Acting
Rafael “El Divino” Espinoza makes the first defense of his WBO featherweight world title against Sergio Chirino inside the BleauLive Theater at Fontainebleau Las Vegas. Espinoza-Chirino marks the 161st all-Mexican world title fight and the 20th at featherweight.
Undefeated Irish junior middleweight prospect Callum Walsh (15-0, 11 KOs) faces Carlos Ocampo (38-3, 26 KOs) in the main event at the Meta Apex.
Edwin De Los Santos and Jose Valenzuela meet again in a lightweight rematch. After De Los Santos stopped Valenzuela in their 2022 clash, both men return looking to make a statement in a competitive 135-pound division.
Vasily Lomachenko's return to the ring after his loss to Teofimo Lopez is a lightweight bout against the Japanese Masayoshi Nakatani.
Stevenson, the WBC, WBO and Ring Magazine champion, puts his hardware on the line against Brazilian standout Robson Conceicao on Friday, Sept. 23, at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. In the eight-round lightweight co-feature, Tokyo 2020 U.S. Olympic silver medalist Keyshawn Davis returns.
WBO middleweight world champion Janibek “Qazaq Style” Alimkhanuly, a southpaw power puncher from Kazakhstan, will make the first defense of his title against two-time British champion Denzel Bentley on Saturday, Nov. 12 at Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.
Sandy Ryan defends her WBO welterweight world title against Mikaela Mayer at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. And she will do so with a former Mayer confidant in her corner. Kay Koroma, who helped train Mayer from Olympic standout to professional world champion, will help train Ryan for this career-defining main event.
Shakur Stevenson attempts to become a three-weight world champion when he takes on Dominican puncher Edwin De Los Santos for the vacant WBC lightweight world title at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Uzbek phenom Otabek Kholmatov fights Raymond Ford for the vacant WBA featherweight world title. This duel of unbeaten southpaws sees the WBA’s No.1 and No. 2 contenders making their inaugural world title appearances. In the co-feature, Luis Alberto “El Venado” Lopez defends his IBF world crown against Japanese contender Reiya Abe.
Efe Ajagba will face unbeaten Stephan Shaw at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York.
On July 15th Arnold Barboza Jr. faces Danielito Zorrilla straight from Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, CA.
Artur Beterbiev will fight Joe Smith Jr on Saturday 18th June 2022 at Madison Square Garden Theater in New York.
