The weekend is approaching, and from Friday to Sunday it is going to be “fight-o-clock” someplace on the planet. Each Thursday, The Ring will deliver you essentially the most up-to-date info on essentially the most related fights you might want to see on this week-at-a-glance, one-stop enhanced struggle schedule. A fast guidelines for the cognoscenti, a helpful nuts-and-bolts information for the boxing neophyte is what we’re aiming at.
Listed here are this week’s most related fights:
Saturday, July 6 – Prudential Heart, Newark, N.J.
Shakur Stevenson vs. Artem Harutyunyan – light-weight – 12 rounds
A former Olympian with monumental potential, Stevenson, 27, has one way or the other didn’t reside as much as the expectations positioned on him. He blames his promoter High Rank at the very least partially for his lack of recognition, and he shall be exploring the free company market after this struggle. A knockout win may earn him a variety of consideration from all the opposite gamers. The once-beaten and often resilient Harutyunyan will certainly make it exhausting for Stevenson to look good. Lots on the road in an intriguing crossroads bout.
Additionally on this card:
O’Shaquie Foster vs. Robson Conceicao – junior light-weight – 12 rounds
Keyshawn Davis vs. Miguel Madueno – light-weight – 10 rounds
Abdullah Mason vs. Luis Lebron – light-weight – 8 rounds
Kelvin Davis vs. Kevin Johnson – welterweight – 8 rounds
William Foster III vs. Eridson Garcia – junior light-weight – 8 rounds
The place to observe it: ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN+
Saturday, July 6 – Honda Heart, Anaheim, Calif.
Nate Diaz vs. Jorge Masvidal – gentle heavyweight – 10 rounds
Diaz and Masvidal had been often called legends within the octagon the place they practiced combined martial arts for nearly their total careers. However boxing pays higher, and they’re going to now take a look at the waters of the gloved and booted realm of contact sports activities in what may very well be an attention-grabbing matchup. Diaz is 0-1 in boxing (dropping in opposition to Jake Paul in his debut) and Masvidal is a veteran of 1 single four-rounder. Undecided a conflict between these two belongs on the high of a boxing card, however we’ll allow them to present whether or not they do should be right here or not.
Additionally on this card:
Daniel Jacobs vs. Shane Mosley Jr. – tremendous middleweight – 10 rounds
Chris Avila vs. Anthony Pettis – gentle heavyweight – 6 rounds
Amado Vargas vs. Sean Garcia – light-weight – 8 rounds
Devin Cushing vs. Manuel Correa – light-weight – 8 rounds
The place to observe it: Fanmio PPV, UFC Battle Go PPV
Saturday, July 6 – Toyota Heart, Ontario, Calif.
William Zepeda vs. Giovanni Cabrera – light-weight – 12 rounds
Zepeda is a Mexican punching machine (he broke three CompuBox data at light-weight for whole punches thrown, jabs tried in a spherical, and whole tried jabs in his win over former world champion Joseph “JoJo” Diaz in October 2022) and is on a mission to get a title shot earlier than the top of this yr. Cabrera shouldn’t be a lot of a roadblock to him, however it is going to be attention-grabbing to see Zepeda in motion and picture him going head-to-head with a number of the greatest within the division proper now.
Additionally on this card:
Ricardo Sandoval vs. Angel Acosta – flyweight – 10 rounds
Manuel Flores vs. Nohel Arambulet – junior featherweight – 10 rounds
Alex Martin vs. Pedro Campa – junior welterweight – 10 rounds
Joel Iriarte vs. Yainel Alvarez – welterweight – 6 rounds
Gael Cabrera vs. Mychaquell Shields – junior featherweight – 6 rounds
The place to observe it: DAZN
Saturday, July 6 – Copper Field Enviornment, London
Reece Bellotti vs. Levi Giles – junior light-weight – 12 rounds
Johnny Fisher vs. Alen Babic – heavyweight – 10 rounds
John Hedges vs. Lewis Oakford – cruiserweight – 10 rounds
Maisey Rose Courtney vs. Jasmina Zapotoczna – ladies’s flyweight – 10 rounds
Leli Buttigieg vs. Jiri Hauke – junior middleweight – 10 rounds
The place to observe it: DAZN
Sunday, July 7 – Kokugikan, Tokyo
Kazuto Ioka vs. Fernando Martinez – junior bantamweight – 12 rounds
Ioka is without doubt one of the greatest Japanese fighters at present in one of many nation’s biggest boxing eras ever. Martinez is the disruptor, all the time proving himself in hostile territory. This one has the potential to be a real battle and an early FOTY candidate, with the added attraction of seeing potential foe Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez at ringside learning them each for a winner-takes-all Ring championship struggle sooner or later.
Additionally on this card:
Yudai Murakami vs. Hiro Ichimichi – light-weight – 8 rounds
Seiya Tsutsumi vs. Weerawat Noolae – junior featherweights – 10 rounds
Kantaro Juri vs. Phai Pharob – junior bantamweight – 8 rounds
Taiga Kato vs. Shi Dong – welterweight – 6 rounds
Wednesday, July 10 – Winn Ent. Ctr., Wollongong, Australia
Sam Goodman vs. Chainoi Worawut – junior featherweight – 12 rounds
Worawut will threat all of it in a visit to Australia to face a confirmed contender in Goodman, with each of them vying for a shot a pound-for-pound star Naoya Inoue sooner or later. What may appear like a enterprise into hostile territory may very well be an much more harmful proposition for Goodman, who each the favourite and the one with essentially the most to lose in entrance of his personal folks.
Additionally on this card:
Liam Wilson vs. Youssef Dib – light-weight – 10 rounds
Barry Corridor vs. Curtis Scott – heavyweight – 6 rounds
Wednesday, July 10 – ProBoxTV Occasions Heart, Plant Metropolis, Fla.
Katsuma Akitsugi vs. Jesus Ramirez Rubio – bantamweight – 10 rounds
Nicklaus Flaz vs. Alfredo Escarcega – welterweight – 10 rounds
Najee Lopez vs. Steven Sumpter – gentle heavyweight – 8 rounds
Weljon Mindoro vs. Tyler Goodjohn – middleweight – 8 rounds
The place to observe it: ProBox TV
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The right way to watch boxing in 2023 – By Diego Morilla
Diego M. Morilla writes for The Ring since 2013. He has additionally written for HBO.com, ESPN.com and lots of different magazines, web sites, newspapers and retailers since 1993. He’s a full member of the Boxing Writers Affiliation of America and an elector for the Worldwide Boxing Corridor of Fame. He has received two first-place awards within the BWAA’s annual writing contest, and he’s the moderator of The Ring’s Girls’s Rankings Panel. He served as copy editor for the second period of The Ring en Español (2018-2020) and is at the moment a author and editor for RingTV.com.
