Boxing News — January 11, 2018

JANUARY
THURSDAY 11
Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino, Lemoore,
California
Vladimir Hernandez v Danny Valdivia;
Joe Louie Lopez v Calvin Metcalf; Victor
Morales Jnr v Edgar Cantu. (Promoter:
Top Rank).

FRIDAY 12
Turning Stone Resort & Casino, Verona,
New York (Showtime)
Claressa Shields (holder) v Tori Nelson
(WBC and IBF female super-middleweight
titles); Christina Hammer v Lisa Noel
Garland; Jesse Angel Hernandez v Ernesto
Garza III; Shohjahon Ergashev v Sonny
Fredrickson; Bakhtiyar Eyubov v Maurice
Chalmers; Alexey Zubov v Lamont Capers;
Apti Davtaev v s/o; Franchon Crews
v Tiffany Woodard. (Promoter: Salita
Promotions).

Emerald Queen Casino, Tacoma,
Washington
John Jackson v Manny Perez. (Promoter:
Brian Halquist Productions).

SATURDAY 13
Midwest Event Center, Northlake,
Illinois
Dmytro Mytrofanov v Marcus Willis;
Rustam Tulaganov v Martez McGregor.
(Promoter: Natex Boxing Promotions).

MONDAY 15
Barangay Tablon Gymnasium,
Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines
Jesse Espinas v Elias Joaquino.

WEDNESDAY 17
Star City Hotel & Casino, Pyrmont,
Australia
Anthony Mundine v Tommy Browne.
(Promoter: No Limit Boxing Promotions).

THURSDAY 18
Radisson Blu Hotel, Glasgow
Martin Harkin v Jordan Grannum; Gary
Rae v Craig Derbyshire; Callen McAulay v
Naheem Chaudhry. (Promoter: St Andrew's
Sporting Club).

SATURDAY 20
Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York
(Showtime)

Errol Spence Jnr (holder) v Lamont

Peterson (IBF welterweight title); Robert

Easter Jnr (holder) v Javier Fortuna

(IBF lightweight title); Marcus Browne

v Francy Ntetu; Adam Kownacki v Iago

Kiladze; Anthony Peterson v Luis Eduardo

Florez; Joseph Williams v Quinton Rankin;

Richardson Hitchins v Preston Wilson;

Ivan Golub v s/o; Amanda Serrano v s/o.

(Promoter: DiBella Entertainment).

Palais des Sports Marcel Cerdan,

Levallois-Perret, France

Mohamed Mimoune v Emiliano Dominguez

Rodriguez; Marvin Petit v Samir Kasmi;

Franck Petitjean (holder) v Andrea Scarpa

(European Union super-lightweight title);

Maiva Hamadouche (holder) v Myriam

Dellal (IBF female super-featherweight

title).

FRIDAY 26

Crowne Plaza Hotel, Glasgow

Marc Kerr v Michael McGurk (vacant

Scottish Area super-welterweight title);

Gary Cornish v David Howe; Hannah

Rankin v Klaudia Vigh. (Promoter:

Sam Kynoch).

SATURDAY 27

The Knights of St. Columba Social Club,

Moodiesburn

Kristen Fraser v Lana Cooper; Eddie Doyle

v s/o; Shaun McShane v s/o; Ally Black v

s/o; Billy Stuart v s/o; Matthew Wilton v

s/o. (Promoter: Paul Graham).

Arena Riga, Latvia

Mairis Briedis v Oleksandr Usyk

(for Briedis' WBC and Usyk's WBO

cruiserweight titles); Filip Hrgovic v

Tom Little. (Promoter: Sauerland Event).

Forum, Inglewood, California

(BoxNation & HBO)

Jorge Linares (holder) v Mercito Gesta

(WBA lightweight title); Lucas Matthysse

v Tewa Kiram; Yoshihiro Kamegai v Daquan

Arnett; Romero Duno v Yardley Armenta

Cruz; Tenochtitlan Nava v Francisco

Esparza; Marcelino Nicolas Lopez v s/o.

(Promoter: Golden Boy Promotions &

Teiken Promotions).

Grey Eagle Resort and Casino, Calgary,

Canada

Zab Judah v Noel Mejia Rincon. (Promoter:

Dekada).

Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Italy

Emanuele Blandamura (holder) v Kamil

Szeremeta (European middleweight title);

Emiliano Marsili v Victor Betancourt.

(Promoter: OPI Since 82).

Arenahal, Deurne, Belgium

Yves Ngabu (holder) v Geoffrey Battelo

(European cruiserweight title). (Promoter:

Antwerp Boxing Academy).

Don Haskins Convention Center,

El Paso, Texas

Jennifer Han (holder) v Lizbeth Crespo

(IBF female featherweight title).

(Promoter: Pandora International).

FEBRUARY

FRIDAY 2

Ponds Forge Arena, Sheffield

Liam Cameron (holder) v Elliott Matthews

(Commonwealth middleweight title);

Josh Wale (holder) v Bobby Jenkinson

(British bantamweight title); Loua

Nassa v Brad Watson (vacant English

super-flyweight title); Andy Townend v

Cassius Connor; Kyle Yousaf v Isaac Quaye;

Anthony Tomlinson v MJ Hall; Muma

Mweemba v Kristian Laight; Danny Tombs

v Chris Nixon; Daniel Kennedy v William

Warburton; Dan West v Paul Lovell; Dan

Cooper v s/o. (Promoter: Dennis Hobson

Promotions).

WinnaVegas Casino & Resort, Sloan,

Iowa (Showtime)

Ronald Ellis v Junior Younan; Devin Haney

v Harmonito Dela Torre; Wellington

Romero v Samuel Teah; Thomas Mattice

v Rolando Chinea. (Promoter: GH3

Promotions & Victory Boxing Promotions &

Roc Nation Sports).

SATURDAY 3

O2 Arena, Greenwich (Sky Sports

Action/Main Event)

Lawrence Okolie v Isaac Chamberlain;

Reece Bellotti (holder) v Ben Jones

(Commonwealth featherweight title);

Ted Cheeseman v Carson Jones; Charlie

Edwards v s/o; Joshua Buatsi v s/o;

Felix Cash v s/o; Danny Dignum v s/o.

(Promoter: Matchroom).

Europa Hotel, Belfast

James Tennyson v s/o; Stevie Quinn Jnr

v Edwin Tellez; Lucas Ballingall v Karl

Kelly; Ronnie Clark v Dean Evans; Feargal

McCrory v Rafael Castillo; Daniel McShane

v s/o. (Promoter: Mark H Dunlop).

Holiday Inn, Birmingham Airport

Tony Jones v s/o; Kieron Conway v s/o;

Mitch Redmond v s/o. (Promoter: Tommy

Owens Promotions & Sam Kynoch).

Bank of America Center, Corpus Christi,

Texas (BoxNation & ESPN)

Gilberto Ramirez (holder) v Habib Ahmed

(WBO super-middleweight title); Jerwin

Ancajas (holder) v Israel Gonzalez (IBF

super-flyweight title); Jose Benavidez

v Matthew Strode; Jesse Hart v Thomas

Awimbono; Teofimo Lopez v John

Delperdang; Rohan Murdock v Frankie

Filippone; Gabriel Flores Jnr v Alex

Solorio. (Promoter: Top Rank).

Bolshoy Ice Dome, Adler, Russia

Murat Gassiev (holder) v Yunier Dorticos

(IBF cruiserweight title). (Promoter:

Sauerland Event).

SØR Amfi, Arendal, Norway

Simen Nysaether v Adam Williams; Hadi

Srour v Michael Mooney; Aron Jahnsen v

Sam Omidi. (Promoter: SPAG).

Inst. Tec. de Monterrey, Atizapan de

Zaragoza, Mexico (beIN Sports)

Guadalupe Martinez Guzman (holder) v

Irma Garcia (WBC female super-flyweight

title). (Promoter: Promociones Zanfer).

SUNDAY 4

Prefectural Budokan, Naha, Japan

Daigo Higa (holder) v Moises Fuentes

(WBC flyweight title). (Promoter: Shirai &

Gushiken Promotions).

FRIDAY 9

Guildhall, Plymouth

Des Newton v s/o; Darren Townley v s/o;

Wes Smith v s/o; Jordan Platt v s/o; Louis

Aitken Fred v s/o; Jack Bellingham v

s/o; Zane Turner v s/o. (Promoter: Black

Country Boxing Promotion).

SATURDAY 10

Copper Box Arena, Stratford

(BT Sport & BoxNation)

Zolani Tete (holder) v Omar Narvaez (WBO

bantamweight title); Bradley Skeete v s/o;

Anthony Yarde v s/o; Daniel Dubois v s/o;

Boy Jones v Reynaldo Mora; Ryan Garner

v Lesther Cantillano; Archie Sharp v s/o;

Zelfa Barrett v s/o; Joe Pigford v s/o;

Harvey Horn v s/o; Hamzah Sheeraz v s/o;

Umar Sadiq v s/o; Mohammed Bilal Ali v

s/o. (Promoter: Queensberry Promotions).

Winter Gardens, Blackpool

Tommy Langford (holder) v Jack Arnfield

(British middleweight title). (Promoter:

VIP Promotions).

Stadium Suite, Banks' Stadium, Walsall

Manny Zaber v Josh Baillie; Paul Holt v

Kane Baker; Louis Fielding v Indi Sangha;

Luke Jones v Jack Summers; Jordan Cooke

v s/o; Rachel Ball v s/o. (Promoter: Black

Country Boxing Promotion).

Dearne Valley Leisure Centre,

Denaby Main

Daniel Slaney v Chris Dutton; Ross

Blackwell v Naheem Chaudhry; Christian

Kinsiona v Richard Harrison; Terri Harper v

s/o. (Promoter: Stefy Bull Promotions).

DIARY

BOXING ON THE BOX

FRIDAY 12

7pm BoxNation

Bunce's Boxing Hour

MONDAY 15

7pm BoxNation

Boxing Matters

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