Fight Night Program – Week of August 25-31
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, August 25 – Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta
Lorenzo Simpson vs. Vladimir Hernandez – middleweight – 8 rounds
Andreas Katzourakis vs. Raphael Igbokwe – middleweight – 8 rounds
Abel Gonzalez vs. Robert Magee – super middleweight – 6 rounds
Luis Acosta vs. Christian Barreto Gonzalez – lightweight – 6 rounds
Czarina McCoy vs. Carisse Brown – women’s lightweight – 6 rounds
Where to watch it: DAZN
Friday, August 25 – Centro Olímpico Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Erick Rosa vs. Orlando Pino – junior flyweight – 10 rounds
Franklyn De Paula vs. Jeifry Juan – flyweight – 10 rounds
Alfree Ramirez vs. Wanel Lara – bantamweight – 10 rounds
Carlos Beras vs. Brainer Vasquez Soli – lightweight – 8 rounds
Where to watch it: Shuan Boxing YouTube
Saturday, August 26 – Stadion Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
Oleksandr Usyk vs. Daniel Dubois – heavyweight – 12 rounds
Ring heavyweight champion Usyk has had a lot of social media interaction with other former champs, but that’s as far as he has gone. In the meantime, he will have to deal with a tricky proposition like Dubois, a man who appears to have trained very hard for this opportunity.
Also on this card:
Denys Berinchyk vs. Anthony Yigit – lightweight – 12 rounds
Hamzah Sheeraz vs. Dmytro Mytrofanov – middleweight – 12 rounds
Aadam Hamed vs. Vojtech Hrdy – junior middleweight – 4 rounds
Fedir Czerkaszyn vs. Anauel Ngamissengue – middleweight – 8 rounds
Where to watch it: ESPN+
Saturday, August 26 – Hard Rock Hotel, Tulsa, Okla.
Jared Anderson vs. Andriy Rudenko – heavyweight – 10 rounds
“Real Big Baby” Anderson is clamoring for an opportunity to put his name in the mix for a title shot, and Rudenko seems like the perfect choice to put those ambitions to the test.
Also on this card:
Efe Ajagba vs. Zhan Kossobutskiy – heavyweight – 10 rounds
Bakhodir Jalolov vs. Onoriode Ehwarieme – heavyweight – 8 rounds
Bruce Carrington vs. Angel Antonio Contreras – featherweight – 8 rounds
Nico Ali Walsh vs. Sona Akale – middleweight – 6 rounds
Abdullah Mason vs. Cesar Villarraga – lightweight – 6 rounds
Where to watch it: ESPN/ESPN Deportes/ESPN+
Saturday, August 26 – Coliseo Roberto Clemente San Juan, Puerto Rico
Oscar Collazo vs. Garen Diagan – strawweight – 12 rounds
The talented Collazo is the fastest Puerto Rican fighter to ever reach championship territory, and he will put his WBO belt on the line in this homecoming bout against a solid opponent.
Also on this card:
Juan Carlos Camacho Jr. vs. Jorge Orozco – junior bantamweight – 10 rounds
Angel Acosta vs. Carlos Buitrago, rematch – flyweight – 10 rounds
Where to watch it: DAZN
Saturday, August 26 – Commerce Casino, Commerce, Calif.
Callum Walsh vs. Juan Jose Velasco – junior middleweight – 10 rounds
Gor Yeritsyan vs. Rogelio Jun Doliguez – welterweight – 8 rounds
Adan Ochoa vs. Arnold Alejandro – junior lightweight – 8 rounds
Daniel Barrera vs. Gilberto Mendoza – flyweight – 6 rounds
Where to watch it: UFC Fight Pass
Saturday, August 26 – Suamlum Night Bazaar, Bangkok, Thailand
Nawaphon Sor Rungvisai vs. Vincent Astrolabio – bantamweight – 12 rounds
Last chance for both of these superb and battle-tested veterans to return to championship contention in this elimination bout. Should be fun for those who can find a way to watch it.
Saturday, August 26 – Bert Ogden Arena, Edinburg, Texas
Fernando Vargas Jr. vs. Luis Eduardo Florez – junior middleweight – 6 rounds
The son of the homonymous former junior middleweight titlist is slowly becoming a fan favorite, and the preordained KO win that he will probably get in this fight will move him a few inches closer to that goal.
Also on this card:
Amado Vargas vs. Colin Huntington – featherweight – 6 rounds
Angel Rodriguez vs. Nestor Armas – junior welterweight – 6 rounds
Nathan Devon Rodriguez vs. Jonas Castillo – featherweight – 6 rounds
Saturday, August 26 – Eventfinda Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand
Mea Motu vs. Ellen Simwaka – women’s junior featherweight – 10 rounds
Lani Daniels vs. Razel Mohammed – women’s heavyweight – 10 rounds
Jerome Pampellone vs. Luvuyo Sizani – light heavyweight – 10 rounds
Zain Adams vs. Enrique Magsalin – flyweight – 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.
