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May 2: Montreal (ESPN+)
Erik Bazinyan vs. Shakeel Phinn, 10 rounds, super middleweights
Avery Martin Duval vs. Ezequiel Palaversic, 8 rounds, lightweights
Thomas Chabot vs. Alfredo Espino, 8 rounds, lightweights
Jhon Orobio vs. Aexis Gabriel Camejo, 6 rounds, lightweights
Alexandre Gaumont vs. Abdallah Luanja, 6 rounds, middleweights
Moreno Fendero vs. Nicolas Palacios, 6 rounds, middleweights
May 3: Houston (DAZN)
Richard Fernandez vs. Oscar Arroyo, 6 rounds, junior bantamweights
Eridson Garcia vs. Maliek Montgomery, 8 rounds, lightweights
Emanuel Moreno vs. Luis Alberto Lopez, 6 rounds, junior featherweights
Troy Nash vs. Roman Reyes, 4 rounds, featherweights
Richard Fernandez vs. Oscar Arroyo, 6 rounds, junior bantamweights
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
Jesus Ramos Jr. vs. Johan Gonzalez, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Vito Mielnicki Jr. vs. Ronald Cruz, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela vs. Jose Angulo, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Damien Vazquez vs. David Picasso, 8 rounds, junior featherweights
William Scull vs. Sean Hemphill, 8 rounds, super middleweights
Jabin Chollet vs. Julian Bridges, 6 rounds, lightweights
Adrian Torres vs. Arsen Poghosyan, 6 rounds, lightweights
May 4: Osaka, Japan
Emmanuel Rodriguez vs. Ryosuke Nishida, 12 rounds, for Rodriguez's IBF bantamweight title
Teru Nobita vs. GuiMing Li, 8 rounds, bantamweights
Hisayuki Kinjo vs. Daisuke Yokoyama, 4 junior flyweights
Ryuta Kinjo vs. Hiromu Tadokoro, 4 rounds, junior featherweights
Shota Torii vs. Ippei Kataoka, 4 rounds, welterweights
Akihiro Kudo vs. Yukahiro Suzuki, 4 rounds, junior bantamweights
Yota Sato vs. Haruka Hokamura, 4 rounds, featherweights
Yudai Masumoto vs. Ruin Odani, 4 rounds, junior featherweights
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
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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. Carlos Aguilera, 6 rounds, lightweights
Alexander Hernandez vs. Tivan Young, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
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
Rhys Edwards vs. Thomas Patrick Ward, 10 rounds, featherweights
Moses Jolly vs. TBA, 6 rounds, heavyweights
Hughie Fury vs. TBA, 6 or 8 rounds, heavyweights
Kane Shepherd vs. Ishmael Ellis, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
Mark Jeffers vs. TBA, 10 rounds, super middleweights
Kyran Jones vs. Lewis Howells, 6 rounds, super middleweights
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
Oronzo Birardi vs. Milans Volkovs, 8 rounds, cruiserweights
Royston Barney-Smith vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior lightweighs
Archie Sharp vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
Tommy Fletcher vs. TBA, 6 rounds, cruiserweights
Khalid Ali vs. John Henry Mosquera, 6 rounds, welterweights
Ben Fail vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
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
Avious Griffin vs. Lesther Espino, 8 rounds, welterweights
Justin Figueroa vs. TBA, 6 rounds, middleweights
Dwyke Flemmings Jr. vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Pryce Taylor vs. Lawrence King Jr., 4 rounds, heavyweights
Jacob Solis vs. Brandon Martinez, 4 rounds, middleweights
Koby Williams vs. TBA, 4 rounds, lightweights
Jason Castanon vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
Famous Wilson vs. Jonathan Gary, 4 rounds, middleweights
May 11: Niagara Falls, Canada
Lucas Bahdi vs. Juan Javier Carrasco, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
May 11: Incheon, South Korea
Kazuto Takesako vs. Tej Pratap Singh, 12 rounds, middleweights
Hiroto Kyoguchi vs. Vince Paras, 10 rounds, flyweights
Masataka Taniguchi vs. Jaysever Abcede, 8 rounds, junior flyweights
Shion Torii vs. Hyun Mo Yang, 6 rounds, junior featherweights
Ryuya Moriai vs. Kyung Soo Park, 4 rounds, super middleweights
May 11: Ellesmere Port, England
Paul Butler vs. Norbelto Jimenez, 12 rounds, bantamweights
May 11: Green Bay, Wisc.
Mark Daniels Jr. vs. Pachino Hill, 6 rounds, super middleweights
Jardae Anderson vs. Gabriel Mota, 6 rounds, heavyweights
Javier Zamarron vs. Donnie Reeves, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
Andre Sellers vs. Jonathan Vargas, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
Jheriko Smith vs. Jason Komanekin Jr., 4 rounds, lightweights
Justin Echols vs. Seth Swinehart, 4 rounds, cruiserweights
Ricardo Ruiz vs. Travis Karppinen, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
May 11: Lincoln, R.I.
