Boxing schedule for the month of March

March 1

At Mashantucket, Conn. (ESPN2/ESPN Deportes): Billy Dib vs. Evgeny Gradovich, for Dib's IBF featherweight title; Willie Nelson vs. Michael Medina,

At Mexico City (Telemundo): Omar Soto vs. Ulises Lara, 12 rounds, featherweights; Alejandro Hernandez vs. Jesus Santillan, 8 rounds, junior featherweights; Carlos Barraza vs. Jesus Flores, 6 rounds, junior bantamweights; Pedro Melo vs. Gabriel Aguillon, 6 rounds, bantamweights; Omar Gonzalez vs. Oscar Gonzalez




March 2

At Las Vegas (Showtime): Richard Abril vs. Sharif Bogere, for Abril's WBA lightweight title; Gary Russell Jr. vs. Vyacheslav Gusev, Jorge Melendez vs. Ryan Davis, Thomas Williams vs. Kevin Engle, Jeffrey Fontanez vs. Daniel Attah, Sammy Vasquez vs. Leandro Albornoz, Luis Arias vs. Arsenio Terrazas

At San Antonio (FSN/Fox Deportes): Omar Figueroa vs. Henry Aurad, Jermall Charlo vs. TBA, Errol Spence Jr. vs. Luis Torres, Emanuel Ledezma vs. Felix Piedra, Felipe Castaneda vs. Gabriel Rangel, Jairo Castaneda vs. Christian Santibanez, Joseph Rodriguez vs. TBA, Kenton Sippio-Cook vs. Carlos Dixon,

At Rio Bravo, Mexico (Fox Deportes, next-day tape): Carlos Cuadras vs. Victor Zaleta, Zulina Munoz vs. Tenakai Tsunami, Ganigan Lopez vs. Javier Martinez

At Manila, Philippines: Donnie Nietes vs. Moises Fuentes, for Nietes' WBO junior flyweight title

At Windhoek, Namibia: Pungluang Sor Singyu vs. Paulus Ambunda, for Sor Singyu's WBO bantamweight title


At Fort Washington, Md.: Alantez Fox vs. Greg Hackett, Phil Jackson Benson vs. John Terry, Renaldo Gaines vs. Ben Burgos, Michael Reed vs. Kareem McFarland, Jerry Odom vs. Braden Rowe, Jarrett Hurd vs. Thomas Baldwin, Kevin Rivers vs. Antonio Sanchez,

At Johannesburg, South Africa: Chris Van Heerden vs. Matthew Hatton, 12 rounds, welterweights




March 8

At Atlantic City, N.J. (ESPN/ESPN Deportes): Victor Cayo vs. Emmanuel Taylor, Magomed Abdusalamov vs. Victor Bisbal, John Jackson vs. TBA, Julias Jackson vs. TBA, Samuel Rogers vs. Ivan Ziglar, 6 rounds, junior middleweights

At Indio, Calif. (Showtime): Hugo Centeno Jr. vs. Keandre Leatherwood, Jamie Kavanagh vs. Sal Garcia, Dominic Breazeale vs. TBA, Gerald Washington vs. TBA, Jorge Porras vs. Fernando Fuentes, Manny Robles vs. TBA,

At Mexico City (Telemundo): Johnny Garcia vs. Oscar Ibarra, Edgar Ortega vs. TBA, Angel Molina vs. Angel Navarrete, Jesus Garcia vs. Salvador Juarez, Luis Miguel Montano vs. TBA, Uriel Lopez vs. TBA,

At Lowell, Mass.: Joe McCreedy vs. TBA, Osumanu Adama vs. Grady Brewer, Vivian Harris vs. Shakha Moore, Chris Traietti vs. Tyler Seever,; Eddie Caminero vs. Robert Stockwell, Alex Santos vs. TBA, ; Agustine Mauras vs. TBA, Boban Simic vs. TBA, Bernie Ongewe vs. Joshua Rivera, Mike Martin vs. Josh Crespo

At Moscow: Matias Gomez vs. Andrey Klimov, 12 rounds, lightweights

At Accra, Ghana: Joseph Agbeko vs. Luis Melendez, 12 rounds, bantamweights




March 9

At New York (HBO): Tavoris Cloud vs. Bernard Hopkins, for Cloud's IBF light heavyweight title; Keith Thurman vs. Jan Zaveck, WBO welterweight eliminator; Frank Galarza vs. TBA, Mike Perez vs. Lonnie Smith, Eddie Gomez vs. TBA, Marcus Browne vs. TBA, Juan Dominguez vs. TBA, Steve Bujaj vs. TBA, Claude Statten vs. TBA,

At Costa Mesa, Calif. (HBO Latino): Juan Carlos Salgado vs. Argenis Mendez, , for Salgado's IBF junior lightweight title; Javier Molina vs. Joseph Elegele, Oscar Molina vs. TBA

At Cerete, Colombia: Luis De La Rosa vs. Merlito Sabillo, for vacant WBO interim strawweight title; William Urina vs. Jesus Martinez, Darley Perez vs. TBA, Lely Luz Flores vs. TBA, Francia Bravo vs. TBA, Jorle Estrada vs. Alfonso De La Hoz, Jose San Martin vs. Jonathan Burgos, Leonard Carrillo vs. Neicer Lozano

