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Junior welterweights Joseph Fernandez and Marqus Bates will have a career-changing opportunity when they meet in a ten round contest for the vacant NABA title Saturday, April 29 at the Hilton Carillon in St. Petersburg, FL.
Undefeated rising light heavyweight Ali Izmailov will step into the ring looking to kick off a big 2023 as he takes on Argentina’s Ariel Armando Basconcel in an eight-round bout this Saturday, March 11 from the Mass Mutual Center in Springfield, Mass.
The “Hardcore Boxing in Dubai” event is coming together. The card features the heavyweight battle between undefeated New Yorker, Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller and dangerous former WBA (regular) heavyweight champion Lucas “Big Daddy” Browne of Australia on Saturday, March 18, at Agenda Arena in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Golden Boy Fight Night on DAZN will return on Thursday, April 6 at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino with a special headlining event featuring former World Champion Angel “Tito” Acosta (23-3, 22 KOs) of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The event is headlined by cross-town rivalry featherweight showdown between popular, hard-hitting Omar Cande Trinidad, (11-0-1, 9 KOs), of Los Angeles, CA and Downey, CA native Adan Ochoa, (12-2, 5 KOs), scheduled for eight rounds.
World-Ranked super bantamweight Oleh Dovhun will defend his NABA Title against Juan Centeno on Friday night, March 17th at Priory Grand Hall in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The undercard is set for the Jean Pascal vs. Michael Eifert IBF light heavyweight title eliminator card, “No Limit”, presented by Mise-O-Jeu, has been announced for March 16th at Place Bell in Laval, Canada.
Davis, Garcia Video Los Angeles Press Conference Stream - Five-time, three-division world champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis takes on hard-hitting “King” Ryan Garcia in a highly anticipated 12-round showdown headlining a pay-per-view event on Saturday, April 22 in a Premier Boxing Champions event from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Puerto Rican junior middleweight prospect Xander Zayas has been forced to withdraw from his April 1 fight against Ronald “Diablo” Cruz at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa due to a training injury. Zayas is expected to return to the ring in June.
‘King’ Callum Walsh, (5-0, 4 KOs), of Cork, Ireland will now face hard-hitting veteran Wesley Tucker, (15-4, 9 KOs), of Toledo, OH in the ten-round, super welterweight main event on the ‘Eve of St. Patrick’s Day, Thursday, March 16 at the Agganis Arena in Boston, MA and broadcast live internationally on UFC FIGHT PASS.