Absolutely a huge boxing week with the highlight being the early morning world championship rematch between Naoya Inoue and Nonito Donaire.
TUESDAY
WBA/IBF bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue faces WBC bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire in a unification showdown at the Super Arena in Saitama, Saitama, Japan. The ESPN+ telecast begins at 5:30AM ET, 2:30AM PT!!
FRIDAY
Showtime has a ShoBox telecast featuring two-time Olympian and 2020 super heavyweight gold medalist Bakhodir “Big Uzbek” Jalolov against “Big” Jack Mulowayi from Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, NY.
DAZN delivers the WBA light flyweight clash between WBA titleholders Hiroto Kyoguchi and Esteban Bermudez to crown one WBA champion in the 108lb division. The bout takes place at the Domo Alcalde in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
SATURDAY
ESPN presents Edgar Berlanga vs. Roamer Alexis Angulo in a super middleweight clash from the MSG Theater in New York City.
DAZN counters with middleweight contender Jaime Munguia moving up to the 168lb division against Jimmy “Kilrain” Kelly from the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
There is also a $29.99 pay-per-view topped by WBA “regular” heavyweight champion Trevor Bryan defending against #1 contender Daniel Dubois from Miami Jai Alai in Miami, Florida.
Very interesting week. Starts with a great rematch featuring one of the best fighters in the world and a legend and ends with a very odd heavyweight championship fight. Got an Olympic gold medalist, a Ring champion, a prospect everyone loves arguing about in Berlanga and a 25 year old former world champion who’s going for 40-0.
Is the Bryan vs Dubois going to happen? I heard that DK was short $3 Million.
I haven’t heard that and his bid wasn’t much more than $3M, so I’d be shocked if he were THAT much short and they hadn’t called this fight off officially by now. That, being said, I won’t have confidence that Bryan is actually fighting Dubois (and not Guidry again or Dacarree Scott from the undercard) until they are both in the ring and the bell rings to start round one. Anything can, and usually does, happen when DK has a show.
So long as whoever steps in the ring actually gets paid.
Keep telling it the way it is, @Lucie.
Thank you Gary and you do the same my friend.
They really having that heavyweight fight on PPV? they must lost their minds.