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, July 21 – Double Tree Hotel, Ontario, Calif.

Louie Lopez vs. Benjamin Lamptey –  welterweight – 8 rounds

Both Lopez and Lamptey are coming off losses, and they will try to return to the path to victory in this sad ending to one of California´s most fan-friendly club series.

Also on this card:

George Acosta vs. Edy Valencia Mercado –  junior lightweight – 8 rounds

Nelson Oliva vs. Jeremaine Whittington –  middleweight – 6 rounds

Esteban Muñoz vs. Nelson Morales –  welterweight – 6 rounds

Kevin Salgado vs. Izaiah Vargas –  welterweight – 4 rounds

Where to watch it: ThompsonBoxing.Com

Saturday, July 22 – Firelake Arena, Shawnee, Oklahoma

George Kambosos Jr. vs. Maxi Hughes –  lightweight – 12 rounds

Australia’s Kambosos aims to prove that his upset win over Teofimo Lopez was not a strike of luck, and after back-to-back losses to Devin Haney he feels he has something further to prove. Hughes will make a serious effort to prove him wrong.

Also on this card:

Keyshawn Davis vs. Francesco Patera –  lightweight – 10 rounds

Giovani Santillan vs. Erick Bone –  welterweight – 10 rounds

Jeremiah Milton vs. Willie Harvey –  heavyweight – 8 rounds

Stephan Shaw vs. Joseph Goodall –  heavyweight – 8 rounds

Troy Isley vs. Antonio Todd –  middleweight – 8 rounds

Amron Sands vs. Hemi Ahio –  heavyweight – 8 rounds

Where to watch it: ESPN/ESPN Deportes/ESPN+

Saturday, July 22 – Chumash Casino, Santa Ynez, Calif.

Serhii Bohachuk vs. Patrick Allotey –  junior middleweight – 10 rounds

Ukraine’s “Flaco” Bohachuk is on a hot 4-0 all-knockout streak, and he aims to add Allotey to that list while he inches nearer to a title shot.   

Also on this card:

Umar Dzambekov vs. Kwame Ritter –  light heavyweight – 8 rounds

Cain Sandoval vs. Jose Marruffo –  junior welterweight – 8 rounds

Omar Cande Trinidad vs. Roberto Meza –  featherweight – 8 rounds

Narek Abgaryan vs. Manuel Manzo –  bantamweight – 8 rounds

Daniel Barrera vs. Eduardo Alvarez –  junior bantamweight – 6 rounds

Where to watch it: UFC Fight Pass

Saturday, July 22 – Radisson Victoria Plaza, Montevideo, Uruguay

Amilcar Vidal Jr. vs. Domicio Rondon –  middleweight – 10 rounds

Uruguay’s Vidal gets his homecoming bout while he’s in recovery mode after losing to Elijah Garcia in an early crossroads bout.

Also on this card:

Mirco Cuello vs. Antonio Guzman –  featherweight – 10 rounds

Victor Rodriguez vs. Eduardo Cordovez –  welterweight – 8 rounds

Joel Cano vs. Walter Cordoba –  welterweight – 6 rounds

Adriana Pineiro vs. Liz Kahrs –  women’s junior bantamweight – 6 rounds

Elizabeth Cabrera vs. Laura Carabajal –  women’s junior lightweight – 6 rounds

 Where to watch it: ProBox TV

Saturday, July 22 – Dubai Studio City, Dubai

Jazza Dickens vs. Hector Andres Sosa –  featherweight – 12 rounds

Arnold Khegai vs. Freddy Lainez –  featherweight – 10 rounds

Alfred Lamptey vs. Richard Pumicpic –  junior lightweight– 10 rounds

Tyrsynbay Kalakhmet vs. Joel Julio –  middleweight – 8 rounds

Where to watch it: FiteTV

Saturday, July 22 – Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, N.J.

Thomas LaManna vs. Juan Manuel Witt –  middleweight – 10 rounds

Kristian Prenga vs. Santander Sligado –  heavyweight – 10 rounds

Justin Figueroa vs. Jeff Lentz –  junior middleweight – 6 rounds

Sharahya-Taina Moreu vs. Janaisa Morandin –  women’s lightweight – 4 rounds

Saturday, July 22 – Meadows Racetrack & Casino, Washington, Pa.

Lyubomyr Pinchuk vs. Anthony Holloway –  cruiserweight – 8 rounds

Joseph Turk vs. Michael Manna –  cruiserweight – 4 rounds

Khama Worthy vs. Martin Bills III –  middleweight – 4 rounds

Steve Cunningham Jr. vs. Tyrone Albert Adams –  junior middleweight – 4 rounds

Where to watch it: BoxingTV

Tuesday, July 25 – Ariake Arena, Tokyo

Stephen Fulton vs. Naoya Inoue –  junior featherweight – 12 rounds

“The Monster” is on a search-and-destroy mission to rake in as many world titles as he can, and this assault on the 122-pound division is part of that effort. WBC/WBO titlist Fulton is not the prohibitive underdog that people think he is, and Inoue’s debut in this division will come against a very live underdog. A must-watch, just like every Inoue fight.

Robeisy Ramirez vs. Satoshi Shimizu –  featherweight – 12 rounds

Ramirez’s defense of his WBO featherweight title in Japan is a calculated risk to turn the Cuban former amateur standout into a bonafide international star. Just as it is the case with every other risk calculated by the Top Rank brass, it should work just fine.

Also on this card:

Yoshiki Takei vs. Ronnie Baldonado –  junior featherweight – 8 rounds

Taiga Imanaga vs. Hebi Marapu –  lightweight – 8 rounds

Kanamu Sakama vs. Ryu Horikawa –  junior flyweight – 8 rounds

Chihiro Iwashita vs. Hiroyuki Takahara –  featherweight – 8 rounds

Where to watch it: ESPN+

Wednesday, July 26 – Kissimmee Civic Center, Kissimmee, Fla.  

Orlando Gonzalez vs. Ramiro Cesena –  junior lightweight – 10 rounds

Mohammed Mimoune vs. Steven Galeano –  junior welterweight – 10 rounds

Where to watch it: ProBox TV

Wednesday, July 26: Sydney, Australia

Tayla Harris vs. Millicent Agboegbulen –  women’s junior middleweight – 8 rounds

An interesting main event in an all-women’s card in a country that is on the surge in the production of female fighters. Harris is overdue for a title shot and a win in this fight could put her on a path towards that goal – and beyond.

Ella Boot vs. Annie Thatcher – women’s junior welterweight – 8 rounds

Angel Rushton vs. Jaala Tomat –  women’s junior lightweight – 6 rounds

Tywarna Campbell vs. Natasha Kurene –  women’s junior lightweight – 6 rounds

Jess Messina vs. Zoe Purtorak –  women’s welterweight – 6 rounds

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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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