On July 13 in London, Joe Joyce (9-0, 9 KOs) will hold his next professional bout. 33-year-old Englishman may face the former heavyweight title contender Bryant Jennings (24-3, 14 KOs).
On June 1 on the boxing evening from DAZN at Madison Square Garden arena in New York WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (22-0, 21 KOs) will meet Andy Ruiz Jr. (32-1 21 KOs). This June performance will professional debut of the British in the United States. Since early May, Joshua prepared for this duel in Miami.
The undefeated Artem Dalakian (18-0, 13 KOs) of Ukraine on June 15 in Kiev will have a mandatory defense of his WBA flyweight title. Dalakian opponent will be Sarawut Thawornkham (20-1, 15 KOs) of Thailand. The bout will take place at the arena of convention and exhibition center «Parkovy», where a year ago Dalakian stopped another Thai Sirichai Thaiyen.
On July 13 Diego De La Hoya (21-0, 10 KOs) will returns to the ring in Carson, California. 24-year-old Mexican will face a former super bantamweight title contender Ronny Rios (30-3, 14 KOs). WBA interim title will be at the stake in the meeting.
Top Rank is close to signing a contract with two-time Olympic champion Robeisy Ramírez. It is expected that the 25-year-old Cuban will debut as a pro this summer.
According to Mike Coppinger of The Ring magazine, unbeaten Polish heavyweight Adam Kownacki (19-0, 15 KOs) will fight next on August 3 at the Barclays Center arena in Brooklyn, New York against former world title challenger Chris Arreola (38 -5-1, 33 KOs). This fight will be the main event of the evening on FOX.
Unification bout between IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence, Jr. (25-0, 21 KOs) and WBC belt holder Shawn Porter (30-2-1, 17 KOs) will take place in autumn. Previously, information appeared that the fight is scheduled for August 3. Fight should be held in New York.
On June 1 in New York, WBA super middleweight champion Callum Smith (25-0, 18 KOs) will defend his title in a fight against Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam (37-3, 21 KOs). N'Dam is currently holds the silver WBC belt he won in the fight with Martin Murray.
On July 20 the battle between the only one in the history of boxing world champion in eight weight categories Manny Pacquiao and Keith Thurman will take place. The bout will be the main event of the evening of boxing in Las Vegas. The event will be shown in the United States in the system of Pay-Per-View on FOX. Both fighters hold different versions of champion WBA belt. Thurman is a super champion and Pacquiao is a regular champion. Today, the future opponents met on the debut press conference.
In the Episode 34 of The Last Round Podcast Danny Z and Michael "Shep" Shepherd reviewed Saturday’s fights of Deontay Wilder vs Dominic Breazeale, Gary Russell Jr vs Kiko Martinez, Josh Taylor vs Ivan Baranchyk, Naoya Inoue vs Emmanuel Rodriguez, Billy Joe Saunders vs Shefat Isufi, Joe Joyce vs Alexander Ustinov and previewed this week fights.
