The High Stakes Tournament kicks off with the Quarter-Final round at the OVO Arena Wembley in London on April 22nd 2023.
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British gaming star Jarvis battles crossover boxing hero BDave at London’s historic York Hall.
Guido Emmanuel Schramm faces Venezuelan knockout artist, Johan González in a 10-round super welterweight contest at the Whitesands Events Center, Plant City, Florida.
Joshua Buatsi (17-0, 3 KOs) and Dan Azeez (20-0, 13 KOs) finally meet for the WBA World Title Final Eliminator clash at The OVO Arena, Wembley.
Two-weight world champion Natasha Jonas defends her IBF World Welterweight Title against former unified world champion Mikaela Mayer in a landmark night for women’s boxing as two of the sport’s biggest stars meet in the centre of the ring at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool.
Jake Paul (7-1, 4 KOs) faces Andre August (10-1-1 5 KOs) in an eight-round cruiserweight fight at the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, FL.
WBC/WBO champion Naoya Inoue and IBF/WBA champion Marlon Tapales battle it out for undisputed super bantamweight supremacy at Tokyo’s Ariake Arena.
David Morrell Jr. returns to The Armory in Minneapolis to defend his WBA “Regular” Super Middleweight world title against highly regarded knockout artist Sena Agbeko of Ghana.
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury faces the WBA, WBO, IBF and The Ring heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk to become the first undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis over two decades ago.
Roy Jones, Jr. (49-4, 38 KOs) returns to the ring for the first time since dropping a unanimous decision to Antonio Tarver in their trilogy bout, to take on Prince Badi “The Boxing Prince” Ajamu (25-2-1, 14 KOs). The unheralded Prince Badi, apparently holds five fringe title belts in the light hevayweight division, the NABO, WBC Continental Americas, WBC CABOFE, IBC Intercontinental and Pennsylvania State title. Only the NABO light heavyweight title is on the line.
Sugar Ray did the expected, hammering the challenger into defeat in the third round at the Centennial Coliseum (Reno, Nevada) to retain his undisputed would welterweight title, and says he wants to defend his championship three more times before the end of the year.
In his quest for a title in a second division, WBC Welterweight Champion "Sugar" Ray Leonard moves up to super welterweight to take on WBA Champion Ayub Kalule in Houston.
Sugar Ray Leonard 22-0 (13 KOs) vs. Tony Chiaverini 30-4 (21 KOs) The WBC ranked Leonard third at welterweight and Chiaverini sixth at super welterweight. Leonard made $140,000, and Chiaverini got $61,000. The fight took place at the Caesars Palace Sports Pavilion. Chiaverini requested an 18-foot ring, and the Leonard camp acquiesced. The fight was televised nationally by ABC on Wide World of Sports.
Leonard, the former 139-pound Olympic gold medalist at Montreal and 21-0 as a pro, spent the early rounds solving Viruet's unorthodox style before taking command of the fight. Giving up three inches in reach and three pounds, Leonard used his swarming offense to build a big lead in the 10-round battle.
Estrada (43-3, 28 KO) and Chocolatito (51-3, 41 KO) first met way back in 2012, when both were in the 108 lb division. Gonzalez won a decision to retain his WBA title that night, and as he went up the weight classes, Estrada chased behind him, hoping for an eventual rematch. That rematch didn’t come for over eight years, but the two met again in early 2021. In that one, Estrada got a debated split decision nod, retaining the WBA and WBC titles at 115 lbs. Since then, Estrada has given up both belts, though he does have the WBC’s “Franchise” belt.
Unbeaten super middleweight contender Jaime Munguia faces England's John Ryder at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Canelo Álvarez, billed as The One, was a boxing light middleweight championship superfight. The bout was held on September 14, 2013, in the MGM Grand Garden Arena, at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, on Showtime PPV. The bout took place at a 152-pound catchweight, two pounds below the light middleweight limit of 154 pounds.[1][2] Mayweather received $41.5 million for this fight before taking into account pay-per-view sales.
Montana Love will return home to Cleveland for his first DAZN main event, facing Australia’s Stevie Spark at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse on Saturday, Nov. 12.
Two-division world champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist Vasyl Lomachenko defends his WBO junior lightweight title against undefeated former world featherweight champion Nicholas “Axe Man” Walters on Saturday, Nov. 26, at The Chelsea inside The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
A big fight, for full unification of the 140 pound titles, as Crawford has two and Indongo has the other two.
Vergil Ortiz Jr. (19-0, 19 KOs) makes his 154-pound debut against Fredrick "General Okunka" Lawson (30-3, 22 KOs) at at The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas.