Boxing schedule for the month of April

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May 13, 2002
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Good month. Boxing is heating up. Just in April we got Pacquiao, Golovkin, Bradley, Adrien Broner, Anthony Joshua, Errol Spence Jr., Nonito Donaire, etc. More big to follow April, which if all goes well, will lead to super fights later in the year (Canelo vs GGG, Kovalev vs Ward, etc).


April 1

At Washington, D.C. (Spike): Adrien Broner vs. Ashley Theophane, 12 rounds, for Broner's WBA junior welterweight title; Robert Easter Jr. vs. Argenis Mendez, 10 or 12 rounds, lightweights; Gervonta Davis vs. Guillermo Avila, 10 rounds, junior lightweights; Anthony Peterson vs. Samuel Neequaye, 10 rounds, lightweights; J'Leon Love vs. Michael Gbenga, 10 rounds, super middleweights; Demond Nicholson vs. Joshua Okine, 8 rounds, middleweights; Kareem Martin vs. Somner Martin, 6 rounds, welterweights; Patrick Harris vs. Samuel Amoako, 6 rounds, lightweights; Shynggyskhan Tazhibay vs. Riarus Dudley, 4 rounds, welterweights

At Los Angeles (Estrella TV): Manuel "Tino" Avila vs. Rene Alvarado, 10 rounds, featherweights; Gilberto Gonzalez vs. Luis Arceo, 8 rounds, junior welterweights; Oscar Torres vs. Marquis Taylor, 6 rounds, welterweights; Edgar Valerio vs. Javier Rodriguez, 6 rounds, featherweights; Pablo Rubio Jr. vs. Juan Carlos Benavides, 4 rounds, junior featherweights; Joshua Franco vs. Jorge Perez, 6 rounds, bantamweights; Tenochtitlan Nava vs. Antonio Martinez, 4 rounds, junior lightweights

At Barcelona, Spain: Juli Giner vs. Miguel Roman, 12 rounds, WBC junior lightweight eliminator




April 2

At Port Hueneme, Calif. (UniMas): Francisco Santana vs. Ed Paredes, 10 rounds, welterweights; Xavier Martinez vs. Gabriel Gutierrez, 6 rounds, junior lightweights; Luis Ramos Jr. vs. Cristobal Cruz, 8 rounds, junior lightweights; Alexander Besputin vs. Christon Edwards, 6 rounds, junior middleweights; Egor Mekhontsev vs. Victor Barragan, 8 rounds, light heavyweights; Abraham Lopez vs. Eddie Diaz, 6 rounds, junior welterweights; Maxim Dadashev vs. Darin Hampton, 4 rounds, junior welterweights; Oscar Mendoza vs. Gabriel Braxton, 4 rounds, featherweights

At Krakow, Poland (Integrated Sports PPV): Tomasz Adamek vs. Eric Molina, 12 rounds, heavyweights; Mateusz Masternak vs. Eric Fields, 10 rounds, cruiserweights; Michael Cieslak vs. Francisco Palacios, 10 rounds, cruiserweights; Andrzej Wawrzyk vs. Marcin Rekowski, 10 rounds, heavyweights; Rafal Jackiewicz vs.Michal Syrowatka, rematch, 10 rounds, welterweights; Ewa Brodnicka vs. Anita Torti, 10 rounds, female lightweights

At Mexico City: Moises Fuentes vs. Romel Asenjo, 10 rounds, flyweights; Juan Carlos Sanchez vs. Edivaldo Ortega, 10 rounds, junior featherweights

At Tlalnepantla, Mexico: Jhonny Gonzalez vs. Justin Savi, 10 rounds, junior lightweights; Carlos Molina vs. Reyes Sanchez, 10 rounds, junior middleweights

At Liverpool, England: Hadillah Mohoumadi vs. Callum Smith, 12 rounds, for Mohoumadi's European super middleweight/WBC title eliminator; Rocky Fielding vs. Christopher Rebrasse , 10 or 12 rounds, super middleweights; Scotty Cardle vs. Sean Dodd, rematch, 12 rounds, for Cardle's British lightweight title

At Helsinki, Finland: Robert Helenius vs. Johann Duhaupas, 12 rounds, heavyweights



April 7

At Costa Mesa, Calif.: Malcolm McAllister vs. TBA, 6 rounds, super middleweights; Adam Stewart vs. Matt McKinney, 4 rounds, heavyweights; Bryan Flores vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior middleweights


April 8

At Moscow: Eduard Troyanovsky vs. Cesar Cuenca, rematch, 12 rounds, for Troyanovsky's IBF junior welterweight title; Vladimir Tereshkin vs. Hubert Suarez Diaz, 6 rounds, heavyweights; Sergey Kuzmin vs. Konstantin Airich, 10 rounds, heavyweights; Maxim Maslov vs. Walter David Cabral, 8 rounds, cruiserweights; Valery Tretyakov vs. Lucas Rafael Baez, 8 rounds, featherweights; Sergey Lubkovich vs. Valery Galstyan, 4 rounds, junior middleweights; Nikita Miroshnichenko vs. Arzu Aliyeva, 6 rounds, junior middleweights




April 9

At Las Vegas (HBO PPV): Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley Jr., third fight, 12 rounds, welterweights; Arthur Abraham vs. Gilberto Ramirez, 12 rounds, for Abraham's WBO super middleweight title; Oscar Valdez vs. Evgeny Gradovich, 10 rounds, featherweights; Jose Ramirez vs. Manny Perez, 10 rounds, junior welterweights; Egidijus Kavaliauskas vs. Deniz Ilbay, 8 rounds, welterweights; Oleksandr Gvozdyk vs. Nadjib Mohammedi, 10 rounds, light heavyweights; Konstantin Ponomarev vs. Brad Solomon, 10 rounds, welterweights; Devin Haney vs. Rafael Vazquez, 4 rounds, junior lightweights; Leon Bauer vs. Ilshat Khusnulgatin, 6 rounds, super middleweight

At London (Showtime): Charles Martin vs. Anthony Joshua, 12 rounds, for Martin's IBF heavyweight title; Lee Selby vs. Eric Hunter, 12 rounds, for Selby's IBF featherweight title; Matthew Macklin vs. Brian Rose, 12 rounds, middleweights; George Groves vs. David Brophy, 12 rounds, super middleweights; Ohara Davies vs. Andy Keates, 10 rounds, lightweights; Conor Benn vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior welterweights

At Potsdam, Germany: Jack Culcay vs. Jean Carlos Prada, 12 rounds, for Culcay's WBA "regular" junior middleweight title

At Pittsburgh: Jason Bergman vs. Jesse Barboza, 8 rounds, heavyweights; Tommy Karpency vs. Paul Gonzalves, 8 rounds, light heavyweights; Jeremiah Karpency vs. Mike Sheppard, 8 rounds, heavyweights; Dan Karpency vs. Eric Bledsoe, 4 rounds, middlweights; Eric Palmer vs. TBA, 4 rounds, welterweights; Justin Johnson vs. Eric Bossler, 4 rounds, welterweights



April 15

At Verona, N.Y. (Showtime): Nikolay Potapov vs. Stephon Young, 10 rounds, bantamweights; Eudy Bernardo vs. Mason Menard, 8 rounds, lightweights; Alexey Zubov vs. Constantin Bejenaru, 8 rounds, cruiserweights; Bakhtiyar Eyubov vs. Sam Teah, 8 rounds, welterweights

At Los Angeles (Estrella TV): Jesus Soto-Karass vs. Yoshihiro Kamegai, 10 rounds, junior middleweights

At Melbourne, Australia: Randy Petalcorin vs. Omari Kimweri, 12 rounds, flyweights

