
Francisco Rodriguez vs. Naheem Parker, 8 rounds, lightweights
Tahmir Smalls vs. Earl Bascome, 8 rounds, welterweights
Zaquin Moses vs. Alex Pallette, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
April 12: Hanover, Md. (ProBox TV)
Jordan White vs. Jose Matias Romero, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
Stephan Shaw vs. Raphael Akpejiori, 10 rounds, heavyweights
William Foster III vs. Brandon Leon Benitez, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
Eric Hernandez vs. Johnny Spell, 8 rounds, lightweights
DWayne Holmes Jr. vs. Dominique Griffin, 6 rounds, junior featherweights
Benjamin Johnson vs. Juan Carlos Campos Medina, 6 rounds, welterweights
Ervin Fuller III vs. Roberto Tapia Cisnerols, 6 rounds, junior featherweights
Jordan Roach vs. Garen Diagan, 6 rounds, junior bantamweights
David Whitmire vs. Luis Caraballo Ramos, 6 rounds, welterweights
April 13: Osaka, Japan
Riku Kunimoto vs. Kazuki Kyohara, 10 rounds, middleweights
Kaito Yamasaki vs. Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, 8 rounds, junior featherweights
Hibiki Yuasa vs. Yuma Omine, 6 rounds, welterweights
Keita Nakayama vs. Ji Yong Kim, 6 rounds, junior featherweights
April 14: Siem Reap, Cambodia
Marlon Tapales vs. Jon Jon Jet, 10 rounds, junior featherweights
Joey Canoy vs. Minh Phat Sam, 10 rounds, strawweights
Vincent Asrrolabio vs. Prasitsak Phaprom, 10 rounds, bantamweights
April 17: Costa Mesa, Calif. (TrillerTV+)
Asa Stevens vs. Luis Alvarado Morales, 6 rounds, featherweights
Jesse Zuniga vs. Julian Baez, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
Eridanni Leon vs. Noel Cavazos, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
Michael Monroe vs. Carjon Roberts, 4 rounds, super middleweights
April 18: Orlando, Fla. (DAZN)
Kevin Brown vs. Esteuri Suero, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Hendri Cedeno vs. Idalberto Umara, 10 rounds, lightweights
Lenier Pero vs. Detrailous Webster, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Gurgen Hovhannisyan vs. Dajuan Calloway, 8 rounds, heavyweights
Christopher Diaz vs. Jose Antonio Meza, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
Antraveous Ingram vs. Jose Arturo Esquivel, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
Roberto Gomez vs. Ulises Carvajal, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
Geise Reyes Del Verso vs. TBA, 6 round, welterweights
Carlos Lebron vs. Jose Leon, 4 rounds, junior featherweights
Jobed Collazo vs. Erion Johnson, 4 rounds, lightweights
Abel Gonzalez vs. Ryan Wilczak, 8 rounds, super middleweights
April 18: Berne, Switzerland (TrillerTV+)
Angelo Pena vs. Karim Guerfi, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
Felix Meier vs. Yaya Kone, 6 rounds, welterweights
April 18: Niagara Falls, N.Y.
