Fight Insight

Check out the latest boxing events schedule. Here, I highlight the major fights and fight cards on the horizon. The schedule is updated frequently. 

May 17
At Miami (HBO), James Kirkland, Austin, Texas, vs. Eromosele Albert, Miami, 10, junior middleweights; Yuriorkis Gamboa, Miami, vs. Darling Jimenez, Bronx, 10, junior lightweights; Alfredo Angulo, Coachella, Calif., vs. Richard Gutierrez, Miami, 10, junior middleweights.

At Durango, Mexico, Cristian Mijares, Mexico, vs. Alexander Munoz, Venezuela, 12, for Mijares’ WBA and Munoz’s WBC super flyweight titles.

At Mexico City, Ulises Solis, Mexico, vs. Juanito Rubillar, Philippines, 12, for Solis’ IBF light flyweight title.

May 24
At City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester, England (VERSUS), Ricky Hatton, Britain, vs. Juan Lazcano, Sacramento, Calif., 12, for Hatton’s IBO light welterweight title; Paulie Malignaggi, Brooklyn, N.Y., vs. Lovemore N’Dou, South Africa, 12, for Malignaggi’s IBF junior welterweight title.

At Tui Arena, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany, Sven Ottke, Germany, vs. Dariusz Michalczewski, Poland, 12, cruiserweights.

At Isla Margarita, Venezuela, Celestino Caballero, Panama, vs. Lorenzo Parra, Venezuela, 12, for Caballero’s WBA super bantamweight title.

May 31
At Las Vegas (PPV), Shane Mosley, Pomona, Calif., vs. Zab Judah, Brooklyn, N.Y., 12, welterweights ; Jorge Barrios, Argentina, vs. Rocky Juarez, Houston, 12, junior lightweights.

At Nordhein-Westfalen, Germany, Ruslan Chagaev, Germany, vs. Nikolay Valuev, Russia, 12, for Chagaev’s WBA heavyweight title; Wladimir Sidorenko, Germany, vs. Anselmo Moreno, Panama, 12, for Sidorenko’s WBA bantamweight title.

June 7
At Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, N.J. (HBO), Kelly Pavlik, Youngstown, Ohio, vs. Gary Lockett, Wales, 12, for Pavlik’s WBC and WBA middleweight titles ; Daniel Ponce De Leon, Mexico, vs. Juan Manuel Lopez, Puerto Rico, 12, for Ponce De Leon’s WBO junior featherweight title.

At Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, Conn. (SHO), Vernon Forrest, Atlanta, vs. Sergio Mora, Los Angeles, 12, for Forrest’s WBC junior middleweight title; Carlos Quintana, Puerto Rico, vs. Paul Williams, Augusta, Ga., 12, for Quintana’s WBO welterweight title.

June 15
At Tokyo, Edwin Valero, Tokyo, vs. Israel Perez, Argentina, 12, for Valero’s WBA super featherweight title.

June 21
At Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, Fla. (SHO), Edison Miranda, Puerto Rico, vs. Arthur Abraham, Germany, 12, middleweights.

June 28
At Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas (PPV), David Diaz, Chicago, vs. Manny Pacquiao, Philippines, 12, for Diaz’s WBC lightweight title.

July 5
At Las Vegas (SHO), Ricardo Torres, Bolivar, vs. Kendall Holt, Patterson, N.J., 12, for Torres’ WBO junior welterweight title.

July 12
At Hamburg, Germany (HBO), Wladimir Klitschko, Ukraine, vs. Tony Thompson, Washington, for Klitschko’s IBF, IBO and WBO heavyweight titles.

July 26
At Madison Square Garden, New York (PPV), Miguel Cotto, Puerto Rico, vs. Antonio Margarito, Mexico, 12, for Cotto’s WBA welterweight title.