At Baton Rouge, La.: Justin Thomas vs. Gerald Jordan, 8 rounds, super middlweights; Travis Scott vs. Chris Johnson, 8 rounds, middlweights; Henry Allen vs. TBA, 4 rounds, lightweights; Harris Tucker vs. Steven Lyons, 4 heavyweights; Manjarro Hills Jr. vs. TBA, 4 rounds, middlweights; Cole Crumpler vs. Antonio Gonsales, 4 rounds, featherweights; Sammy Parker vs. Ricky Bing, 4 rounds, light heavyweights; Cody Evans vs. Tolu Agunbaide, 4 rounds, middlweights

At Hinckley, Minn.: Robert Brant vs. Delray Raines, 10 rounds, middleweights; Antonio Johnson vs. Angel Hernandez, 8 rounds, junior middleweights; RJ Laase vs. Ricky Smith, 6 rounds, welterweights; George Carter Jr vs. Joe Amouta, 6 rounds, super middleweights; Ryan Watson vs. Jos Eichelberger, 4 rounds, cruiserweights; Markus Morris vs. Mike Fowler, 6 rounds, junior welterweights



April 16

At New York (PBC on NBC): Errol Spence Jr. vs. Chris Algieri, 10 rounds, welterweights; Krzysztof Glowacki vs. Steve Cunningham, 12 rounds, for Glowacki's WBO cruiserweight title; Marcus Browne vs. Radivoje Kalajdzic, 10 rounds, light heavyweights; Mario Barrios vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior lightweights; Luca Giacon vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior welterweights; Heather Hardy vs. TBA, 8 rounds, female junior featherweights; Chris Colbert vs. TBA, 4 rounds, featherweights; Earl Newman vs. TBA, 4 rounds, cruiserweights; Lukasz Maciec vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior middleweights; Dardan Zenunaj vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior lightweights; Radzhab Butaev vs. TyKeem Sadler, 6 rounds, junior middleweights

At Mashantucket, Conn. (Showtime): Gary Russell Jr. vs. Patrick Hyland, 12 rounds, for Russell's WBC featherweight title; Jose Pedraza vs. Stephen Smith, 12 rounds, for Pedraza's IBF junior lightweight title

At San Juan (UniMas): Felix Verdejo vs. Daniel Evangelista, 10 rounds, lightweights; Christopher Diaz vs. TBA, 6 rounds, lightweights

At Leeds, England (beIN Sports Espanol, same-day tape): Josh Warrington vs. Hisashi Amagasa, 12 rounds, featherweights; Stuart Hall vs. Rodrigo Guerrero, 12 rounds, IBF bantamweight eliminator

At Las Vegas (CBS Sports Net): Steve Claggett vs. Chris van Heerden, 10 rounds, welterweights; Neeco Macias vs. Limberth Ponce Jr., 8 rounds, junior middleweights; Malik Hawkins vs. TBA, 4 rounds, welterweights; Jeremy Nichols vs. Jason Gavino, 4 rounds, welterweights; Sal Perez vs. Fabian Naranko, 4 rounds, junior featherweights; Sergio Lopez vs. Yezber Romero, 4 rounds, bantamweights

At Guadalupe, Mexico: Adrian Estrella vs. DeMarcus "Chop-Chop" Corley, 10 rounds, junior welterweights

At Manila, Philippines: McJoe Arroyo vs. Jerwin Ancajas, 12 rounds, for Arroyo's IBF junior bantamweight title



April 19


At Bethlehm, Pa. (PBC on Fox Sports 1/Fox Deportes): Ivan Redkach vs. Luis Cruz, 10 rounds, lightweights; Immanuel Aleem vs. Jonathan Cepeda, 8 rounds, middleweights; Kyrone Davis vs. Junior Castillo, 8 rounds, middleweights; Stephen Fulton vs. TBA, 6 rounds, featherweights; Frank De Alba vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior lightweights; Milton Santiago vs. Samuel Quinones, 8 rounds, junior welterweights; Dustin Pague vs. Rafael Davis, 4 rounds, welterweights; Nicholas Hernandez vs. Fitzgerald Johnson, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
 