Arnold Gonzalez vs. Nicolas Demario, 10 rounds, welterweights
Mikiah Kreps vs. Danielle Bennett, 10 rounds, female junior featherweights
Gerffred Ngayot vs. Felix Santana Jr., 6 rounds, lightweights
Michael Vega vs. Edgar Macz-Segui, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
Antonio Torres vs. Roberto Hernandez, 4 rounds, heavyweights
Elon De Jesus vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior featherweights
Joeseph Mesi vs. Terrance Brown, 4 rounds, heavyweights
April 18: Nanterre, France
Bakary Samake vs. Roarke Knapp, 12 rounds, junior middleweights
April 19: Oceanside, Calif. (DAZN)
Gabriela Fundora vs. Marilyn Badillo, 10 rounds, for Fundora’s undisputed women’s flyweight title
Charles Conwell vs. Jorge Garcia Perez, 12 rounds, junior middleweights
April 19: Sheffield, England (DAZN)
Dalton Smith vs. Mathieu Germain, 12 rounds, WBC junior welterweight eliminator
Ishmael Davis vs. Ryan Kelly, 12 rounds, junior middleweights
Josh Padley vs. Marko Cvetanovic, 10 rounds, lightweights
Josh Warrington vs. Asad Asif Khan, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
Giorgio Visioli vs. Kane Baker, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
Leli Buttigieg vs. TBA, 6 rounds, super middleweights
Joe Howarth vs. Mario Valenzuela Portillo, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
April 19: Commerce, Calif. (UFC Fight Pass)
Sadriddin Akhmedov vs. Elias Espadas, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Umar Dzambekov vs. Sonny McEwen, 8 rounds, light heavyweights
Roxy Verduzco vs. Jessica Radtke Maltezm 6 rounds, female featherweights
Adan Palma vs. Alfredo Castro Villafuerte, 6 rounds, junior featherweights
Jaybrio Pe Benito vs. Sebastian Gutierrez, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
Iyana Verduzco vs. Jessica Radtke Maltez, 6 rounds, female featherweights
Nicolas Robledo vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
Diego Aviles vs. TBA, 4 rounds, flyweights
Jason Robledo vs. Nesly Trezile, 4 rounds, lightweights
April 19: Long Beach, Calif. (WBCBoxing.com)
Anthony Garnica vs. Aston Palicte, 8 rounds, bantamweights
Brianda Tamara Cruz vs. TBA, 6 rounds, female welterweights
Israel Mercado vs. TBA, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Victor Lopez Gala vs. TBA, 8 rounds, lightweights
Raul Salomon vs. TBA, 8 rounds, middleweights
Chantel Navarro vs. TBA, 6 rounds, female bantamweights
April 19: Chelyabinsk, Russia
Sergey Kovalev vs. Artur Mann, 10 rounds, cruiserweights
April 20: Birmingham, England
Ben Whittaker vs. Liam Cameron, rematch, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
Frazer Clarke vs. Ebaneezer Tetteh, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Lee Cutler vs. Sam Eggington, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Tyler Denny vs. Elvis Ahorgah, 10 rounds, super middleweights
Troy Coleman vs. Bradley Goldsmith, 10 rounds, middleweights
Elliot Whale vs. Lucas Ballingall, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
April 25: Long Beach, Calif. (DAZN)
Yair Gallardo vs. David Stevens, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
Justin Viloria vs. Alejandro Yung Wong, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
Leonardo Rubalcava vs. Ricardo Sonny Robledo, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
Javier Meza vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
Danilo Diez vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
April 26: London (DAZN PPV)
Conor Benn vs. Chris Eubank Jr., 12 rounds, middleweights
Liam Smith vs. Aaron McKenna, 10 or 12 rounds, middleweights
Anthony Yarde vs. Lyndon Arthur, 10 or 12 rounds, light heavyweights
Chris Billam-Smith vs. Brandon Glanton, 10 or 12 rounds, cruiserweights
Viddal Riley vs.Cheavon Clarke, 10 rounds, cruiserweights
April 26: Zacatecas, Mexico
Willibaldo Garcia Perez vs. Rene Calixto Bibiano, rematch, 12 rounds, for vacant IBF junior bantamweight title
April 26: East Orange, N.J.
Rajon Chance vs. Yan Carlos Perez, 10 rounds, junior featherweights
April 26: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ignacio David Iribarren vs. Randy Leon Loaiza, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Walter Cordoba vs. Harvin Aguirre, 10 rounds, welterweights
May 1: Pretoria, South Africa (DAZN)
Kevin Lerena vs. Serhiy Radchenko, 12 rounds, for Lerena’s WBC bridgerweight title
May 2: New York (DAZN PPV)
Ryan Garcia vs. Rolando Romero, 12 rounds, for vacant WBA “regular” welterweight title
Devin Haney vs. Jose Ramirez, 12 rounds, welterweights
Teofimo Lopez vs. Arnold Barboza, 12 rounds, for Lopez’s lineal/WBO junior welterweight title
May 3: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (DAZN PPV)
Canelo Alvarez vs. William Scull, 12 rounds, WBC/WBO/WBA/IBF super middleweight unification
Bruno Surace vs. Jaime Munguia, rematch, 12 rounds, super middleweights
Efe Ajagba vs. Martin Bakole, 12 rounds, heavyweights
Badou Jack vs. Ryan Rozicki, 12 rounds, for Jack’s WBC cruiserweight title
Marco Verde vs. Michel Polina, 6 rounds, middleweights
Brayan Leon vs. Aaron Guerrero, 6 rounds, light heavyweights
May 3: Biloxi, Miss.
