The weekend is approaching, and from Friday to Sunday it will likely be “fight-o-clock” someplace on the planet. Each Thursday, The Ring will convey you probably the most up-to-date data on probably the most related fights you want to see on this week-at-a-glance, one-stop enhanced battle 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:
Friday, February 24 – Hialeah Park Racing & On line casino, Hialeah, Fla.
Guillermo Rigondeaux vs. Jesus Martinez – bantamweight – 10 rounds
Two-time Olympic champion Rigondeaux nonetheless trudging alongside within the comeback path, this time towards fellow 40-something trialhorse Martinez. Not essentially probably the most entertaining battle on the market, but it surely’s one thing.
Additionally on this card:
Ariel Perez De La Torre vs. Yonfrez Parejo – junior featherweight – 8 rounds
Yoanki Urrutia vs. Luis Eduardo Florez – middleweight – 8 rounds
Damian Lescaille vs. Lucas McDonald – welterweight – 8 rounds
The place to observe it: BXNGTV
Friday, February 24 – Pala Torrino, Rome
Khalil El Harraz vs. Mirko Di Carlantonio – middleweight – 10 rounds
Now, it is a deal with: a Latino title bout proper within the birthplace of Latin. Yep. Delivered to you by the IBF, no much less. That’s boxing in 2023 for ya.
Additionally on this card:
Anna Lisa Brozzi vs. Sheila Martinez – ladies’s featherweight – 10 rounds
llenburg vs. John Birdsong – light-weight – 4 rounds
Friday, February 24 – Rio Rancho Occasions Heart, Rio Rancho, New Mexico
Nico Hernandez vs. Gilberto Mendoza – flyweight – 8 rounds
Wow, you REALLY thought that WBA prez Mendoza would glove up and put within the arduous work himself, huh? Yeah, that’ll be the day! Nah, simply an eight-rounder in all probability made as a showcase bout for the unbeaten Hernandez. Good thought, although!
Jason Sanchez vs. Rafael Reyes – junior light-weight – 10 rounds
Josh Torres vs. Donovan Estrella – welterweight – 8 rounds
Jose Luis Sanchez vs. Reggie Harris Jr. – junior middleweight – 6 rounds
The place to observe it: FITE
Saturday, February 25 – The Armory, Minneapolis
Subriel Matias vs. Jeremias Ponce – junior welterweight – 12 rounds
That is what actual boxing is all about: two younger and virtually unbeaten (Matias avenged his solely loss by stoppage) vying for a vacant title left behind by a real champion. One thing nice will emerge from this, and boxing will likely be higher off for it. Don’t miss it!!
Additionally on this card:
Jamal James vs. Alberto Palmetta – welterweight – 10 rounds
A terrific conflict between two younger and hungry contenders, topping a talent-laden undercard. Solely often you’ve a assure of a fantastic evening of boxing forward of you. That is a kind of.
Elvis Rodriguez vs. Joseph Adorno – junior welterweight – 10 rounds
Kudratillo Abdukakhorov vs. Ve Shawn Owens – welterweight – 10 rounds
Jonathan Lopez Marcano vs. Eduardo de Oliveira Guedes – bantamweight – 6 rounds
Derrick Jackson vs. Willie Jones – welterweight – 4 rounds
The place to observe it: Showtime
Saturday, February 25 – CAA Centre, Brampton, Canada
Josh Wagner vs. Xhujlio Vrenozi – junior middleweight – 10 rounds
Sara Joo vs. Mayela Perez – junior bantamweight – 10 rounds
The place to observe it: DAZN
Saturday, February 25 – The O2 Area, London, England
Floyd Mayweather vs. Aaron Chalmers – exhibition
Please, do that for me: 1) take the Matias-Ponce blurb I wrote just a few paragraphs above, 2) flip each phrase till you’ve generated a paragraph that reads as the precise reverse of that textual content, 3) use it for Mayweather-Chalmers. Please. I can’t do it. And the youtuber-vs-influencer undercard doesn’t assist, both. I can’t, I’m, sorry.
The place to observe it: Zeus Community PPV
Saturday, February 25 – Newcastle Area, Newcastle, England
Lewis Ritson vs. Ohara Davies – junior welterweight – 12 rounds
Thomas Patrick Ward vs. Otabek Kholmatov – featherweight – 12 rounds
Lee McGregor vs. Alexis Boureima Kabore – junior featherweight – 10 rounds
Adam Cope vs. Brayan Mairena – junior light-weight – 6 rounds
Saturday, February 25 – Graakjaer Area, Holstebro, Denmark
Dina Thorslund vs. Debora Anahi Lopez – ladies’s bantamweight – 10 rounds
Thorslund is among the greatest within the bizz, and Lopez is a troublesome, confirmed warrior. We’ll must search for it on YouTube throughout the week.
Saturday, February 25 – ATC Corridor, Osaka, Japan
Luis Castillo vs. Tomoki Kameda – featherweight – 12 rounds
Sunday, February 26 – Diriyah Area, Diriyah, Saudi Arabia
Jake Paul vs. Tommy Fury – cruiserweight – 8 rounds
Arduous to imagine that Fury has not discovered a strategy to fully smash this battle and even have it cancelled as of in the present day. However hey, we nonetheless have 48 hours to go. Don’t rely the person out but! Oh, and if the battle does occur and Paul wins, he will get ranked by the WBC. Yep. A win-win-win scenario for boxing, I do know!
Ilunga Makabu vs. Badou Jack – cruiserweight -12 rounds
Additionally arduous to imagine that this very actual battle between two actual warriors for an actual world title has to play second fiddle to the Paul-Fury prepare wreck. Fortunate us, we’ll get to see not less than one attention-grabbing battle.
Additionally on this card:
Bader Samreen vs. Viorel Simion – light-weight – 8 rounds
Muhsin Cason vs. Taryel Jafarov – cruiserweight – 8 rounds
The place to observe it: ESPN
Sunday, February 26 – Caribe Royale Orlando, Orlando, Fla.
Nestor Bravo vs. Jair Valtierra – junior welterweight – 10 spherical
Antonio Vargas vs. Michell Banquez – bantamweight – 10 rounds
The place to observe it: CBS Sports activities Community
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 gained two first-place awards within the BWAA’s annual writing contest, and he’s the moderator of The Ring’s Ladies’s Rankings Panel. He served as copy editor for the second period of The Ring en Español (2018-2020) and is presently a author and editor for RingTV.com.
