Pick it: Lauren Price vs Natasha Jonas

When to watch: Friday, March 7 at 2 p.m. Eastern Time (7 p.m. GMT)

How to watch: Sky Sports in the U.K. No American broadcast had been announced at the time this article went to press.

Why to watch: This event at Royal Albert Hall in London is an all-women’s boxing card headlined by two of the best welterweights in the world, with three world titles on the line, and the potential for an undisputed championship match later in 2025. 

Price, 8-0 (2 KOs), is the Ring Magazine and WBA champion, having dethroned Jessica McCaskill last May. She made her first defense in December, sending off the 7-0 Bexcy Mateus in the third round. Price, a 30-year-old from Ystrad Mynach, Wales, won a gold medal in the 2020/2021 Olympics.

Jonas, 16-2-1 (9 KOs), has a pair of world titles herself. She stopped Kandi Wyatt in July 2023 for the vacant IBF belt. Jonas then defended it with a split decision over Mikaela Mayer in January 2024 and outpointed Ivana Habazin in December to add the WBC title. 

The 40-year-old from Liverpool lost to Katie Taylor in the 2012 Olympics, turned pro in 2017 and fell short in a pair of title shots earlier in her career. Jonas fought to a draw in an entertaining match with Terri Harper at junior lightweight in August 2020, and she lost a close decision to Taylor in a lightweight title bout in May 2021. Jonas moved up and found more success, taking out Chris Namus in February 2022 for the vacant WBC junior middleweight title. She added two more wins and two more world titles at 154lbs before moving down to 147.

The winner will be the clear No. 1 at welterweight, with just one person standing in their way of being the true queen of the division. That remaining obstacle is the winner of the March 29 rematch between WBO titleholder Mikaela Mayer and Sandy Ryan.

Another title fight – Caroline Dubois vs. Bo Mi Re Shin – serves as the chief support on the undercard.

Dubois, 10-0-1 (5 KOs), was upgraded from interim WBC titleholder to the sanctioning body’s primary titleholder late last year. She was winning early in her first defense, against Jessica Camara in January, when Camara suffered a cut from a clash of heads. What could have eventually been a victory for Dubois, a 24-year-old Londoner, instead ended as a three-round technical draw.

Shin, 18-2-3 (10 KOs), is a 30-year-old from Seoul, South Korea. She has won three straight since losing a split decision to Delfine Persoon in May 2023.

More Fights to Watch

Thursday, March 6: Manuel Flores vs Jorge Leyva (DAZN)

The broadcast begins at 9 p.m. ET (2 a.m. GMT).

Flores, 19-1 (15 KOs), is fighting for the eighth time in his last 10 bouts at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California. The 26-year-old junior featherweight hails from nearby Coachella.

His lone defeat came in June 2023, when he dropped a wide unanimous decision to the 11-2 Walter Santibanes. Flores has won four in a row since, three by second-round stoppages, followed by a 110-second victory over the 21-4-1 Victor Olivo last October.

Leyva, a 23-year-old from Mexico, is 18-3 (13 KOs). In 2024, he lost a split decision to the 11-2 Jose Alberto Arias in March and then outpointed the 23-14-5 David Carmona in June.

Friday, March 7: Albert Batyrgaziev vs Neri Romero (IBA Boxing YouTube page)

The broadcast begins at 9 a.m. ET (2 p.m. GMT)

Batyrgaziev is 11-0 (8 KOs), or 13-0 (9 KOs) if you include his two IBA pro bouts, which are listed separately on Boxrec. The Russian fighter won a gold medal at featherweight in the 2020/2021 Olympics and is now the WBA’s interim junior lightweight titleholder, making him the mandatory challenger to primary titleholder Lamont Roach Jnr. In October, Batyrgaziev took out the 35-1 Albert Pagara in five rounds. 

He’ll face Romero in the main event at the Dynamo Volleyball Arena in Moscow. Romero, 18-0 (10 KOs), is a 36-year-old from Buenos Aires, Argentina. His last fight was a TKO3 win over the 7-17-2 Jose Rodolfo Garcia in November.

