Fight Night Program – Week of Feb. 23-28
The weekend is approaching, and from Friday to Sunday it will be “fight-o-clock” somewhere in the world. Every Thursday, The Ring will bring you the most up-to-date information on the most relevant fights you need to see 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 at.
Here are this week’s most relevant fights:
Friday, February 23 – Chumash Casino, Santa Ynez, Calif.
Gor Yeritsyan vs. Quinton Randall – welterweight – 10 rounds
Cain Sandoval vs. Javier Molina – junior welterweight – 10 rounds
Jorge Maravillo vs. Jesus Gonzalez – junior middleweight – 6 rounds
Daniel Barrera vs. Jonathan Almacen – flyweight – 6 rounds
Where to watch it: UFC Fight Pass
Friday, February 23 – Paramount, Huntington, N.Y.
Wendy Toussaint vs. Mpondu Kalunga – junior middleweight – 10 rounds
Simone Federici vs. Blake Caparello – cruiserweight – 10 rounds
Where to watch it: StarBoxing.TV
Saturday, February 24 – Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan
Alexandro Santiago vs. Junto Nakatani – bantamweight – 12 rounds
Mexico’s Santiago has his work cut out for him in the first defense of the title he impressively lifted from Nonito Donaire back in July. The unbeaten Nakatani is not only the local fighter, but he’ll be motivated by the chance of grabbing his third world title in four years. A terrific matchup, indeed.
Also on this card:
Takuma Inoue vs. Jerwin Ancajas – bantamweight – 12 rounds
Kosei Tanaka vs. Christian Bacasegua – junior bantamweight – 12 rounds
Jonas Sultan vs. Riku Masuda – bantamweight – 8 rounds
Kensho Oyamada vs. Ren Kobayashi – featherweight – 4 rounds
Where to watch it: ESPN+
Saturday, February 24 – Caribe Royale, Orlando, Fla.
Edgar Berlanga vs. Padraig McCrory – super middleweight – 12 rounds
Puerto Rico’s Berlanga put the super middleweight division on notice when he scored 16 first-round knockouts in a row to kickstart his career, but has been unable to score a stoppage in the past three years. He hopes to change that against McCrory, an upset-minded brawler with his own need – and means, according to him – to score an impressive win. Don’t expect to hear a decision in this fight.
Also on this card:
Shakhram Giyasov vs. Pablo Cesar Cano – welterweight – 12 rounds
Antonio Vargas vs. Jonathan Rodriguez – bantamweight – 12 rounds
Andy Cruz vs. Brayan Zamarripa – lightweight – 10 rounds
Yankiel Rivera vs. Andy Dominguez – flyweight – 10 rounds
Where to watch it: DAZN
Saturday, February 24 – Maryland Live Casino, Hanover, Md.
Immanuwel Aleem vs. Malcolm Jones – super middleweight – 8 rounds
Brandon Chambers vs. Jaqeem Hutcherson – junior featherweight – 8 rounds
Ahmad Muhammad Jones vs. Corey Champion – junior welterweight – 4 rounds
Mehki Phillips vs. Jason Chavez – junior welterweight – 4 rounds
Saturday, February 24 – Olympia, Liverpool, England
Conor Butler vs. Jay Harris – flyweight – 12 rounds
Hakeem Palmer vs. Artjom Spatar – middleweight – 6 rounds
Where to watch it: DAZN
Saturday, February 24 – Naucalpan, Mexico
Jose Andres Teran vs. Jorge Orozco – bantamweight – 10 rounds
Joe Rodriguez Aviles vs. Diego Mompar Trevino – lightweight – 8 rounds
Where to watch it: DAZN
Saturday, February 24 – Casino Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Josue Francisco Aguero vs. Francisco Javier Lucero – junior lightweight – 10 rounds
Clara Lescurat vs. Regina Chavez – women’s junior bantamweight – 10 rounds
Where to watch it: TyC Sports
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How to watch boxing in 2023 – By Diego Morilla
Diego M. Morilla writes 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 an elector 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 Ratings 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.
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