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December 13: Tokyo (ESPN+)
Naoya Inoue vs. Paul Butler, 12 rounds, WBC/IBF/WBA/WBO bantamweight unification
Yoshiki Takei vs. Bruno Tarimo, 12 rounds, junior featherweights
Andy Hiraoka vs. Min Ho Jung, 12 rounds, junior welterweights
Satoshi Shimizu vs. Landy Cris Leon, 12 rounds, featherweights
Takuma Inoue vs. Jade Bornea, 10 rounds, featherweights
Peter McGrail vs. Hironori Miyake, 8 rounds, junior featherweights
December 16: Shawinigan, Quebec (ESPN+)
Arslanbek Makhmudov vs. Michael Wallisch, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Mary Spencer vs. Femke Hermans, 10 rounds, female junior middleweights
Steven Butler vs. Joshua Conley, 10 rounds, middleweights
Thomas Chabot vs. Jonathan Carrillo Baranda, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
Leila Beaudoin vs. Valgerdur Gudstensdottir, 6 rounds, female junior lightweights
Alexandre Gaumont vs. Piotr Bis, 6 rounds, middleweights
Luis Santana vs. Jonathan Uribe, 6 rounds, lightweights
December 16: Mexico City (EstrellaTV)
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December 16: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Gerardo Zapata vs. Rene Santiago, 10 rounds, junior flyweights
December 17: Las Vegas (Showtime)
Michel Rivera vs. Frank Martin, 12 rounds, WBA lightweight eliminator
Jose Uzcategui vs. Vladimir Shishkin, 12 rounds, IBF super middleweight eliminator
Nikolai Potapov vs. Vincent Astrolabio, 12 rounds, IBF bantamweight eliminator
Brandun Lee vs. TBA, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Omar Juarez vs. Austin Dulay, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Kevin Johnson vs. Cristian Baez, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Bakhram Murtazaliev vs TBA, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Elijah Lorenzo Garcia vs. Cruse Stewart, 8 rounds, middleweights
Kenneth Sims Jr. vs. Nicolas Pablo Demario, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Adrian Benton vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
Joahnys Argilagos vs. Mario Hernandez, 6 rounds, bantamweights
Micky Scala vs. Ricardo Ruben Villalba, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Jalil Major Hackett vs. Nelson Morales, 6 rounds, welterweights
Ray Ray Robinson vs. Victor Saravia, 4 rounds, junior featherweights
Breeon Carothers vs. TBA, 4 rounds, lightweights
Dorian Mark Khan Jr. vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
Robert Meriweather vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
December 17: Commerce, Calif. (DAZN)
Raul Curiel vs. Brad Solomon, 10 rounds, welterweights
Diego De La Hoya vs. Jose Gonzalez, 10 rounds, featherweights
Aaron Silva vs. Alan Campa, 8 rounds, super middleweights
Jousce Gonzalez vs. Ivan Cano, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Cecilia Braekhus vs. Marisa Joana Portillo, 8 rounds, welterweights
Nick Sullivan vs. Angel Vazquez Lupercio, 6 rounds, lightweights
Gregory Morales vs. Diuhl Olguin, 6 rounds, featherweights
Martin Leon vs. Ricardo Quiroz, 8 rounds, lightweights
December 17: Nantes, France (ESPN+)
Christian Mbili vs. Vaughn Alexander, 10 rounds, super middleweights
Souleymane Cissokho vs. Thulani Mbenge, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
December 17: Bournemouth, England
Chris Billam-Smith vs. Armend Xhoxhaj, 12 rounds, cruiserweights
Dan Azeez vs. Rocky Fielding, 12 rounds, for Azeez’s British and vacant Commonwealth light heavyweight title
Caroline Dubois vs. Sofia Alehandra Rodriguez, 6 rounds, female lightweights
Steve Robinson vs. Nick Campbell, 8 rounds, heavweights
Cori Gibbs vs. Jimmy First, 8 rounds, lightweights
Viddal Riley vs. Amine Boucetta, 6 rounds, cruiserweights
Michael McKinson vs. Roberto Arriaza, 6 rounds, welterweights
Lee Cutler vs. Joel Julio, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Mace Ruegg vs. Jahfieus Faure, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
Harvey Lambert vs. Sebastian Wojtan, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
December 17: Dubai
Mahmoud Charr vs. Lucas Browne, 12 rounds, heavyweights
December 17: Wengen, Switzerland
Timo Schwarzkopf vs. Miguel Vazquez, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
December 17: Stockton, Calif. (FightHype)
Quilisto Madera vs. Hector Zepeda, 8 rounds, middleweights
Manuel Jaimes vs. Ricardo Lopez Torres, 8 rounds, lightweights
Arturo Popoca vs. Alexis De Luna, 6 rounds, featherweights
Ector Madera vs. Alejandro Frias, 6 rounds, welterweights
Giovannie Gonzalez vs. Marco Cardenas, 6 rounds, lightweights
Irving Xilohua vs. Jesus Arturo Guzman, 4 rounds, junior featherweights
Kenneth Lopez vs. Bryan Martinez, 4 rounds, super middleweights
December 18: Toronto
Josh Lupia vs. Lanardo Tyner, 8 rounds, welterweights
