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December 21: New York
Andy Dominguez vs. Marvin Solano, 8 rounds, flyweights
Anthony Sims Jr. vs. Anthony Todd, 8 rounds, middleweights
Sulem Urbina vs. Indeya Smith, 8 rounds, female junior bantamweights
Alejandro Luis Silva vs. Issah Samir, 8 rounds, middleweights
Nadim Salloum vs. Decarlo Perez, 8 rounds, super middleweights
Elon de Jesus vs. Jesus Arturo Guzman, 6 rounds, junior featherweights
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. Robin Langres, 8 rounds, junior featherweights
Ryo Nakai vs. Kai Watanabe, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
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
Kazuki Ogiwara vs. Ayato Mochizuki, 4 rounds, lightweights
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
Vito Mielnicki Jr. vs. Omar Rosales, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
Brandun Lee vs. TBA, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
January 13: Laval, Quebec (FITE)
Kim Clavel vs. Jessica Nery Plata, 10 rounds, WBC/WBA women’s junior flyweight unification
Mazlum Akdeniz vs. Cristian Bielma, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Marie Pier Houle vs. Marisol Moreno, 8 rounds, female welterweights
Derek Pomerleau vs. Gustavo Magana Rodriguez, 6 rounds, middleweights
Caroline Veyre vs. Estefania Gonzalez Franco, 6 rounds, female junior featherweights
Eric Basran vs. Juan Carlos Ramirez, 6 rounds, lightweights
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, 6 rounds, cruiserweights
Slim vs. Tom Zanetti, 4 rounds, light heavyweights
Salt Papi vs. Josh Brueckner, 4 rounds, cruiserweights
Ryan Taylor vs. Swarmz, 4 rounds, cruiserweights
Joe Fournier vs. Tony Christodoulou, 4 rounds, cruiserweights
Faith Ordway vs. Elle Brooke, 3 rounds, female junior welterweights
Anthony Taylor vs. Idris Virgo, 4 rounds, light heavyweights
January 20: Bethlehem, Pa.
Sean Hemphill vs. David Stevens, 8 rounds, super middleweights
Atif Oberlton vs. Artem Brusov, 8 rounds, light heavyweights
Julian Gonzalez vs. Rosalindo Morales, 8 rounds, lightweights
James Bernadin vs. TBA, junior lightweights
Jonathan Rodriguez vs. TBA, 6 rounds, bantamweights
Thanjhae Teasley vs. TBA, 6 rounds, welterweights
Otto Wallin vs. TBA, 8 rounds, heavyweights
Moses Johnson vs. Terrell Woods, 6 rounds, heavyweights
Francis Oran vs. Marlon Haywood, 4 rounds, heavyweights
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
Frazer Clarke vs. Rydell Booker, 8 rounds, heavyweights
January 25: Plant City, Fla. (ProBox TV)
Cesar Francis vs. Jesus Sarocho, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Jaycob Gomez vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
Dominic Valle vs. Carlos Rosario, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
Derek Cintron vs. TBA, 4 rounds, middleweights
Jorge Carlos vs. TBA, 4 rounds, lightweights
January 27: Montebello, Calif. (UFC Fight Pass)
Callum Walsh vs. Jimmie Strickland, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
Serhii Bohachuk vs. Nathaniel Gallimore, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Eric Priest vs. Joeshon James, 8 rounds, middleweights
Omar Cande Trinidad vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior featherweights
Tayden Beltran vs. Andres Gerardo, 6 rounds, lightweights
David Romero vs. Michael De La Cruz, 5 rounds, lightweights
Umar Dzambekov vs. TBA, 4 rounds, light heavyweights
Gloria Munguilla vs. JoAnna Espinoza, 4 rounds, female junior bantamweights
Daniel Barrera vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior bantamweights
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
Karol Itauma vs. TBA, 10 rounds, light heavwyeights
Willy Hutchinson vs. TBA, 12 rounds, light heavyweights
Charles Frankham vs. TBA, 6 rounds, lightweights
Joshua Frankham vs. Joe Hardy, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
Tommy Fletcher vs. TBA, 4 rounds, cruiserweights
Umar Khan vs. TBA, 6 rounds, featherweights
Khalid Ali vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Sean Noakes vs. TBA, 4 rounds, welterweights
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+)
Emanuel Navarrete vs. Liam Wilson, 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
Mathieu Germain vs. TBA, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
February 11: Hamilton, Ontario
Ryan Rozicki vs. Arturs Gorlov, 10 rounds, cruiserweights
Pedro Bernal vs. Paul Ispas, 10 rounds, lightweights
John Michael Bianco vs. TBA, 6 rounds, super middleweights
Reda Benbaziz vs. Dylan Rushton, 4 rounds, lightweights
February 12: Imus City, Philippines
Jerwin Ancajas vs. Songsaeng Phoyaem, 10 rounds, bantamweights
February 18: Atlanta (BLK Prime PPV)
Adrian Broner vs. Ivan Redkach, 10 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: Holstebro, Denmark
Dina Thorslund vs. Debora Anahi Lopez, 10 rounds, for Thorslund’s WBO women’s bantamweight
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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sheesh did the Monster look explosive against Butler😬
“Vincent Astrolabio” is easily the best fighter name of the year. Sounds like a cartoon villain.