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Fight Week
With the situation getting sorted out in London, we are in store for a Super Saturday with DAZN, ESPN, and Showtime all delivering terrific shows.
DAZN has four heavyweight fights from London’s O2 Arena featuring former WBA/IBF/WBO unified champion Anthony Joshua (25-3, 22 KOs) against credible late sub Robert “The Nordic Nightmare” Helenius (32-4, 21 KOs), IBF #1 Filip Hrgovic (15-0, 12 KOs) vs. unbeaten Demsey McKean (22-0, 14 KOs), a collision of former world title challengers between Derek Chisora (33-12, 23 KOs) and Gerald Washington (20-5-1, 13 KOs), and “The Romford Bull” Johnny Fisher (9-0, 8 KOs) against Harry Armstrong (5-1-1, o KOs).
ESPN has the must see clash between reigning WBO junior lightweight champion Emanuel Navarrete (37-1, 31 KOs) and former two-division world champion Oscar Valdez (31-1, 23 KOs) at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona. On paper, this looks like an epic matchup. In that vein, Top Rank is bringing in Mexican ring legends Marco Antonio Barrera and Erik Morales for the fight week festivities.
Showtime has a nice card at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, headlined by former world champion Emmanuel “Manny” Rodriguez (21-2, 13 KOs) taking on Melvin “Melo” Lopez (29-1, 19 KOs) for the vacant IBF bantamweight title formerly held by Naoya Inoue.
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FIGHT WEEK
No blockbuster boxing telecasts as is usually the norm for the Saturday leading into Mexican Independence Weekend next week, however all is not lost for fight fans. In fact, we have good ring action every night this week.
TUESDAY
Fite TV + various cable and satellite carriers
Chann Thonson (14-0, 11 KOs) vs. Nikolai Buzolin (9-5-1, 5 KOs)
Super lightweights from the Texas Troubadour, Nashville, TN
WEDNESDAY
ProBox TV
Radivoje Kalajdzic (27-2, 19 KOs) vs. Mickey Ellison (14-4, 5 KOs)
Light heavyweights from Whitesands Events Center, Plant City, FL
THURSDAY
DAZN
Raul Curiel (12-0, 10 KOs) vs. Courtney Pennington (17-6-3, 7 KOs)
Welterweights from Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, CA
FRIDAY
ESPN+
Christian Mbilli (24-0, 20 KOs) vs. Demond Nicholson (26-5-1, 22 KOs)
Super middleweight from the Casino Lac-Leamy, Gatineau, QC, Canada
SATURDAY
DAZN
Bader Samreen (8-0, 7 KOs) vs. Jose Paez Gonzales (16-2-2, 12 KOs)
Lightweights from Mubadala Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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SATURDAY
Undisputed super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez against undisputed junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo finally arrives this week on an $84.99 PPV from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Canelo is a 4:1 favorite. Good undercard too.
DAZN has IBF cruiserweight champion Jai Opetaia putting his world title on the line against Jordan Thompson from the OVO Arena in London. Opetaia is a 5:1 favorite.
Fite+ has a female lightweight clash between Caroline Dubois against Magali Rodriguez from York Hall in London.
There also an attractive heavyweight clash Murat Gassiev and Otto Wallin from the Regnum Carya Resort in Antalya, Turkey. This will likely pop up on a stream somewhere, but nothing announced yet. Gassiev is a 3:1 favorite.
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Fight Week
Interesting Saturday this week with two big world title fights.
Showtime has a great match with recently elevated WBO super welterweight champion Tim Tszyu (23-0, 17 KOs) making his first world title defense against upset artist Brian Mendoza (22-2, 16 KOs) from the Gold Coast Convention Centre, Broadbeach, Queensland, Australia. Mendoza is coming off a spectacular KO win over previously unbeaten Sebastian Fundora.
ESPN counters with a middleweight title unification between WBO champion Zhanibek Alimkhanuly (14-0, 9 KOs) and IBF champ Vincenzo Gualtieri (21-0-1, 9 KOs) from the brand new Fort Bend Community Center in Rosenberg, Texas. Unbeaten lightweight Keyshawn Davis will also see action.
Also that night, DAZN has a $54.99 PPV featuring the return of Tommy Fury (9-0, 4 KOs) against YouTuber KSI. In the co-feature, Logan Paul boxes MMA fighter Dillon Danis. This streams from the AO Arena in Manchester, England.
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Fight Week
Two big fights this Saturday with both streaming on DAZN.
First, super lightweight contender Jack Catterall defends his WBA Intercontinental title against former multi-weight world champion Jorge Linares at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, England. Catterall is a 10:1 favorite over Linares, who has dropped three straight.
Then, WBO #1 welterweight Alexis “Lex” Rocha (23-1, 15 KOs) faces undefeated Giovani “Gallo de Oro” Santillan (31-0, 16 KOs) at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California. Rocha is a 7:1 favorite to erase the O from Santillan’s ledger.
Unfortunately, the debut of boxing on Peacock was canceled when the Buatsi-Azeez light heavyweight clash was postponed due to a back injury suffered by Azeez.
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Fight Week
Lots of action on both Friday and Saturday this week.
FRIDAY
ESPN+ presents WBO junior flyweight champion Jonathan “Bomba” Gonzalez (27-3-1, 14 KOs) against #14 Gerardo “Cascabel” Zapata (14-1-1, 5 KOs) from the Polideportivo Alexis Arguello in Managua, Nicaragua.
DAZN counters with undisputed female featherweight champion Amanda Serrano (45-2-1, 30 KOs) defending her WBA/IBF/WBO titles only against Danila Ramos (12-2, 1 KO) at the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida, in a bout contested over twelve, three-minute rounds. The WBC did not sanction the bout.