Gary Balletto III vs. Laurent Humes, 8 rounds, light heavyweights
Wilson Mascarenhas vs. Patrick Okine, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Kevin Walsh vs. Tackie Annan, 6 rounds, lightweights
Raheem Davis vs. Jaequez Jones, 4 rounds, welterweights
Robert Degaetano vs. Abdalla Nagy, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
Iman Lee vs. TBA, 6 rounds, featherweights
James Maner vs. Levan Loutsoupitze, 4 rounds, middleweights
May 17: Hamburg, Germany
Harry Scarff vs. Karen Chukhadzhian, 12 rounds, IBF welterweight eliminator
May 17: Nykoebing Falster, Denmark
Kem Ljungquist vs. Awadh Tamim, 8 rounds, 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. Anel Dudo, 4 rounds, lightweights
May 22: Plant City, Fla. (ProBox TV)
ProBox TV
May 23: Detroit (DAZN)
Jermaine Franklin vs. Devin Vargas, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Joshua James Pagan & Roger Hilley, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Da’Velle Smith vs. TBA, 6 rounds, middleweights
Husam Al Mashhadi vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
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: Cagliari, Italy
Mauro Forte vs. Cristobal Lorente, 12 rounds, for Forte’s European featherweight title
May 31: Houston (DAZN)
Brandon Adams vs. Francisco Veron, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
June 1: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (ESPN+ main event, DAZN 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
Devin Cushing vs. TBA, 8 rounds, lightweights
June 5: Plant City, Fla. (ProBox TV)
ProBox TV
June 6: Montreal (ESPN+)
Patrice Volny vs. Steven Butler, 10 rounds, middleweights
Osleys Iglesias vs. Evgeny Shvedenko, 12 rounds, super middleweights
Arthur Biyarslanov vs. TBA, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Jhon Orobio vs. TBA, 8 rounds, lightweights
June 7: Verona, N.Y. (DAZN)
Oscar Collazo vs. Geraldo Zapata, 12 rounds, for Collazo’s WBO strawweight title
June 7: Hollywood, Fla.
Adrien Broner vs. Blair Cobbs, 10 rounds, welterweights
Noel Mikaeljan vs. Ryan Rozicki, 12 rounds, for Mikaeljan’s WBC cruiserweight title
Ian Green vs.TBA, 10 rounds, middleweights
Cassius Chaney vs. Michael Hunter, 10 rounds, heavyweights
June 7: Santa Ynez, Calif. (UFC Fight Pass)
Callum Walsh vs. Carlos Ortiz, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Omar Cande Trinidad vs. TBA, 10 rounds, featherweights
Karlos Balderas vs. Gilberto Espinoza Zarate, 8 rounds, lightweights
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. Jose Enrique Vivas, 10 rounds, featherweights
Jahi Tucker vs. Quincy LaVallais, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
Tiger Johnson vs. Tarik Zaina, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Elijah Flores vs. Derrick Whitley Jr., 6 rounds, welterweights
Ofacio Falcon vs. Antonio Dunton El Jr., 6 rounds, junior lightweights
Ali Feliz vs. Lemir Isom-Riley, 4 rounds, heavyweights
Nisa Rodriguez vs. Jordanne Garcia, 4 rounds, middleweights
Andy Dominguez vs. Cristopher Rios, 8 rounds, flyweights
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: Las Vegas (Prime Video PPV, PPV.com)
Gervonta Davis vs. Frank Martin, 12 rounds, for Davis’ WBA lightweight title
David Benavidez vs. Oleksandr Gvozdyk, 12 rounds, for vacant WBC interim light heavyweight title
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
Michal Cieslak vs. Isaac Chamberlain, 12 rounds, for Cieslak’s European cruiserweight title
June 15: Atlantic City, N.J.
Sonny Conto vs. Quintin Sumpter, 8 rounds, heavyweights
Daiyaan Butt vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Stanley Johnson vs. Raphael Carolina, 4 rounds, cruiserweights
Miguel Roman vs. Joseph Elzey, 4 rounds, junior featherweights
Florencia Pajares Brito vs. TBA, 4 rounds, female featherweights
William Briscoe vs. Kijonti Davis, 4 rounds, middleweights
Carlos Umanzor vs. Jason Moreno, 4 rounds, welterweights
Mychal Bynum vs. Aanjhure Williams, 4 rounds featherweights
Johnny Rivera V vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
Joel Flores vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
John Gjini vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
Tyhler Williams vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
Devin Gantt vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior featherweights
Jahlyte Chance vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior bantamweights
June 19: Plant City, Fla. (ProBox TV)
ProBox TV
June 21: Las Vegas (ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN+)
Rafael Espinoza vs. TBA, 12 rounds, for Espinoza’s WBO featherweight title
June 22: Birmingham, England (DAZN)
Tyler Denny vs. Ferlix Cash, 12 rounds, for Denny’s European middleweight title
Lewis Crocker vs. Conah Walker, 10 rounds, welterweights
Cameron Vuong vs. Jordan Flynn, 10 rounds, lightweights
Shannon Ryan vs. Emma Dolan, 10 rounds, for vacant British women’s and Dolan’s Commonwealth junior bantamweight title
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. Miguel Madueno, 10 rounds, lightweights
July 7: Tokyo
Kazuto Ioka vs. Fernando Martinez, 12 rounds, WBA/IBF junior bantamweight unification
July 12: Managua, Nicaragua (ESPN+)
Roman “Chocolatito” Gonalez vs. Rober Barrera, 10 rounds, bantamweights
July 17: Plant City, Fla. (ProBox TV)
ProBox TV
July 20: 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
July 26: Orlando, Fla. (DAZN)
Most Valuable Prospects
July 31: Plant City, Fla. (ProBox TV)
ProBox TV
August 3: Los Angeles
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
Tim Tszyu vs. Vergil Ortiz Jr., 12 rounds, for vacant WBA interim junior middleweight title
Andy Ruiz vs. Jarrell Miller, 12 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
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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Dam, Ruiz is so inactive, sometimes holding out for crazy paydays backfire in the long run and you just end up not fighting, being forgotten about and losing relevance at the top tier as your replaced by other fighters who are active.
Welcome back Andy, I’d make you the fave here 🥊🥊🥊