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April 22

At Florence, Italy: Gianluca Branco vs. Leonard Bundu, 12 rounds, for Branco's European welterweight title

April 23

At Inglewood, Calif. (HBO): Gennady Golovkin vs. Dominc Wade, 12 rounds, for Golovkin's WBA/IBF/interim WBC middleweight title; Roman Gonzalez vs. McWilliams Arroyo, 12 rounds, for Gonzalez's WBC flyweight title; Seniesa Estrada vs. Selene Lopez, 6 rounds, female flyweights; Kenia Enriquez vs. Amaris Quintana, 8 rounds, female junior lightweights

At Cebu City, Philippines: Nonito Donaire vs. Zsolt Bedak, 12 rounds, for Donaire's WBO junior featherweight title; Chris Avalos vs. Mark Magsayo, 10 rounds, featherweights; Jason Pagara vs. Miguel Zamudio, 10 rounds, junior welterweights

At Los Mochis, Mexico: Carlos Cuadras vs. Richie Mepranum, 12 rounds, for Cuadras' WBC junior bantamweight title

At Stockholm, Sweden: Erik Skoglund vs. Ryno Liebenberg, 12 rounds, light heavyweights; Mikaela Lauren vs. Ivana Habazin, 10 rounds, female junior middleweights; Klara Svensson vs. Lucia Morelli, rematch, 10 rounds, female junior welterweights; Anthony Yigit vs. Chris Goodwin, 10 rounds, junior welterweights; Oscar Ahlin vs. Alessandro Sinacore, 8 rounds, super middleweights; Otto Wallin vs. Fabrice Aurieng, 8 rounds, heavyweights

At Northhampton, England: Paul Upton vs. Terry Maughan, 10 rounds, super middleweights



April 26

At TBA (Telemundo): "Boxeo Telemundo"

April 27

At Tokyo: Takashi Uchiyama vs. Jezreel Corrales, 12 rounds, for Uchiyama's WBA junior lightweight title; Kohei Kono vs. TBA, 12 rounds, for Kono's WBA junior bantamweight title; Ryoichi Taguchi vs. TBA, 12 rounds, WBA junior flyweight title

At Brisbane, Australia: Jeff Horn vs. Randall Bailey, 12 rounds, welterweights



April 29


At Atlantic City, N.J. (PBC on Spike): Anthony Dirrell vs. Caleb Truax, 10 rounds, super middleweights; Andre Dirrell vs. Blake Caparello, 10 rounds, super middleweights; Jonathan Guzman vs. Daniel Rosas, 12 rounds, IBF junior featherweight eliminator; Brendon Barrett vs. Alando Pugh, 4 round, heavyweights; Anthony Young vs. TBA, 6 rounds, welterweights; Hafiz Montgomery vs. Darnell Pierce, 4 rounds, cruiserweights; Mark Rideout vs. Luther Smith, 6 rounds, cruiserweights; Antonio McGruder vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior welterweights; Kent Cruz vs. Claudinei Lacerda, 6 rounds, lightweights; Abraham Nova vs. TBA, 4 rounds, flyweights



April 30

At Washington, D.C. (Showtime): Badou Jack vs. Lucian Bute, 12 rounds, for Jack's WBC super middleweight title; James DeGale vs. Rogelio "Porky" Medina, 12 rounds, for DeGale's IBF super middleweight title

At Carson, Calif. (Fox): Victor Ortiz vs. Andre Berto, rematch, 12 rounds, welterweights; Edwin Rodriguez vs. Thomas Williams Jr., 10 rounds, light heavyweights; Fernando Montiel vs. Jorge Lara, 10 rounds, featherweights; Terrell Gausha vs. Steve Martinez, 10 rounds, junior middleweights; David Benavidez vs. Phillip Jackson, 8 rounds, light heavyweights; Manny Robles Jr. vs. TBA, 6 or 8 rounds, junior lightweights; Aden Mares vs. TBA, 6 rounds, lightweights; Ronald Mixon vs. TBA, 6 rounds, light heavyweights; Oscar Molina vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior middleweights