At TBA, Mexico: Edgar Sosa vs. Ulises "Archie" Solis, 12 rounds, flyweights

At Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Michael Oliveira vs. Orlando Estrada, 12 rounds, junior middleweights; Marcus Oliveira vs. Junior Ramos, 10 rounds, light heavyweights; Julio De Jesus vs. Walter Estrada, 10 rounds, lightweights

At Hamburg, Germany: Marie Riederer vs. TBA, 10 rounds, female junior welterweights; Nikki Adler vs. TBA, 10 rounds, female super middleweights; Alexander Dimitrenko vs. TBA, 8 rounds, heavyweights

At London: Darren Barker vs. Simone Rotolo, 12 rounds, middleweights; Lee Purdy vs. Carson Jones, 12 rounds, welterweights; Wadi Camacho vs. China Clark, 10 rounds, cruiserweights; Ryan Taylor vs. Liam Shinkwin, 10 rounds, lightweights; Danny Connor vs. Chris Evangelou, rematch, 10 rounds, junior welterweights

At London: Menay Edwards vs. Shane McPhilbin, 10 rounds, cruiserweights; Michael Devine vs. Dan Naylor, 10 rounds, junior lightweights; Lee Markham vs. Jamie Boness, 6 rounds, middleweights; Michael Lomax vs. Arvydas Trizno, 6 rounds, welterweights; Joe Mullender vs. Jevgenijs Andrejevs, 6 rounds, middleweights; Miley Cash vs. Joe Rea, 4 round, super middleweights

At Herstal, Belgium: Stephane Jamoye vs. Ashley Sexton, 12 rounds, for Jamoye's European bantamweight title

At Civitavecchia, Italy: Luca Giacon vs. Emiliano Marsili, 12 rounds, for vacant European lightweight title




March 15

At Kissimmee, Fla. (Telemundo): Orlando Cruz vs. Aalan Martinez, 12 rounds, featherweights

At Lincoln, R.I.: Peter Manfredo Jr. vs. Joey Spina, rematch, 10 rounds, light heavyweights; Rich Gingras vs. Dennis Okola, 6 rounds, light heavyweights; Julio Garcia vs. Thomas Falowo, 6 rounds, middleweights; Kevin Cobbs vs. Paul Gonsalves, 4 rounds, light heavyweights; Jesse Barboza vs. Jeramiah Witherspoon, 4 rounds, heavyweights; Noemi Bosques vs. Vanessa Greco, 4 rounds, female bantamweights





March 16

At Carson, Calif. (HBO): Timothy Bradley Jr. vs. Ruslan Provodnikov, for Bradley's WBO welterweight title; Jessie Vargas vs. Wale Omotosu, Andy Ruiz vs. Matthew Greer, Jessie Magdaleno vs. Carlos Fulgencio, Oscar Valdez vs. Jose Morales, Gabino Saenz vs. Pablo Batres,

At London (Epix and EpixHD.com): Ricky Burns vs. Miguel Vazquez, WBO/IBF lightweight title unification; Nathan Cleverly vs. Robin Krasniqi, for Cleverly's WBO light heavyweight title; George Groves vs. Ali Ndiaye, for vacant European super middleweight title; Dereck Chisora vs. TBA, Liam Walsh vs. TBA. for Walsh's Commonwealth junior lightweight title; Frank Buglioni vs. TBA


At Panama City, Panama: Johnriel Casimero vs. Luis Alberto Rios, 12 rounds, for Casimero's IBF junior flyweight title; Roberto Vasquez vs. John Mark Apolinario, rematch, 12 rounds, for vacant WBA interim bantamweight title

At TBA, Argentina: Juan Carlos Sanchez vs. Roberto Sosa, 12 rounds, for Sanchez's IBF junior bantamweight title

At Ica, Peru: Alberto Rossel vs. Walter Trello, 12 rounds, for Rossel's WBA interim junior flyweight title

At Lowell, Mass.: Joe McCreedy vs. TBA, 10 rounds, light heavyweights; Sean Eklund vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior welterweights; Ricky Sylvester vs. TBA, 4 rounds, light heavyweights; Noun Soriya vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior welterweights; Mike Martin vs. TBA, 4 rounds, bantamweights; Tyson Cave vs. TBA, 10 rounds, bantamweights; Vivian Harris vs. TBA, 8 rounds, welterweights; Chris Traietti vs. TBA, 6 rounds, light heavyweights; Eddie Caminero vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior middleweights; Boban Simic vs. TBA, 4 rounds, heavyweights; Bernie Ongewe vs. TBA, 4 rounds, middleweights

At Noginsik, Russia: Alisher Rahimov vs. Denis Shafikov, 10 rounds, lightweights




March 21

At London: Billy Joe Saunders vs. Matthew Hall, 12 rounds, for Saunders' British and Commonwealth middleweight titles; welterweight Bradley Skeete vs. Darryl Still, 10 rounds, welterweights; Neil Dawson vs. Tony Conquest, rematch, 10 rounds, cruiserweights; Simon Vallily vs. TBA, 4 rounds, cruiserweights



