Matchroom Boxing
At the tip of March, the yr’s boxing calendar continues to return collectively. With that schedule filling up has lastly come the affirmation that Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Ryan Garcia will meet on April 22. Though that isn’t the one huge combat set for the primary half of the yr.
Davis introduced in November that he and Ryan Garcia had agreed to the framework of a deal for a combat in 2023 with Davis solely needing to get by Hector Luis Garcia on Jan. 7 to make the combat a actuality. He did precisely that, surviving a tricky early problem earlier than scoring a knockout to safe arguably the most important combat in boxing by way of public consideration.
A serious pound-for-pound showdown was set for May 7, with former undisputed bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue transferring as much as tremendous bantamweight to problem WBC and WBO tremendous bantamweight champion Stephen Fulton. Unfortunately, Inoue suffered an harm and the combat has been postponed, with the brand new date not but formally set.
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The schedule additionally took a success with the announcement that the deliberate rematch between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano on May 20 in Dublin had been postponed because of a Serrano harm. Their first assembly was a Fight of the Year effort in entrance of a wild crowd in Madison Square Garden, making it the most important — and arguably most necessary — combat within the historical past of ladies’s boxing.
Taylor will nonetheless head to Dublin on the May 20 date, nevertheless, with affirmation that she would defend her undisputed tremendous light-weight championship towards Chantelle Cameron.
Below is a working checklist of boxing primary occasions for 2023.
Note: This will probably be up to date continuously with adjustments and additions.
April 6Indio, CaliforniaAngel Acosta vs. Angelino CordovaFlyweightDAZNApril 7Brooks, CaliforniaShinard Bunch vs. Bryan FloresJunior welterweightShowtimeApril 8Newark, New JerseyShakur Stevenson vs. Shuichiro YoshinoLightweightESPNApril 8San AntonioJesse Rodriguez vs. Cristian Gonzalezvacant WBO flyweight titleDAZNApril 8TokyoKenshiro Teraji (c) vs. Anthony Olascuaga
WBC, WBA junior flyweight titlesESPN+April 8Carson, CaliforniaSebastian Fundora vs. Brian Mendoza
Junior middleweightShowtimeApril 15LondonJoe Joyce vs. Zhilei ZhangHeavyweightESPN+April 22Las VegasGervonta Davis vs. Ryan GarciaLightweightShowtime PPVApril 22Cardiff, WalesShavkatdzhon Rakhimov (c) vs. Joe Cordina
IBF tremendous featherweight title
DAZNMay 6Guadalajara, MexicoSaul “Canelo” Alvarez vs. John RyderUndisputed tremendous middleweight titleDAZNMay 13Las VegasAlberto Puello (c) vs. Rolando RomeroWBA junior welterweight titleShowtimeMay 20DublinKatie Taylor (c) vs. Chantelle CameronUndisputed tremendous light-weight titleDAZNMay 20Las VegasDevin Haney (c) vs. Vasiliy LomachenkoUndisputed light-weight titleESPN+ PPVJune 10New York CityJosh Taylor (c) vs. Teofimo LopezWBO junior welterweight titleESPNJuly 25TokyoStephen Fulton (c) vs. Naoya InoueWBC, WBO tremendous bantamweight titleESPN