SATURDAY
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (33-0-1, 24 KOs) fights in a ten round non-title boxing match against MMA star Francis Ngannou in a $79.99 PPV from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This is an all-heavyweight card that will also feature Fabio Wardley (16-0, 15 KOs) against David Adeleye (12-0, 11 KOs), Joseph Parker (32-3, 22 KOs) against Simon Kean (23-1, 22 KOs), and Arslanbek Makhmudov (17-0, 16 KOs) against Junior Wright (20-4-1, 17 KOs).
DAZN has WBC super featherweight champion O’Shaquie Foster (20-2, 11 KOs) defending against KO artist Eduardo “Rocky” Hernandez (34-1, 31 KOs) from the Poliforum Benito Juarez in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico.
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Fight Week
Last weekend the focus was on heavyweights and super featherweights. This weekend it’s again heavyweights and super featherweights in the spotlight with a cruiserweight world title fight in the bargain.
DAZN kicks off the action with IBF super featherweight world title clash between champion Joe Cordina (16-0, 9 KOs) and Edward Vazquez (15-1, 3 KOs) from the famous Casino de Monte-Carlo in Monaco.
ESPN+ presents heavyweight Efe Ajagba (18-1, 13 KOs) against Joe Goodall (10-1-1, 9 KOs) from the Tahoe Blue Event Center in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. This will be the first boxing event at the venue, which opened earlier this month. In the 10-round co-feature, lightweight Raymond “Danger” Muratalla (18-0, 15 KOs) takes on Diego Torres (18-0, 17 KOs). Heavyweights Brandon Moore (12-0, 8 KOs) and Antonio “El Gigante” Mireles (8-0, 7 KOs) will see action in separate bouts.
On a $19.99 Don King Productions PPV, Noel Mikaelyan (26-2, 11 KOs) will face Ilunga Junior Makabu (29-3, 25 KOs) for the vacant WBC cruiserweight title at Casino Miami Jai Alai in Miami, Florida. Plus, in a pair of heavyweight bouts, Jonathan Guidry (19-1-2, 11 KOs) meets Jesus Escalera (19-0, 19 KOs) and former WBA world champion Trevor Bryan (22-1, 15 KOs) takes on Cassius Chaney (22-1, 15 KOs).
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Another busy week with Thursday night’s world title twinbill from Las Vegas being the highlight.
TUESDAY
ESPN+ has WBC #15 super lightweight Steve Claggett (36-7-2, 25 KOs) against heavy-handed Miguel Madueno (30-1, 28 KOs) from the Casino De Montreal with the NABF and NABO titles on the line. Also, two-time middleweight world title challenger Steven Butler (32-4-1, 26 KOs) against Iron Alvarez (32-14-4, 21 KOs)
WEDNESDAY
ProBox TV has a super welterweight showdown between super welterweights Guido Schramm (16-1-2, 9 KOs) and Johan Gonzalez (33-2, 33 KOs) from the Whitesands Events Center in Plant City, Florida.
THURSDAY
ESPN delivers two world title fights as Shakur Stevenson (20-0, 10 KOs) meets Edwin De Los Santos (16-1, 14 KOs) for the vacant WBC lightweight title. In the co-feature, WBO junior lightweight champion Emanuel Navarrete (38-1, 31 KOs) will defend his belt against 2016 Olympic gold medalist Robson Conceição (17-2, 8 KOs). T-Moble Arena in Las Vegas it the site of the telecast.
SATURDAY
DAZN presents unbeaten super middleweight Diego Pacheco (19-0, 16 KOs) facing former world title challenger Marcelo Coceres (32-5-1, 18 KOs) for the WBO International and USWBC titles at the YouTube Theater in Inglewood, California.
ESPN+ delivers unbeaten featherweight Nick Ball (18-0, 11 KOs) versus former world champion Isaac Dogboe (24-3, 15 KOs) from the AO Arena in Manchester, England.
Peacock will air the European title twinbill featuring fast-tracking super lightweight prospect Adam Azim (9-0, 6 KOs) challenging EBU 140lb champion Franck Petitjean (24-6-3, 6 KOs) and EBU middleweight champion Matteo Signani (32-6-3, 12 KOs) versus Tyler Denny (17-2-3, 0 KOs) + WBO #1 cruiserweight Richard Riakporhe (16-0, 12 KOs) against Dylan Bregeon (13-4-1, 3 KOs). The action comes from The Halls in Wolverhampton, England.
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Fight Week
Benavidez-Andrade fight week is finally here!
SATURDAY
DAZN starts the action with the rematch between Chantelle Cameron (18-0, 8 KOs) and Katie Taylor (22-1, 6 KOs) for Cameron’s undisputed women’s 140lb title at the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland.
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Showtime’s $74.99 PPV features two-time super middleweight champion David “El Monstruo†BenavÃdez (27-0, 23 KOs) defending his WBC interim belt against the two-division champion Demetrius “Boo Boo†Andrade (32-0, 19 KOs) from Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas.
In the co-main event, WBC middleweight champion Jermall Charlo (32-0, 22 KOs) takes on Jose Benavidez Jr. (28-2-1, 19 KOs) in a non-title ten-rounder.
Also, IBF junior welterweight champion Subriel Matias (19-1, 19 KOs) defends against the unbeaten Shohjahon Ergashev (23-0, 20 KOs), and WBA super featherweight champion Hector Luis Garcia (16-1, 10 KOs) defends against Lamont Roach (23-1-1, 9 KOs).
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