At Mexico City (beIN Sports Espanol): Carlos Diaz vs. Roberto Marroquin, 10 rounds, junior lightweights

At London: Billy Joe Saunders vs. Max Bursak, 12 rounds, for Saunders' WBO middleweight title; Ovill McKenzie vs. Dmytro Kucher, 12 rounds, for vacant European cruiserweight title; Ryan Walsh vs. James Tennyson, 12 rounds, for Walsh's British featherweight title; Hughie Fury vs. TBA, 10 or 12 rounds, heavyweights; Vijender Singh vs. TBA, 4 rounds, super middleweights

At Panama City, Panama: Anselmo Moreno vs. Suriyan Sor Rungvisai, 12 rounds, WBC bantamweight eliminator
 
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This month sucks for boxing in all honesty. Pacman and Bradley won"t reach 300k ppv buys, GGG is fighting a who knows who, Broner vs a TMT loser. I can't wait til May 7
 
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This month sucks for boxing in all honesty. Pacman and Bradley won"t reach 300k ppv buys, GGG is fighting a who knows who, Broner vs a TMT loser. I can't wait til May 7
lmao that fight is trash canelo can barley make weight dude is a disgrace to mexican fighters same with that tranny oscar step up and fight GGG all that talk after the cotto fight i hope he gets knocked out by glass chin khan
 
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This month sucks for boxing in all honesty. Pacman and Bradley won"t reach 300k ppv buys, GGG is fighting a who knows who, Broner vs a TMT loser. I can't wait til May 7
There are a bunch of good, meaningful fights this month ur trippin.

Pac vs Bradley not selling big on PPV doesn't change the fact it's the two best welterweights fighting eachother. Anytime you get a #1 vs #2 it's a good thing (although I see for some bizarre reason The Ring has Kell Brook #1 even though he's done fuck all to deserve it).

Golovkin vs Wade is a mandatory fight, it is what it is. The two other title holders, Canela and Saunders, turned Golovkin down so he's forced to fight his mandatory. Significant in an interesting way that this an Al Haymon fighter on HBO. Roman Gonzalez on the undercard so we get to see a couple of the most entertaining fighters in the same card, so that's cool. Both fights are to set up bigger fights later this year.

Anthony Joshua vs Martin for the IBF heavyweight title is obviously very significant. If Joshua wins this puts him into a massive spotlight which will obviously lead to massive fights (Tyson Fury, Wilder/Povetkin, Ortiz).

Errol Spence vs Algeiri. Significant fight here for Spence, being it's his first fight against a "name" opponent with credentials. Big opportunity for Spence to shine.

Additionally a bunch of title fights and title eliminaters. Also, for pure entertainment value, Berto vs Ortiz II. First fight was obviously a classic and even if this fight isn't anything like that, I can guarantee some whacky, controversial shit will happen.

All said, this is better than the last few months without a doubt and it sets up the upcoming months very well.

Get hype or get out.
 
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what kind of bullshit stoppage was that? Fucken horrible, 2 flash knockdowns doesnt grant a stoppage the fuck?
 
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what kind of bullshit stoppage was that? Fucken horrible, 2 flash knockdowns doesnt grant a stoppage the fuck?
Always happens like that in the UK. He should have got up at 8 instead of waiting till last moment, ref may have thought that was a sign of resignation. Regardless, that's got to be the shortest heavyweight reign of all time lol three months he was champion. And the way he won it, on an injury makes it the weakest heavyweight champion of all time.

Now that he's out of the way, a collision course between Joshua, Ortiz, Wilder, Povetkin and Fury is in full effect. Fury just has to beat Wlad again which I think he will, and may the best man win in Russia between Wilder and Povetkin!
 
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That's a good point.

And I mostly agree with the stoppage. A fighter needs to be UP by 10, not rising on one knee at 10. Nevertheless, one could certainly argue that in a TITLE fight, stoppages need to be for serious reasons.

Joshua looks like the goods.
 
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