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July 16: Sydney, Australia
Sonny Bill Williams vs. Paul Gallen, 8 rounds, heavyweights
David Nyika vs. Nikolas Charalampous, 8 rounds, cruiserweights
Kris Terzievski vs. Troy Pilcher, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Clay Waterman vs. Mose Auimatagi Jr., 8 rounds, light heavyweights
Kane Baker vs. Johan Linde, 6 rounds, heavyweights
Alex Leapai Jr. vs. Herve Silu Mata, 4 rounds, heavyweights
Rahim Mundine vs. Joe Vatusaqata, 4 rounds, super middleweights
July 18: Orlando, Fla. (DAZN)
Gurgen Hovhannisyan vs. Chris Thomas, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Angel Barrientes vs. Jorge De Jesus Romero, 10 rounds, junior featherweights
Aleksei Dronov vs. Joe Jones, 8 rounds, heavyweights
Drake Banks vs. Colby Madison, 8 rounds, heavyweights
Alex Bray vs. Lesther Espino, 8 rounds, middleweights
Chavez Barrientes vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior featherweights
Gabriela Tellez vs. Elizabeth Chavez Espinoza, 6 rounds, female junior lightweights
Roberto Gomez vs. Jose Saant, 6 rounds, featherweights
Geise Reyes Del Verso vs. TBA, 6 rounds, welterweights
Carlos Lebron vs. Anel Dudo, 4 rounds, bantamweights
Jobed Collazo vs. Alen Dudo, 4 rounds, lightweights
July 18: Liberia, Costa Rica
Yokasta Valle vs. Rocio Gaspar, 10 rounds, for Valle’s WBC women’s strawweight title
July 18: Temecula, Calif.
Louie Lopez vs. Adrian Vargas, 10 rounds, welterweights
Emeka Nwokolo vs. Jireh De Los Santos, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Paolo Barredo vs. Luis Valdes Pena, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
Devin Parrish vs. Oscar Trujillo Enriquez, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Michael Meyers vs. Josias Gonzalez, 6 rounds, welterweights
William King vs. Markus Bowes, 6 rounds, lightweights
Andres Martinez vs. Jonathan Espino, 4 rounds, light heavyweights
July 19: London (DAZN PPV)
Oleksandr Usyk vs. Daniel Dubois, rematch, 12 rounds, WBC, WBO, WBA, IBF heavyweight unification
Lawrence Okolie vs. Kevin Lerena, 12 rounds, heavyweights
Lewis Edmondson vs. Daniel Lapin, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
Vladyslav Sirenko vs. Solomon Dacres, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Lasha Guruli vs. James Francis, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
Aadam Hamed vs. Ezequiel Gregores, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
July 19: Las Vegas (Prime Video PPV, PPV.COM)
Mario Barrios vs. Manny Pacquiao, 12 rounds, for Barrios’ WBC welterweight title
Sebastian Fundora vs. Tim Tszyu, rematch, 12 rounds, for Fundora’s WBC junior middleweight title
Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz vs. Angel Fierro, rematch, 12 rounds, junior welterweights
Brandon Figueroa vs. Joet Gonzalez, 12 rounds, WBA featherweight eliminator
Gary Russell Jr. vs. Hugo Castaneda, 10 rounds, lightweights
Alan David Picasso vs. Kyonosuke Kameda, 10 rounds, junior featherweights
Mark Magsayo vs. Jorge Mata Cuellar, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
Eumir Felix Marcial vs. Bernard Joseph, 8 rounds, middleweights
Omar Salcido vs. Brian Gallegos, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Jursly Vargas vs. Sergio Aldana, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
Joseph Brown vs. Aaron Watson, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
July 19: Frisco, Texas (DAZN)
Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez vs. Phumelele Cafu, 12 rounds, WBC/WBO junior bantamweight unifcaition
Diego Pacheco vs. Trevor McCumby, 12 rounds, super middleweights
Austin Williams vs. Etinosa Oliha, 12 rounds, IBF middleweight eliminator
Arturo Cardenas vs. Dominique Crowder, 10 rounds, bantamweights
Omari Jones vs. Alfredo Blanco, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Nishant Dev vs. Omar Rosales, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Hector Beltran vs. Edgar Gutierrez, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
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July 19: Moscow
Radzhab Butaev vs. Jose Miguel Borrego, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
July 19: Washington, Pa. (SportsNet Pittsburgh)
Johnny Spell vs. Chancellor Batttenberg, 8 rounds, lightweights
Ivan Dychko vs. TBA, 8 rounds, heavyweights
Daniyar Yeleussinov vs. James Bacon, 8 rounds, welterweights
Danny Bodish vs. Joshua Draughter, 6 rounds, featherweights
Christopher Clark vs. Brandon Meyer, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
Khalil Saunders vs. Richie Loew, 4 rounds, lightweights
Liubomir Ozhovych vs. Jarell Sanders, 4 rounds, super middleweights
Hariff Rosado vs. TBA, 4 rounds, welterweights
Darius Hanshaw vs. TBA, 4 rounds, middleweights
July 19: Uncasville, Conn.