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May 4: Las Vegas (ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN+)
Naoya Inoue vs. Ramon Cardenas, 12 rounds, for Inoue’s undisputed junior featherweight title
Rafael Espinoza vs. Edward Vazquez, 12 rounds, for Espinoza’s WBO featherweight title
Rohan Polanco vs. Fabian Maidana, 10 rounds, welterweights
Emiliano Vargas vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Art Barrera Jr. vs. Juan Carlos Guerra, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Mikito Nakano vs. Pedro Marquez, 10 rounds, featherweights
Ra’eese Aleem vs. TBA, 10 rounds, featherweights
May 9: Orlando, Fla. (DAZN)
Dainier Pero vs. Cesar Navarro, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Corey Marksman vs. Tayden Beltran, 8 rounds, lightweights
May 9: Houston (DAZN)
Andreas Katzourakis vs. Roberto Cruz, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Breyon Gorham vs. TBA, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Giovanni Marquez vs. Esteban Munoz, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Nathan Lugo vs. Austin Dulworth, 6 rounds, super middleweights
Oscar Alan Perez vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Elijiah Lugo vs. TBA, 4 rounds, middleweights
May 9: Foiano di Val Fortore, Italy
Vincenzo Picardi vs. Cristian Zara, 12 rounds, for vacant European bantamweight title
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May 10: Nottingham, England (DAZN)
Anthony Cacace vs. Leigh Wood, 12 rounds, junior lightweights
Ezra Taylor vs. Troy Jones, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
Liam Davies vs. Kurt Walker, 12 rounds, featherweights
Owen Cooper vs. Chris Kongo, 10 rounds, welterweights
Lewis Williams vs. TBA, 6 rounds, heavyweights
Nico Leivars vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior featherweights
Joe Cooper vs. TBA, 4 rounds, middleweights
Lewis Lawton vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
May 10: San Diego (ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN+)
Emanuel Navarrete vs. Charly Suarez, 12 rounds, for Navarrete’s WBO junior lightweight title
Raymond Muratalla vs. Zaur Abdullaev, 12 rounds, for vacant IBF interim lightweight title
Giovani Santillan vs. Angel Beltran, 10 rounds, welterweights
Perla Bazaldua vs. TBA, 4 rounds, female junior bantamweights
May 10: Kissimmee, Fla. (ProBox TV)
Erickson Lubin vs. Ardreal Holmes, 12 rounds, IBF junior middleweight eliminator
Nazarena Romero vs. Mayelli Flores Rosquero, 10 rounds, for Romero’s WBA women’s junior featherweight title
Darrelle Valsaint vs. TBA, 10 rounds, middleweights
Najee Lopez vs. TBA, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
May 10: Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
Souleymanne Cissokho vs. Egidijus Kavaliauskas, 12 rounds, WBC welterweight final eliminator
May 11: Tokyo
Fernando Martinez vs. Kazuto Ioka, rematch, 12 rounds, for Martinez’s WBA junior bantamweight title
May 17: London (DAZN)
Johnny Fisher vs. Dave Allen, rematch, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Kieron Conway vs. Gerome Warburton, 12 rounds, for Conway’s Commonwealth and vacant British middleweight titles
George Liddard vs. Aaron Sutton, 10 rounds, middleweights
Jimmy Sains vs. Gideon Onyenani, 10 rounds, middleweights
John Hedges vs. Nathan Quarless, 10 rounds, cruiserweights
Shannon Ryan vs. TBA, 8 rounds, female junior bantamweights
Taylor Bevan vs. Juan Cruz Cacheiro, 6 rounds, super middleweights
Leli Buttigieg vs. TBA, 6 rounds, middleweights
May 17: Magdeburg, Germany
Roman Fress vs. Michael Seitz, 12 rounds, cruiserweights
Artur Reis vs. TBA, 12 rounds, super middleweights
May 23: Doncaster, England (DAZN)
Terri Harper vs. Natalie Zimmermann, 10 rounds, for Harper’s WBO women’s lightweight title
Maxi Hughes vs. Archie Sharp, 10 rounds, lightweights
