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:
Friday 4 October – The Star, Sydney, Australia
Janibek Alimkhanuly vs. Andrei Mikhailovich – Middleweight – 12 rounds
Mea Motu vs. Shannon O’Connell – Women’s Featherweight – 8 rounds
Where to watch it: ESPN+
Friday, October 4 – Red Owl Boxing Arena, Houston
Quinton Randall vs Janelson Bocachica – Welterweight – 10 rounds
Marquis Moore vs. Tipton Walker – Super Middleweight – 8 rounds
Giovanni Marquez vs Thomas Guillemette – Junior Welterweight – 6 rounds
Dayan Depestre vs Trevor Smith – Junior Welterweight – 6 rounds
Where to watch it: DAZN
Friday 4 October – Intercontinental Hotel, St. Julian’s, Malta
Muhammad Waseem vs. Sabelo Cebekhuku – bantamweight – 10 rounds
Renke Wittke vs Juan Novoa – Heavyweight – 10 rounds
Where to watch it: DAZN
Friday 4 October – Playsport, East Kilbride, Scotland
Matt McHale vs Anwary Twaha – bantamweight – 10 rounds
Josh Sandford vs Adian Williamson – Junior Welterweight – 10 rounds
Where to watch it: DAZN
Friday October 4 – Seneca Casino Hotel, Niagara Falls, NY
Mikiah Kreps vs. Mayerlin Rivas – Women’s Junior Featherweight – 10 rounds
Gerfred Nagyot vs. Wilfredo Flores – Lightweight – 8 rounds
Alexander Castellano vs Dominique Griffin – Junior Featherweight – 6 rounds
Spencer Wilcox vs Dashaun Johns – Lightweight – 6 rounds
Saturday 5 October – Echo Arena, Liverpool, England
Nick Ball vs Ronny Rios – Featherweight – 12 rounds
The featherweight division will soon be superstar Naoya Inoue’s next goal, and every title fight in this division is a round robin in the Inoue sweepstakes. Ball will look to make his case for that, and the returning Rios is determined to pull off a major upset that could put him at the top of that list in the near future.
Also on this map:
Andrew Cain vs. Lazaro Casseres – junior featherweight – 10 rounds
Henry Turner vs Jack Rafferty – Junior Welterweight – 10 rounds
Jadier Herrera vs Oliver Flores – Lightweight – 10 rounds
James McGivern vs. Reuquen Cona Arce – Lightweight – 8 rounds
Where to watch it: ESPN+
Sunday 6 October – Ramindra Lumpini Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand
Angelina Lukas vs. Debora Anahi Lopez – Women’s Junior Bantamweight – 10 rounds
Alessio Bisutti vs Gurkan Karadag – heavyweight – 10 rounds
Wednesday, October 9 – ProBoxTV Events Center, Plant City, Fla.
Chris Colbert vs Omar Salcido – Lightweight – 10 rounds
Colbert is still trying to regain his former status as one of boxing’s most promising and entertaining fighters. The general idea is that those years are already over, but he sees every fight as a crossroads, and this one certainly is.
Also on this map:
Tsendbaatar Erdenebat vs. Frency Fortunato – junior lightweight – 10 rounds
David Navarro vs. Mykell Gamble – Featherweight – 8 rounds
Najee Lopez vs. Anthony Hernandez – Light Heavyweight – 8 rounds
Where to watch it: ProBoxTV
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How to watch boxing in 2024 – 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 Rating 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.
