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Boxing schedule

Mikaela Mayer, Shakur Stevenson and Ryan Garcia. ESPN

Want to know what fights are on the horizon? Check out the boxing schedule for 2023.

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DECEMBER | JANUARY | FEBRUARY


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Key dates:

  • Dec. 23: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- Anthony Joshua vs. Otto Wallin, 12 rounds, heavyweights and Deontay Wilder vs. Joseph Parker, 12 rounds, heavyweights

  • Dec. 26: Tokyo (ESPN+) -- Title fight: Naoya Inoue vs. Marlon Tapales, 12 rounds, for Inoue's WBC and WBO junior featherweight titles and Tapales' IBF and WBA junior featherweight titles

  • Jan. 13: Quebec City, Canada (ESPN/ESPN+) -- Title fight: Artur Beterbiev vs. Callum Smith, 12 rounds, for Beterbiev's WBC, WBO and IBF light heavyweight titles

  • Feb. 17: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- Title fight: Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk, 12 rounds, for the undisputed heavyweight championship


Full schedule:

DECEMBER

Dec. 23: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

  • Anthony Joshua vs. Otto Wallin, 12 rounds, heavyweights

  • Deontay Wilder vs. Joseph Parker, 12 rounds, heavyweights

  • Daniel Dubois vs. Jarrell Miller, 10 rounds, heavyweights

  • Title fight: Dmitry Bivol vs. Lyndon Arthur, 12 rounds, for Bivol's WBA light heavyweight title

  • Arslanbek Makhmudov vs. Agit Kabayel, 8 rounds, heavyweights

  • Jai Opetaia vs. Ellis Zorro, 12 rounds, cruiserweights

  • Filip Hrgovic vs. Mark De Mori, 12 rounds, heavyweights

  • Frank Sanchez vs. Junior Fa, 10 rounds, heavyweights

Dec. 26: Tokyo (ESPN+)

  • Title fight: Naoya Inoue vs. Marlon Tapales, 12 rounds, for Inoue's WBC and WBO junior featherweight titles and Tapales' IBF and WBA junior featherweight titles

  • Seiya Tsutsumi vs. Kazuki Anaguchi, 10 rounds, bantamweights

  • Kanamu Sakama vs. John Paul Gabunilas, 8 rounds, flyweights

  • Yoshiki Takei vs. Mario Diaz Maldonado, 8 rounds, junior featherweights

  • Andy Hiraoka vs. Sebastian Diaz Maldonado, 8 rounds, junior welterweights

  • Suguru Ishikawa vs. Fuga Uematsu, 4 rounds, featherweights

  • Rikiya Sato vs. Keisuke Endo, 4 rounds, junior lightweights


JANUARY

Jan. 6: Las Vegas (DAZN)

  • Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Fredrick Lawson, 12 rounds, junior middleweights

  • Ohara Davies vs. Ismael Barroso, 12 rounds, for the vacant WBA interim junior welterweights title

  • Arnold Barbosa Jr. vs. TBA, 10 rounds, junior welterweights

  • Sergiy Derevyanchenko vs. TBA, 10 rounds, super middleweights

Jan. 13: Quebec City, Canada (ESPN/ESPN+)

  • Title fight: Artur Beterbiev vs. Callum Smith, 12 rounds, for Beterbiev's WBC, WBO and IBF light heavyweight titles

  • Title fight: Jason Moloney vs. Saul Sanchez, 12 rounds, for Moloney's WBO bantamweight title

  • Christian Mbilli vs. Rohan Murdock, 12 rounds, super middleweights

Jan. 20: Liverpool (ESPN+)

  • Title fight: Natasha Jonas vs. Mikaela Mayer, 10 rounds, for Jonas' IBF women's welterweight title

  • Jack Cullen vs. Zak Chelli, 12 rounds, super middleweights

Jan. 27: Phoenix, Arizona (DAZN)

  • Jaime Munguia vs. John Ryder, 12 rounds, super middleweights


FEBRUARY

Feb. 8: Las Vegas (ESPN/ESPN+)

  • Title fight: Teofimo Lopez Jr. vs. Jamaine Ortiz, for Lopez's WBO junior welterweight title

  • Keyshawn Davis vs. Jose Pedraza, 10 rounds, lightweights

Feb. 16: New York (ESPN/ESPN+)

  • Title fight: O'Shaquie Foster vs. Abraham Nova, 12 rounds, for Foster's WBC junior lightweight title

Feb. 17: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

  • Title fight: Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk, for Fury's WBC heavyweight title and Usyk's WBO, WBA and IBF heavyweight titles