March 22

At Chicago (ESPN2/ESPN Deportes): Donovan George vs. David Lopez, 10 rounds, middleweights; Adrian Granados vs. Kermit Cintron, 10 rounds, welterweights; Hairon Socarres vs. Roy Tapia, 4 rounds, featherweights

At Montreal (WealthTV): Adonis Stevenson vs. Darnell Boone, rematch, 10 rounds, super middleweights

March 23

At Trujillo, Puerto Rico (UniMas): Jonathan Gonzalez vs. TBA, 10 rounds, flyweights; Felix Verdejo vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior lightweights; Glen Tapia vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior middleweights


At Magdeburg, Germany (Epix and EpixHD.com): Arthur Abraham vs. Robert Stieglitz, rematch, 12 rounds, for Abraham's WBO super middleweight title

At Kent, England: James DeGale vs. Pablo Farias, 12 rounds, super middleweights; Chris Eubank Jr. vs. TBA, 8 rounds, middleweights

At Hermosillo, Mexico: Hernan "Tyson" Marquez vs. TBA, 10 rounds, flyweights

At Flobecq, Belgium: Ayoub Nefzi vs. Ryan Davis, 12 rounds, junior middleweights

At Padova, Italy: Devis Boschiero vs. Samir Kasmi, 12 rounds, for Boschiero's European junior lightweight title



March 29

At Verona, N.Y. (ESPN2/ESPN Deportes): Brian Vera vs. Donatas Bondoravas, 10 rounds, middleweights; Jackson Junior Dos Santos vs. Umberto Savigne, 10 rounds, light heavyweights

At Mexico City (Telemundo): "Boxeo Telemundo"




March 30

At Las Vegas (HBO): Brandon Rios vs. Mike Alvarado, for vacant WBO interim junior werlterweight title; Khabib Allakhverdiev vs. Breidis Prescott, for Allakhverdiev's WBA "regular" junior welterweight title; Jose Ramirez vs. TBA, Terrance Crawford vs. TBA

At Monte Carlo, Monaco (Integrated Sports PPV): Gennady Golovkin vs. Nobuhiro Ishida, for Golovkin's WBA middleweight title; Edwin Rodriguez vs. Ezequiel Osvaldo Maderna, Zolt Erdei vs. Denis Grachev, Sergei Rabchenko vs. Adriano Nicchi, for Rabchenko's European junior middleweight title

At Guasave, Mexico: Mario Rodriguez vs. Katsunari Takayama, 12 rounds, for Rodriguez's IBF strawweight title; Raul Garcia vs. Pedro Guevara, 12 rounds, junior flyweights

At Liverpool, England: Tony Bellew vs. Isaac Chilemba, 12 rounds, WBC light heavyweight eliminator; Derry Mathews vs. Anthony Crolla, rematch, 12 rounds, for vacant Commonwealth lightweight title; Jazza Dickens vs. Jon Fernandes, 10 rounds, junior featherweights; Rocky Fielding vs. Wayne Reed, 10 rounds, super middleweights; Tom Stalker vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior welterweights

More nervous than anything, Hopkins is damn near 50. If Hopkins has anything left I think he can school Cloud, but Cloud is a strong powerful fighter that will keep coming so I worry the old man will have the energy and legs.

I'm really interested in Keith Thurman on the undercard too. This fight should tell us how he reacts to a fighter with a pretty good chin and boxers skills.

Big Nipple Arreola was supposed to be on the card to put reschedule for the fifth time. I don't remember another fight pushed back so many times.

Here is The Mexican Russian who beat 50s fighter last night. Garcia has another champ in his stable.

Tavoris Cloud has been putting in work at Big Bear, also with Golovkin. He was quoted saying, "Big Bear has not been a good place to be a black man recently" haha

Some pics:



Cloud and GGG sparring:

Presser a few weeks ago:

Cloud said he felt lethargic and lacked energy against Campillo and he's specifically training at Big Bear for the first time to work on his conditioning. For what its worth he's said he's had his best camp ever, but lots of guys say that so we'll see. I still think he's a dangerous fighter for anyone because the man is powerful and heavy handed. He doesn't have true one punch KO but his punches definitely hurt people.

Campillo just got the shit beat out of him and knocked out by that big Russian. After that viscous beating I don't think we'll see Campillo for a while.

That's why I became a fan of Cloud, his intensity. Interesting note I read an article with Nazim he said he has not allowed Hopkins to watch the Campillo - Cloud fight. He says he doesn't believe that was a true representation of Cloud and doesn't want Hopkins to get the wrong idea of Cloud and think he's soft. He only had Hopkins watch amateur tapes of Cloud and earlier pro career fights. Interesting strategy.

Did you watch him? He looked good against the durable Russian. He has a lot weapons in his arsenal, great jab, blazing fast hands, decent power in both hands and he mixes in viscous body shots which I love. A southpaw who is very technically sound but at the same time very offensive minded with a high work rate? Gotta love it. I think his next fight will be another step up and maybe a fight against Mikey Garcia by the end of the year.