Lee Reeves vs. Larone Whyte, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Amanda Galle vs. Luz Elena Martinez, 8 rounds, female junior featherweights
Moe Zawadi vs. Marco Parente, 4 rounds, light heavyweights
Ross Mylet vs. Eduardo Cruz Munoz, 6 rounds, bantamweights
December 21: New York
Andy Dominguez vs. Gilberto Mendoza, 8 rounds, flyweights
Anthony Sims Jr. vs. Anthony Todd, 8 rounds, middleweights
Steven Ortiz vs. Andrew Rodgers, 8 rounds, lightweights
Sulem Urbina vs. Indeya Smith, 8 rounds, female junior bantamweights
Elon de Jesus vs. TBA, 6 rounds, bantamweights
December 31: Tokyo
Kazuto Ioka vs. Joshua Franco, 12 rounds, WBO/WBA junior bantamweight unification
Hayato Tsutsumi vs. Pete Apolinar, 8 rounds, featherweights
Ryuto Owan vs. Sukpraserd Ponpitak, 8 rounds, junior featherweights
Satsuki Ito vs. Wassana Kamdee, 6 rounds, female junior bantamweights
Kentaro Miyamoto vs. Taiga Ito, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Akira Nakashima vs. Kantaro Nakanishi, 4 rounds, junior featherweights
January 6: Osaka, Japan
Masataki Taniguchi vs. Melvin Jerusalem, 12 rounds, for Taniguchi’s WBO strawweight title
Daniel Valladares vs. Ginjiro Shigeoka, 12 rounds, for Valladares IBF strawweight title
January 7: Washington, D.C. (Showtime PPV, PPV. com)
Gervonta Davis vs. Hector Garcia, 12 rounds, for Davis’ WBA “regular” lightweight title
Jaron “Boots” Ennis vs. Karen Chukhadzhian, 12 rounds, for vacant IBF interim welterweight title
Rashidi Ellis vs. Roiman Villa, 12 rounds, welterweights
Demetrius Andrade vs. Demond Nicholson, 10 rounds, super middleweights
January 13: Laval, Quebec (FITE)
Kim Clavel vs. Jessica Nery Plata, 10 rounds, WBC/WBA women’s junior flyweight unification
Mazlum Akdeniz vs. Samuel Teah, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Marie Pier Houle vs. Marisol Moreno, 8 rounds, female welterweights
Eric Basran vs. Juan Carlos Ramirez, 6 rounds, lightweights
Caroline Veyre vs. Estefania Gonzalez Franco, 6 rounds, female junior featherweights
Derek Pomerleau vs. Gustavo Magana Rodriguez, 6 rounds, middleweights
January 14: Verona, N.Y. (ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN+)
Efe Ajagba vs. Oscar Rivas, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Guido Vianello vs. Stephan Shaw, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Adam Lopez vs. Abraham Nova, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
Floyd Diaz vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior featherweights
Haven Brady Jr. vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
Bryce Mills vs. Margarito Hernandez, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
Dante Benjamin Jr. vs. Emmanueal Austin, 6 rounds, light heavyweights
Brian Norman Jr. vs. TBA, 6 or 8 rounds, welterweights
Rohan Polanco vs. TBA, 6 or 8 rounds, junior welterweights
January 14: London (DAZN PPV)
KSI vs. Dillon Danis, 3 rounds, cruiserweights
January 21: Miami
Ilunga Makabu vs. Noel Mikaelyan, 12 rounds, for Makabu’s WBC cruiserweight title
January 21: Manchester, England
Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Liam Smith, 12 rounds, middleweights
January 28: London (ESPN+)
Artur Beterbiev vs. Anthony Yarde, 12 rounds, for Beterbiev’s WBC/IBF/WBO light heavyweight title
Artem Dalakian vs. David Jimenez, 12 rounds, for Dalakian’s WBA flyweight title
January 28: Las Vegas (Showtime)
Jermell Charlo vs. Tim Tszyu, 12 rounds, for Charlo’s WBO/WBC/IBF/WBA junior middleweight title
January 28: Bochum, Germany
Agit Kabayel vs. Agron Smakici, 12 rounds, for vacant European heavyweight title
February 3: Glendale, Ariz. (ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN+)
Oscar Valdez vs. Emanuel Navarrete, 12 rounds, for vacant WBO junior lightweight title
Arnold Barboza vs. Jose Pedraza, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
February 4: Creteil, France
Milan Prat vs. TBA, 12 rounds, for Prat’s European junior middleweight title
February 9: Laval, Quebec
Jean Pascal vs. Michael Eifert, 12 rounds, IBF light heavyweight eliminator
February 18: Atlanta (BLK Prime PPV)
Adrian Broner vs. Ivan Redkach, 10 or 12 rounds, welterweights
Tevin Farmer vs. Mickey Bey, 10 rounds, lightweights
February 25: Rzeszow, Poland
Dylan Bregeon vs. Michail Cieslak, 12 rounds, for vacant European cruiserweight title
February 25: Berlin
Jack Mulowayi vs. Granit Shala, 12 rounds, heavyweights
June 11: Canastota, N.Y.
International Boxing Hall of Fame inductions
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Ioka vs Franco no longer has a US broadcast??
Thanks for doing this, Dan. Always useful.
Question: Why would they bury Shu Shu Carrington on the bottom of Saturday's NY card? I'm about as hyped on him as I am Zayas, K. Davis, and J. Andersen...