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 9 – Restaurante Arroyo, Mexico City

Angel Ayala vs. Dave Apolinario – flyweight – 12 rounds

Argi Cortes vs. Salvador Juarez – junior bantamweight – 10 rounds

Angel Alvarado Soto vs. Jose Angel Perez Diaz – flyweight – 8 rounds

Silvia Torres vs. Arlenn Sanchez – women’s strawweight – 8 rounds

Where to watch it: ESPN+

Friday, August 9 – Polar Park, Worcester, Mass.

Josniel Castro vs. Jerry Bradford – junior middleweight – 8 rounds

Maureen Shea vs. Beata Dudek – female junior featherweight – 8 rounds

Kevin Nagle vs. Jose Humberto Corral – heavyweight – 8 rounds

Keno Luna vs. Izaiah Vargas – junior middleweight – 4 rounds

Saturday, August 10 – Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas  

Serhii Bohachuk vs. Vergil Ortiz Jr. – junior middleweight – 12 rounds

Two knockout artists with something to prove? You can hardly come up with a better recipe for a boxing match. High stakes, terrific KO percentages, it’s all there. Bohachuk has been down before, but Ortiz still rides a perfect 100% KO ratio and he’ll do everything in his power to keep it that way. Hold on to your hats, this one has KOTY written all over it.

Also on this card:

Gabriela Fundora vs. Daniela Asenjo – women’s flyweight – 10 rounds

Cecilia Braekhus vs. Mariclea Cornejo – women’s junior middleweight – 10 rounds

Charles Conwell vs. Khiary Gray – junior middleweight – 10 rounds

Kenneth Sims Jr. vs. Jair Valtierra – junior welterweight – 10 rounds

Eric Priest vs. Luka Lozo – middleweight – 10 rounds

Joel Iriarte vs. Miguel Ortiz – welterweight – 6 rounds

Where to watch it: DAZN

Saturday, August 10 – Tingley Coliseum, Albuquerque, N.M.

Luis Alberto Lopez vs. Angelo Leo – featherweight – 12 rounds

“Venado” Lopez is one of the most entertaining fighters out there, and Leo has the chops to keep him honest and on his toes. A hard-fought defense of the IBF belt for the Mexican brawler, or a mild upset for the local kid? We’ll definitely be watching.

Also on this card:

Lindolfo Delgado vs. Bryan Flores – junior welterweight – 10 rounds

Vito Mielnicki Jr. vs. Laszlo Toth – junior middleweight – 10 rounds

Arnold Khegai vs. Belmar Preciado – featherweight – 10 rounds

Alan Garcia vs. Maickol Lopez – lightweight – 8 rounds

Matthew Griego vs. Gilberto Mendoza – flyweight – 8 rounds

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

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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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