Friday, March 7: Lucas Bahdi vs Ryan James Racaza (DAZN)

The broadcast begins at 8:30 p.m. ET (1:30 a.m. GMT).

Bahdi, 18-0 (15 KOs), is a 31-year-old lightweight from Niagara Falls, Canada. He will be headlining up the road at the Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto.

This is Bahdi’s first fight of 2025. Last year he won three times, including a highlight-reel come-from-behind sixth-round KO of the 11-0 Ashton Sylve in June and a majority decision over the 14-0 Armando Casamonica in November.

Bahdi will be taking on his third straight undefeated foe in Racaza, 15-0 (11 KOs). The 28-year-old from the Philippines will be taking a big step up in quality of opposition – most of his victories have come against fighters who’ve lost more than they’ve won – and will also be returning from 15 months off, dating back to a sixth-round TKO of the 18-23-3 Leonardo Doronio in December 2023.

The undercard includes a title fight between WBA junior flyweight beltholder Sara Bailey, 5-0 (0 KOs), and Cristina Navarro, 6-2 (1 KO).

Friday, March 7: Harlem Eubank vs Tyrone McKenna (Channel 5 in the U.K.)

The broadcast begins at 4 p.m. ET (9 p.m. GMT).

Eubank, 20-0 (8 KOs), is the nephew of Chris Eubank Snr and therefore cousins with middleweight Chris Eubank Jnr. Harlem’s late father, Simon, was also a professional prizefighter. Harlem, a 31-year-old welterweight from Brighton, England, is coming off a unanimous decision over the 16-3 Nurali Erdogan in November. He’ll be fighting at home at the Brighton Centre.

McKenna, 24-5-1 (7 KOs), is 35-year-old from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He’s dropped three of his last five, losing to Regis Prograis (TKO6 in 2022); Lewis Crocker (UD10 in 2023) and Mohamed Mimoune (TKO5 in August 2024). McKenna returned in December, dispatching the 19-2 Dylan Moran in two rounds.

Also on this show: Michael Conlan, 18-3 (9 KOs), comes back after a 15-month layoff. In 2023,  he was stopped in five rounds by then-titleholder Luis Alberto Lopez and in seven rounds by Jordan Gill. His other defeat came in a dramatic 12th-round TKO loss in an absolute war with Leigh Wood in 2022. Conlan, a 33-year-old from Belfast, earned a bronze medal in the 2012 Olympics and then was controversially defeated in the 2016 Games.

Conlan will face Asad Asif Khan, 19-5-1 (5 KOs), a 31-year-old from Calcutta, India. Khan has won four straight since suffering a fifth-round knockout to Can Xu in December 2023.

Friday, March 7: Sergio Pettis vs Sabari Jaishankar (DAZN)

The broadcast begins at 6:30 a.m. ET (11:30 a.m. GMT).

Pettis is a mixed martial artist who compiled a record of 23-7 in MMA and is now making his pro boxing debut. The 31-year-old is traveling from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Quake Arena in Hyderabad, India, to take on Jaishankar.

Jaishankar, 12-3 (6 KOs), is a 28-year-old welterweight from Chennai, India. He was stopped in three rounds last June by the 22-0 Jack Rafferty, then bounced back this February with his own three-round win, defeating the 20-14-1 Rattakorn Tassaworn.

Per BoxRec, a couple of other familiar names are scheduled for this show: Middleweight Luis Arias, 21-4-1 (10 KOs), is taking on Shiva Thakran, 19-6-1 (10 KOs); and junior welterweight Luis Feliciano, 17-1 (8 KOs), is returning after his January 2024 knockout loss to Mykquan Williams, facing Akshay Chahal, 14-0-1 (9 KOs).

Saturday, March 8: Arnold Khegai vs Joet Gonzalez (ProBoxTV.com)

The broadcast begins at 9 p.m. ET (2 a.m. GMT).