Wilson Mascarenhas vs. Nicolas Tejada, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Jacob Marrero vs. Alberto Mercado, 8 rounds, lightweights
Anthony Velazquez vs. Terry Chatwood, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
Joseph Chisholm vs. Sean Diaz, 6 rounds, junior featherweights
Douglas Marroquin vs. Elijah Grant, 6 rounds, middleweights
Anuel Rosa vs. TBA, 6 rounds, lightweights
Giani Patrizio Liguori vs. Anthony Mora, 4 rounds, lightweights
Yevgeniy Pavlov vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
Tyler Macari vs. Kevin Spraags, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
Ayowole Tom Jones vs. Jhony Rodrigo Dos Santos, 4 rounds, super middleweights
Jonathan Figueroa vs. Edgar Macz Sagui, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
July 19: Chula Vista, Calif.
Lazaro Lorenzana vs. Brian Arregui, 10 rounds, middleweights
Adan Palma vs. Daniel Olea, 6 rounds, junior featherweights
Nelson Oliva vs. George Sosa, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Luis Manuel Ramirez Ruiz vs. Jose Cruz, 4 rounds, middleweights
July 19: Sheffield, England
Marie Connan vs. Nicola Hopewell, 10 rounds, flyweights
Billy Pickles vs. Hughie Wilson, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Harvey Lambert vs. TBA, 6 rounds, welterweights
Dylan Trevor vs. Dale Arrowsmith, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
July 24: Indio, Calif. (DAZN)
Manuel Flores vs. Jorge Chavez, 10 rounds, junior featherweights
Jordan Panthen vs. Farid Ngoga, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Grant Flores vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
Cayden Griffiths vs. TBA, 6 rounds, welterweights
Leonardo Sanchez vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
Fabian Guzman vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Bryan Lua vs. TBA, 6 rounds, lightweights
Javier Meza vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
July 25: Managua, Nicaragua
Gustavo Perez vs. Kevin Vivas, 10 rounds, junior flyweights
Eveling Ortega vs. Mayelis Altamar, 8 rounds, female junior flyweights
Jeffrey Gonzalez vs. Jorge Silva, 6 rounds, heavyweights
July 25: Atlanta (DAZN)
Elijah Pierce vs. Michael Desmarines, 10 rounds, featherweights
Oshae Jones vs. Elia Carranza, 10 rounds, for Jones’ IBF women’s junior middleweight title
Haven Brady Jr. vs. DeMichael Harris, 10 rounds, featherweights
Nathan Lugo vs. Rashad McWilliams, 6 rounds, super middleweights
Morgan Griggle vs. Maximus Garland, 6 rounds, welterweights
Julio Gomez vs. Desmond Lyons, 6 rounds, lightweights
Elijah Lugo vs. Marquis Williams, 4 rounds, middleweights
Yandiel Lozano-Oquendo vs. TBA, 4 rounds, female featherweights
July 25: Hollywood, Fla.