Reece Mould vs. Lewis Sylvester, 10 rounds, lightweights
Tysie Gallagher vs. Ebonie Jones, 10 rounds, for Gallagher’s British and Commonwealth women’s junior featherweight titles
James Flint vs. Haitham Laamouz, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
May 24: Glasgow, Scotland (DAZN)
Josh Taylor vs. Ekow Essuman, 12 rounds, welterweights
Nathaniel Collins vs. Lee McGregor, 10 or 12 rounds, featherweights
Aloys Youmbi vs. David Jamieson, 10 rounds, cruiserweights
Aston Brown vs. Reece Porter, 10 rounds, middleweights
Drew Limond vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Luke McCormack vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Luke Bibby vs. TBA, 6 rounds, lightweights
Alex Arthur Jr. vs. TBA, 4 rounds, light heavyweights
Lee Welsh vs. Tony Morton, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
Marcus Sutherland vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior featherweights
Sean Lazzerini vs. TBA, 4 rounds, light heavyweights
May 24: Osaka, Japan
Angelo Leo vs. Tomoki Kameda, 12 rounds, for Leo’s IBF featherweight title
May 24: TBA, Poland
Krzysztof Włodarczyk vs. Adam Balski, 12 rounds, for vacant WBC interim bridgerweight title
May 28: Yokohama, Japan
Yoshiki Takei vs. Yuttapong Tongdee, 12 rounds, for Takei’s WBO bantamweight title
Eduardo Nunez vs. Masanori Rikiishi, 12 rounds, for vacant IBF junior lightweight title
Tsubasa Narai vs. Yuna Hara, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
May 31: Las Vegas (Prime Video)
Caleb Plant vs. Armando Resendiz, 12 rounds, for Plant’s WBA interim super middleweight title
Jermall Charlo vs. Thomas LaManna, 10 rounds, super middleweights
May 31: Kempton Park, South Africa
Uisma Lima vs. Shervantaigh Koopman, 12 rounds, junior middleweights
Donjuan van Heerden vs. Phikelani Khumalo, 12 rounds, super middleweights
Samuel Salva vs. Siyakholwa Kuse, 10 rounds, strawweights
June 7: Norfolk, Va. (ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN+)
Keyshawn Davis vs. TBA, 12 rounds, for Davis’ WBO lightweight title
Kelvin Davis vs. TBA, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Keon Davis vs. TBA, 6 rounds, welterweights
June 7: Ipswich, England (DAZN)
Fabio Wardley vs. Jarrell Miller, 12 rounds, for vacant WBA interim heavyweight title
June 7: Barnsley, England
Callum Simpson vs. Ivan Zucco, 12 rounds, for vacant European super middleweight title
June 8: Broadbeach, Australia (DAZN)
Jai Opetaia vs. Claudio Squeo, 12 rounds, for Opetaia’s lineal/IBF cruiserweight title
Ben Mahoney vs. Joepher Montano, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
June 21: Newark, N.J. (ESPN+)
Vito Mielnicki Jr. vs. Kamil Gardzielik, 10 rounds, middleweights
Damian Knyba vs. Marcin Siwy, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Lorenzo Simpson vs. William Townsel, 8 rounds, middleweights
Mannie Chance vs. TBA, 4 rounds, bantamweights
Ali Feliz vs. TBA, 6 rounds, heavyweights
Daiyaan Butt vs. Mike Lee, 8 rounds, welterweights
Norman Neely vs. James Willis, 8 rounds, heavyweights
Muadh Abdus-Salaam vs. Roberto Cantos, 4 rounds, welterweights
June 21: Santa Ynez, Calif. (UFC Fight Pass)
Callum Walsh vs. TBA, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
June 27: Wichita, Kan. (BLK Prime)
Deontay Wilder vs. Tyrrell Herndon, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Deon Nicholson vs. TBA, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
July 11: New York (Netflix)
Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano, third fight, for Taylor’s undisputed women’s junior welterweight title
Alycia Baumgardner vs. Jennifer Miranda, 10 rounds, for Baumgardner’s women’s undisputed junior lightweight title
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Cuba? Did I miss something? Are Cubans now allowed to turn pro in Cuba and if not, why is there a pro card taking place in Cuba? I feel lost, what have I missed?