Fight Night Program – Week of Sept. 1-6
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, September 1 – Bolton Whites Hotel, Bolton, England
Lyndon Arthur vs. Braian Suarez – light heavyweight – 12 rounds
Argentina’s Suarez was supposed to take on Arthur back in March in Bolton, and made it all the way to the weigh-in when a diagnosis of sinusitis came in at the last minute and forced him to scratch his plans. He came in a little over half a pound above the divisional limit for the light heavyweight division, but the fight will go on nonetheless.
Also on this card:
Samuel Antwi vs. Mason Cartwright – junior middleweight – 12 rounds
Codie Smith vs. Eliecer Quezada – featherweight – 8 rounds
Ben Marksby vs. Jordan Ellison – junior welterweight – 6 rounds
Ashley Marron vs. Petar Aleksandrov – junior middleweight – 4 rounds
Friday, September 1 – Graakjaer Arena, Holstebro, Denmark
Dina Thorslund vs. Yuliahn Luna – women’s bantamweight – 10 rounds
The lower weight divisions is where the best boxing can be found. And it is also true for women’s boxing. This dream matchup will produce the inaugural Ring magazine bantamweight champion, and a truly deserving one she will be. Don’t miss it if you can.
Also on this card:
Hebert Conceicao Sousa vs. Robert Talarek – super middleweight – 8 rounds
Jacob Bank vs. Almir Skrijelj – super middleweights – 8 rounds
Payman Akbari vs. Pietro Caputo – lightweight – 6 rounds
Steven Cairns vs. Marian Wesolowski – junior welterweight – 6 rounds
Where to watch it: FiteTV
Friday, September 1 – Metro City, Northbridge, Australia
Jordan Laruccia vs. Fano Kori – junior middleweight – 8 rounds
Kazeem Soyoye vs. Rivo Kundimang – lightweight – 8 rounds
Saturday, September 2 – Manchester Arena, Manchester, UK
Liam Smith vs. Chris Eubank Jr. – middleweight – 12 rounds
Smith scored the mild upset in the first fight, and the bad blood has been growing between these two in what is already shaping up as a grudge match with trilogy potential. Should be fun to watch how it develops.
Also on this card:
Mark Heffron vs. Jack Cullen – super middleweight – 12 rounds
Adam Azim vs. Aram Faniian – junior welterweight – 10 rounds
Frazer Clarke vs. Dave Allen – heavyweight – 10 rounds
Mikaela Mayer vs. Silvia Bortot – women’s junior welterweight – 10 rounds
Florian Marku vs. Dylan Moran – welterweight – 10 rounds
Where to watch it: ESPN+
Saturday, September 2- Coliseo Mario Morales, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Juan Zayas vs. Eric Pabon – bantamweight – 8 rounds
Stephanie Pineiro vs. Miranda Barber – women’s junior middleweight – 8 rounds
Samuel Figueroa vs. Carlos Garcia – middleweight – 8 rounds
Edgardo Rolon vs. Alfredo Cruz – featherweight – 6 rounds
Where to watch it: FiteTV
Saturday, September 2 – Emperor’s Palace, Kempton Park, South Africa
Ricardo Malajika vs. Kevin Muñoz – junior bantamweight – 12 rounds
Shervantaigh Koopman vs. Brandon Thysse – junior middleweight – 12 rounds
Roarke Knapp vs. Przemyslaw Zysk – junior middleweight – 10 rounds
Wednesday, September 6 – Whitesands Events Center, Plant City, Fla.
Radivoje Kalajdzic vs. Mickey Ellison – light heavyweight – 10 rounds
‘Hot Rod’ Kalajdzic, a former world title challenger born in Belgrade, returns to action against England’s Mickey Ellison in the light heavyweight division as he tries to regain his best form and challenge for a belt down the road.
Also on this card:
William Foster III vs. Misael Lopez – junior lightweight – 10 rounds
Jonas Sultan vs. Frank Gonzalez – junior featherweight – 8 rounds
Dominic Valle vs. Damian Alcala – junior lightweight – 6 rounds
Where to watch it: ProBoxTV
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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.