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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. Omar Salcido, 10 rounds, for vacant WBC interim junior welterweight title
Brandon Figueroa vs. Joet Gonzalez, 12 rounds, WBA featherweight eliminator
Joseph Brown vs. Aaron Watson, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
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
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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. Todd Manuel, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
Cayden Griffiths vs. David Ramirez, 6 rounds, welterweights
Leonardo Sanchez vs. Abraham Valdez, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
Fabian Guzman vs. Brian Arregui, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
Bryan Lua vs. Kevin Piedrahita, 8 rounds, lightweights
Javier Meza vs. Cesar Villarraga, 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. Alex Pallette, 4 rounds, female featherweights
July 25: Atlantic City, N.J. (DAZN)
Andy Dominguez vs. Byron Rojas, 10 rounds, junior flyweights
Dominique Crowder vs. TBA, 10 rounds, junior featherweights
Daiyaan Butt vs. Alex Martin, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Roney Hines vs. Ed Fountain, 8 rounds, heavyweights
Bruce Seldon Jr. vs. Alexis Soriano Taveras, 6 rounds, heavyweights
Julio Sanchez III vs. Alexander Stone, 4 rounds, lightweights
Armando Barbier vs. Ricardo Jimenez, 4 rounds, welterweights
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
Aloys Youmbi vs. Ellis Zorro, 10 rounds, cruiserweights
Carl Fail vs. Amir Abubaker, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Tony Curtis vs. Charles Tondo, 6 rounds, junior bantamweights
Taylor Bevan vs. Zdenko Bule, 6 rounds, super middleweights
Mason Payne vs. Octavian Gratii, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Hassan Ishaq vs. Brandon Gallardo Vargas, 4 rounds, junior featherweights
Frank Wood vs. Cesar Paredes, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
Iman Zahmatkesh vs. Ryan Labourn 6 rounds, heavyweights
July 26: Hanover, Md.
Demond Nicholson vs. Immanuel Aleem, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
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
Tensho Isobe vs. Joe Umezawa, 4 rounds, junior featherweights
Yuki Taniguchi vs. Yukihiro Mebius Kitamura, 4 rounds, middleweights
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
Regis Prograis vs. Joseph Diaz Jr., 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Tristan Kalkreuth vs. Kareem Hackett, 10 rounds, cruiserweights
Ruslan Abdullaev vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Gael Cabrera vs. Dervin Rodriguez, 8 rounds, junior featherweights
Joshua Edwards vs. Cayman Audie, 6 rounds, heavyweights
Yair Gallardo vs. Quinton Rankin, 8 rounds, light heavyweights
Deontae Pettigrew vs. Matthew McKinney, 8 rounds, heavyweights
Mehki Phillips vs. TBA, 6 rounds, lightweights
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 13: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (DAZN)
WBC Grand Prix quarterfinals: heavyweights, middleweights, junior welterweights, featherweights
August 15: Plant City, Fla. (ProBox TV)
Mukhammadkhuja Yaqubov vs. William Foster III, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
Starling Castillo vs. Shinard Bunch, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Marques Valle vs. Luis Georges, 10 rounds, middleweights
Dominic Valle vs. Iron Alvarez, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
Elijah Flores vs. Elijah Vines, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
Miguel Mendez vs. Andrew Flamm, 4 rounds, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
August 15: Santa Ynez, Calif. (UFC Fight Pass)
Omar Trinidad vs. Lorenzo Parra, 10 rounds, featherweights
Mizuki Hiruta vs. Naomy Gomez, 10 rounds, WBO women's junior bantamweight title
Lupe Medina vs. Rubi Gutierrez, 8 rounds, female strawweights
Angel Carrillo vs. DamienBasulto, 4 rounds, junior featherweights
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 22: Orlando, Fla. (DAZN)
Jan Paul Rivera vs. Daniel Bailey, 10 rounds, featherweights
Corey Marksman vs. Luis Martinez, 10 rounds, lightweights
Yoelvis Gomez vs. Edwine Humaine, 10 rounds, middleweights
Tayre Jones vs. Alex Rios, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Elizabeth Oshoba vs. Melissa Oddessa Parker, 8 rounds, female featherweights
August 23: Orlando, Fla. (DAZN)
Yankiel Rivera vs. Angelino Cordova, 12 rounds, for vacant WBA interim flyweight title
Yoenis Tellez vs. Abass Baraou, 12 rounds, for Tellez’s WBA interim junior middleweight 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
August 30: Bangkok, Thailand (DAZN)
Dream Boxing
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
Ben Marksby vs. Senan Kelly, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Dean Walsh vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
Kevin Cronin vs. Grant Dennis, 6 rounds, super middleweights
Gerard Hughes vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior 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 13: Kolding, Denmark
Jacob Bank vs. Tyron Zeuge, 10 rounds, super middleweights
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: 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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The upcoming DAZN PPV from
Saudi Arabia is just pissing me off. I pay a shit ton of money and, while this is a sort of interesting fight it is totally NOT PPV worthy given what the subscription price is.
Saturdays like this coming weekend are a gift from the Boxing Gods, Enoy It. 🥊