Fight Night Program – Week of April 12-17
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, April 12 – York Hall, London
Charlie Edwards vs. Georges Ory – bantamweight – 10 rounds
Former flyweight titlist Edwards is making a big bet with his two-division jump already in progress, and he will face a stern test in Ory on his way to a possible title shot later this year.
Also on this card:
Kingsley Egbunike vs. Jordan Dujon – junior middleweight – 10 rounds
Oliver Zaren vs. John Harding Jr. – super middleweight – 8 rounds
Elliot Whale vs. Joseba Diaz – welterweight – 6 rounds
Robert Lloyd-Taylor vs. Denis Hnidek – junior welterweight – 6 rounds
Where to watch it: Channel 5 (UK)
Saturday, April 13 – American Bank Center, Corpus Christi, Texas
Jared Anderson vs. Ryad Merhy – heavyweight – 10 rounds
The unbeaten Anderson is already under pressure to step up his level of opposition, and former cruiser contender Mehry will travel from Belgium to see whether he’s the one who will prove Anderson’s critics right.
Also on this card:
Efe Ajagba vs. Guido Vianello – heavyweight – 10 rounds
Ruben Villa vs. Cristian Cruz Chacon – featherweight – 10 rounds
Robson Conceicao vs. Jose Guardado – junior lightweight – 8 rounds
Charly Suarez vs. Luis Coria – junior lightweight – 8 rounds
Abdullah Mason vs. Ronal Ron – lightweight – 8 rounds
Where to watch it: ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN+
Saturday, April 13 – Manchester Arena, Manchester, England
Jordan Gill vs. Zelfa Barrett – junior lightweight – 12 rounds
With both riding a winning streak and looking forward to turn that into title bout opportunities, Gill and Barrett face off in a high-stakes clash that will propel the winner to new heights and give him the momentum to seek a belt against the division’s best.
Ellie Scotney vs. Segolene Lefebvre – women’s junior featherweight – 10 rounds
A boxer vs. technician clash that will crown the division’s inaugural Ring magazine champion, this fight could be the crowning achievement for its winner. ‘Majestic’ Lefebvre is the slight favorite but Scotney will have the crowd on her side.
Also on this card:
Rhiannon Dixon vs. Karen Elizabeth Carabajal – lightweight – 10 rounds
Michael Gomez Jr. vs. Kane Baker – junior lightweight – 10 rounds
Jordan Flynn vs. Tampela Maharusi – lightweight – 8 rounds
Brandon Scott vs. Rodrigo Matias – featherweight – 6 rounds
Jimmy Sains vs. Mateusz Kalecki – middleweight – 6 rounds
Where to watch it: DAZN
Saturday, April 13 – Agon Sportpark, Berlin, Germany
Thomas Piccirillo vs. Alexander Pavlov – middleweight – 12 rounds
Granit Shala vs. Oleksandr Zakhozhyi – heavyweight – 12 rounds
Vincenzo Gualtieri vs. Joshua Nmomah – middleweight – 8 rounds
Lelito Lopez vs. Mohammed Graich – middleweight – 6 rounds
Saturday, April 13 – Allianz Cloud, Milan, Italy
Goran Babic vs. Jonathan Kogassi – cruiserweight – 10 rounds
Dario Morello vs. Luca Chiancone – middleweight – 10 rounds
Saturday, April 13 – Quality Hotel, Malmo, Sweden
Oscar Ahlin vs. Michal Ryba – light heavyweight – 10 rounds
Marianne Ahlborg vs. Ester Konecna – women’s junior middleweight – 6 rounds
Sunday, April 14 – Humo Arena, Taskhkent, Uzbekistan
Bakhodir Jalolov vs. Agron Smakici – heavyweight – 10 rounds
The unbeaten Jalolov, a former Olympic medalist, gets a homecoming bout in what is billed as an IBA Boxing Night, a controversial pro boxing card between fighters that still qualify as Olympic hopefuls according to the embattled former amateur boxing governing body.
Also on this card:
Hasanboy Dusmatov vs. Samuel Carmona – flyweight – 10 rounds
Michael Hunter vs. Artem Suslenkov – cruiserweight – 10 rounds
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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.