The weekend is approaching, and from Friday to Sunday it will be “fight hour” somewhere in the world. Every Thursday, The Ring will bring you the most up-to-date information on the most relevant must-see fights in this week-at-a-glance, one-stop enhanced fight schedule. A quick checklist for the cognoscenti, a useful nuts-and-bolts guide for the boxing neophyte is what we’re aiming for.
Here are this week’s most relevant fights:
Thursday, October 24 – Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California.
Manuel Flores vs. Victor Olivo – bantamweight – 10 rounds
Jose Sanchez vs. Edwin Palomares – junior featherweight – 10 rounds
Johnny Canas vs Pedro Cruz – Lightweight – 6 rounds
Daniel Garcia vs Jorge Villegas – Lightweight – 6 rounds
Gael Cabrera vs Roberto Pucheta – junior featherweight – 6 rounds
Where to watch it: DAZN
Thursday, October 24 – The Hangar, Costa Mesa, California.
Billy Timmons vs Luciano Ramos – Lightweight – 4 rounds
Jaime Cerna vs. Louis Vasquez – Super Middleweight – 4 rounds
Where to watch it: ThrillerTV+
Friday, October 25 – Club Lido, Revere, Mass.
Rashidi Ellis vs. Brian Chaves – junior middleweight – 8 rounds
Francis Hogan vs Elvin Ayala – Middleweight – 6 rounds
Where to watch it: DAZN
Friday 25 October – Graakjaer Arena, Holstebro, Denmark
Dina Thorslund vs. Terumi Nuki – Women’s Bantamweight – 10 rounds
One of The Ring’s first women’s champions and one of the world’s best pound-for-pound fighters sees action in another domestic bout with no international telecast available. Let’s hope those last two situations change soon.
Also on this map:
Oliver Zaren vs. Roberto Arriaza – Super Middleweight – 8 rounds
Melissa Mortensen vs Gabriella Mezei – Women’s Featherweight – 6 rounds
Saturday 26 October – Co-op Live Arena, Manchester, England
Jack Catterall vs. Regis Prograis – junior welterweight – 12 rounds
A bad blood match that has been brewing for a long time is finally here. Catterall wants to secure the respect of the world as one of the world’s best in a talent-laden division. Prograis will look to regain lost ground in that same list that once had him closer to the top than the bottom, where he is now. The winner will no doubt move back into multi-million-dollar purse territory.
Also on this map:
Reece Bellotti vs. Michael Gomez Jr. – junior lightweight – 12 rounds
James Flint vs. Campbell Hatton, rematch – junior welterweight – 10 rounds
Pat McCormack vs. Williams Andres Herrera – Welterweight – 10 rounds
Joe McGrail vs Lewis Morris – Featherweight – 8 rounds
Junaid Bostan vs Junaid Maico Sommariva – junior middleweight – 8 rounds
Where to watch it: DAZN
Saturday, October 26 – Commerce Casino, Commerce, California.
Omar Trinidad vs. Hector Sosa – featherweight – 12 rounds
Daniel Barrera vs Angel Mesa Morales – junior bantamweight – 8 rounds
Gor Yeritsyan vs Oliver Quintana – Welterweight – 8 rounds
Guadalupe Medina vs. Katherine Lindenmuth – Women’s Strawweight – 6 rounds
Where to watch it: UFC Fight Pass
Saturday, October 26 – Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Ctr., Dallas
Albert Bell vs Jose Ivan Guardado – Junior Lightweight – 12 rounds
Sergio Rios Jimenez vs. Mickey Bey – Junior Lightweight – 10 rounds
Saturday, October 26 – Harrah’s, Philadelphia
Nimal Farmer Vs. Ghandi Romain – Welterweight – 6 rounds
Ray Robinson vs Andre Boyd – Junior Middleweight – 6 rounds
Wednesday October 30 – Trujillo Panisse Coliseum, Humacao, Puerto Rico
Rene Santiago vs. Azael Villar – junior flyweight – 10 rounds
Juan Carlos Camacho vs Jayson Mama – flyweight – 10 rounds
Jaouad Belmehdi vs Leonardo Padilla – junior lightweight – 10 rounds
Where to watch it: ESPN+
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How to watch boxing in 2023 – By Diego Morilla
Diego M. Morilla has written for The Ring since 2013. He has also written for HBO.com, ESPN.com and many other magazines, websites, newspapers and outlets since 1993. He is a full member of the Boxing Writers Association of America and a voter for the International Boxing Hall of Fame. He has won two first-place awards in the BWAA’s annual writing contest, and he is the moderator of The Ring’s Women’s Ratings Panel. He served as copy editor for the second era of The Ring en Español (2018-2020) and is currently a writer and editor for RingTV.com.