Armando Martinez Rabi vs. Albeiro Paredes, 10 rounds, lightweights
Ronny Alvarez vs. Carlos Colon, 6 rounds, supermiddleweights
Lorenzo Medina vs. Francisco Cordero, 6 rounds, heavyweights
Sebastian Santana vs. Ivan Palacios, 4 rounds, featherweights
Nestor Santana vs. Sergio Uribe Castro, 6 rounds, heavyweights
Montsaer Aboughaly vs. Antoine Elerson, 6 rounds, welterweights
Miguel Rosario Paredes vs. Israel Rojas, 4 rounds, lightweights
Alex Ochoa vs. Mike Austin, 4 rounds, lightweights
Lazaro Medina vs. Julian Valerio, 4 rounds, middleweights
July 26: New York (ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN+)
Xander Zayas vs. Jorge Garcia, 12 round, for vacant WBO junior middleweight title
Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington vs. Mateus Heita, 12 rounds, for vacant WBC interim featherweight title
Emiliano Vargas vs. Alexander Espinoza, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Rohan Polanco vs. Quinton Randall, 10 rounds, welterweights
Juanmita Lopez De Jesus vs. Jorge Gonzalez-Sanchez, 4 rounds, junior bantamweights
Yan Santana vs. Aaron Alameda, 10 rounds, featherweights
Bakhodir Jalolov vs. Gianmarco Cardillo, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Steven Navarro vs. Cristopher Rios, 8 rounds, junior bantamweights
Julius Ballo vs. Brandan Ayala, 4 rounds, featherweights
July 26: Detroit (DAZN)
Claressa Shields vs. Lani Daniels, 10 rounds, for Shields’ women’s undisputed heavyweight title
Tony Harrison vs. Edward Diaz, 10, middleweights
Samantha Worthington vs. Victoire Piteau, 10 rounds, for vacant WBA women’s interim junior welterweight title
Pryce Taylor vs. Robert Simms, 8 rounds, heavyweights
Caroline Veyre vs. Licia Boudersa, 10 rounds, WBC women’s featherweight eliminator
Da’Velle Smith vs. Martez McGregor, 8 rounds, super middleweights
Cameran Pankey vs. Dominique Griffin, 6 rounds, featherweights
Leon Lawson vs. Ryan Wilczak, 8 rounds, middleweights
Jaquan McElroy vs. Joshua Flores, 4 rounds, middleweights
Kahmel Makled vs. Devario Hauser, 4 rounds, light heavyweights
Sardius Simmons vs. Demetrius Banks, 4 rounds, heavyweights
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July 26: Bournemouth, England (DAZN)
Ryan Garner vs. Reece Bellotti, 12 rounds, for Garner’s European junior lightweight title
Danny Quartermaine vs. Royston Barney-Smith, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
Carl Fail vs. TBA, 10 rounds, middleweights
Taylor Bevan vs. TBA, 6 rounds, super middleweights
Mason Payne vs. Octavian Gratii, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Iman Zahmatkesh vs. TBA, 6 rounds, heavyweights
Tony Curtis vs. TBA, 6 rounds, flyweights
John Isaacs vs. Christian Lopez Flores, 4 rounds, welterweights
Frankie Wood vs. Cesar Paredes, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
Hassan Ishaq vs. Brandon Gallardo Vargas, 4 rounds, junior featherweights
July 30: Yokohama, Japan
Kenshiro Teraji vs. Ricardo Rafael Sandoval, 12 rounds, for Teraji’s WBC/WBA flyweight title
Antonio Vargas vs. Daigo Higa, 12 rounds, for Vargas’ WBA bantamweight title
Erick Rosa vs. Kosuke Takami, 12 rounds, for Rosa’s WBA junior flyweight title
August 1: Caracas.Venezuela
Panya Pradabsri vs. Carlos Canizales, rematch, 12 rounds, for Pradabsri’s WBC junior flyweight title
August 2: Chicago (DAZN)
Oscar Duarte vs. Kenneth Sims Jr., 12 rounds, junior welterweights
August 2: San Jacinto, Calif.
Albert “Chop Chop” Gonzalez vs. TBA, 10 rounds, featherweights
Art Barrera Jr. vs. Jake Robinson, 6 rounds, welterweights
Perla Bazaldua vs. Lilian Almaraz, 4 rounds, female junior bantamweights
August 2: Malaga, Spain
Samuel Molina vs. Anass Messaudi, 12 rounds, for Molina’s European welterweight title
Jose Luis Navarro Jr. vs. Mustapha Zaoche, 12 rounds, super middleweights
Rafael Acosta vs. Giuseppe Carafa, 12 rounds, lightweights
August 2: Nashville, Tenn.