Khegai, 22-1-1 (14 KOs), is a 32-year-old featherweight from Ukraine now living in Los Angeles. Since losing a unanimous decision to Stephen Fulton in 2020, Khegai has picked up six consecutive victories, including an eight-round stoppage of the 22-7-1 Belmar Preciado in August. He is ranked as high as No. 2 by the WBO and is slotted No. 12 by the IBF and No. 14 by the WBC.

Gonzalez, 26-4 (15 KOs), is a 31-year-old from Los Angeles returning from 18 months away, dating back to his September 2023 decision loss to then-titleholder Luis Alberto Lopez. Gonzalez’s other defeats have similarly come against good fighters: Shakur Stevenson (UD12 in a 2019 title fight); Emanuel Navarrete (UD12 in a 2021 title fight); and Isaac Dogboe (SD10 in 2022).

This is a good test for Khegai. And it also could be Gonzalez’s last chance to remain in the picture at 126lbs, or else he’ll be resigned to being the B-side for up-and-comers instead of titleholders and contenders.

The co-feature at Thunder Studios in Long Beach, California, is a lightweight bout between Luis Torres and Nicholas Walters.

Torres, 20-1 (11 KOs), is a 23-year-old from Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico. He was stopped in three rounds by the 18-3-1 Claudio Gabriel Daneff in 2023 but bounced back with two victories in 2024.

Walters, 29-1-1 (22 KOs), is a 39-year-old former featherweight titleholder who retired after a seventh-round TKO loss to Vasiliy Lomachenko in 2016. Walters spent more than six years away before coming back in February 2023. His last fight was in March 2024, a unanimous decision over the 18-3-2 Joseph Adorno.

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Saturday, March 8: Matthew Gonzalez vs Jino Rodrigo (BXNG TV)

The broadcast begins at 6:30 p.m. ET (11:30 p.m. GMT).

Gonzalez, 15-0-1 (10 KOs), is a 29-year-old junior welterweight from Puerto Rico now fighting out of Queens, New York. Gonzalez’s lone blemish is a 2021 draw with the 12-5-2 Dakota Linger. He’s won three in a row since, including a second-round TKO of the 21-8-2 Patrick Okine in September.

Rodrigo, 12-4-2 (10 KOs), is a 27-year-old from the Philippines. Last June, he lost a unanimous decision to the 15-1-1 Elvis Rodriguez.

This show at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, also features a pair of recognizable names in separate bouts: Former lightweight titleholder Mickey Bey, 25-3-1 (13 KOs), will face Angel Hernandez Pillado, 13-9 (7 KOs); and middleweight fighter Thomas “Cornflake” LaManna, 38-5-1 (17 KOs), will meet Noe Alejandro Lopez, 11-6-1 (4 KOs).

Saturday, March 8: Francisco Cuadrado vs Juan Reyes (BXNG TV)

The broadcast begins at 7 p.m. ET (midnight GMT).

A number of four- and six-round fights are on this show at Fox Theater Pomona in California. Among them: Cuadrado vs. Reyes at welterweight.

Cuadrado, 13-1 (8 KOs), is a 25-year-old Venezuelan living in Mexico. In 2019, he was knocked out in one round by the 14-0 Omar Alejandro Aguilar. After picking up a victory in November 2020, Cuadrado took more than three years off before returning in January 2024, outpointing a 3-4 foe. This will be Cuadrado’s first fight in about 13 months.

Reyes, 14-4-3 (2 KOs), is a 35-year-old from outside of Los Angeles. This is his first appearance since June 2017, when he was taken out in two rounds by the 12-0 Jon Fernandez. That, plus the fact that Reyes mostly fought between junior featherweight and junior lightweight, suggests that Cuadrado should be favored.

Saturday, March 8: Daniel Gonzalez vs Sydney Maccow (BXNG TV)

The broadcast begins at 7:30 p.m. ET (12:30 a.m. GMT).

Gonzalez vs. Maccow will feature on this card at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City in New Jersey. Gonzalez, 5-0 (5 KOs), is a 29-year-old from Iselin, New Jersey. Maccow, 9-8 (3 KOs), is a 32-year-old from Brooklyn, New York, returning from nearly 22 months out of the ring.

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