Victor Hernandez vs. Jayvon Garnett, 10 rounds, featherweights
Djibril Diakite vs. Cleotis Pendarvis, 8 rounds, super middleweights
August 9: Durango, Mexico
Argi Cortes vs. Andrew Moloney, 12 rounds, IBF junior bantamweight eliminator
August 15: Santa Ynez, Calif. (UFC Fight Pass)
Omar Trinidad vs. Lorenzo Parra, 10 rounds, featherweights
Mizuki Hiruta vs. TBA, 10 rounds, WBO women's junior bantamweight title
Lupe Medina vs. TBA, 8 rounds, female strawweights
Abel Mejia vs. Sebastian Gutierrez, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
Angel Carrillo vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior featherweights
Abraham Morales vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
August 16: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (DAZN PPV)
Moses Itauma vs. Dillian Whyte, 12 rounds, heavyweights
Nick Ball vs. Sam Goodman, 12 rounds, for Ball’s WBA featherweight title
Filip Hrgovic vs. David Adeleye, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Raymond Ford vs. Abraham Nova, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
Hayato Tsutsumi vs. Qais Ashfaq, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
August 23: Orlando, Fla. (DAZN)
Yankiel Rivera vs. Angelino Cordova, 12 rounds, for vacant WBA interim flyweight title
Jamaine Ortiz vs. Steve Claggett, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
August 23: Altrincham, England (DAZN)
Jack Rafferty vs. Mark Chamberlain, 12 rounds, for Rafferty’s British and Commonwealth junior welterweight titles
August 23: Fortitude Valley, Australia
Jake Wyllie vs. Youssef Dib, 10 rounds, lightweights
September 4: Montreal
Osleys Iglesias vs. Vladimir Shishkin, 12 rounds, IBF super middleweight eliminator
Dzmitry Asanau vs. TBA, 10 rounds, lightweights
Alexandre Gaumont vs. TBA, 10 rounds, middleweights
Avery Martin Duval vs. TBA, 10 rounds, lightweights
Moreno Fendero vs. TBA, 8 rounds, light heavyweights
Wyatt Sanford vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
Erik Israyelyan vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
September 5: Dublin, Ireland
Michael Conlan vs. Jack Bateson, 10 rounds, featherweights
September 7: Brentwood, England (DAZN)
Lillie Winch vs. Linzi Buczynskyj, 10 rounds, female junior lightweights
Zachary Phee vs. Frankie Storey, 10 rounds, junior featherweights
Muzamiru Kakande vs. Kevin Reavell, 10 rounds, junior middeweights
James Osborne vs. Alex Branson-Cole, 10 rounds, super middleweights
September 12: Managua, Nicaragua
Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez vs. Hector Robles, 10 rounds, junior bantamweights
September 13: Las Vegas (Netflix)
Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford, 12 rounds, for Alvarez’s undisputed super middleweight title
September 14: Nagoya, Japan
Naoya Inoue vs. Murodjon Akhmadaliev, 12 rounds, for Inoue’s undisputed junior featherweight title
Yoshiki Takei vs. Christian Medina, 12 rounds, for Takei’s WBO bantamweight title
Yuni Takada vs, Ryusei Matsumoto, 12 rounds, for vacant WBA “regular” strawweight title
September 20: London (DAZN PPV)
Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn, rematch, 12 rounds, middleweights
September 20: Huntington, N.Y.
Star Boxing “Rockin’ Fights 51”
October 4: Lilliestram, Norway
Ema Kozin vs. Cecilia Braekhus, 10 rounds, for Kozin’s WBC/WBO women’s junior middleweight title
November 22: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (DAZN PPV)
David Benavidez vs. Anthony Yarde, 12 rounds, for Benavidez’s WBC light heavyweight title
Brian Norman Jr. vs. Devin Haney, 12 rounds, for Norman’s WBO welterweight title
Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez vs. Fernando Martinez, 12 rounds, WBC/WBO/WBA junior bantamweight unification
Abdullah Mason vs. Sam Noakes, 12 rounds, for vacant WBO lightweight title
Subriel Matias vs. Dalton Smith, 12 rounds, for Matias’ WBC junior welterweight title
December 2: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Ricky Hatton vs. Eisa Al Dah, 8 rounds, middleweights
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Any word on card from dazn card Aug 2 in chicago?