Boxing schedule and results 2023: When and where are the biggest fights of the year?

Joseph Parker pulled off one of the upsets of the year by beating Deontay Wilder

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2024 boxing schedule

2023 Results

21 January

Manchester, England

• Liam Smith beats Chris Eubank Jr via fourth-round stoppage (middleweight)

28 January

London, England

• Artur Beterbiev stops Anthony Yarde to retain his WBO, WBC and IBF light-heavyweight world titles (WBO, WBC, IBF light-heavyweight titles)

4 February

New York, USA

• Amanda Serrano becomes undisputed featherweight world champion beating Erika Cruz (undisputed featherweight championship)

• Alycia Baumgardner beats Elhem Mekhaled to win undisputed championship (undisputed super-featherweight championship)

11 February

London, England

• Adam Azim beats Santos Reyes by unanimous points decision (lightweight)

• Caroline Dubois stops Feriche Mashaury in third round (lightweight)

San Antonio, Texas

• O'Shaquie Foster beats Rey Vargas by unanimous points decision (WBC super-featherweight title)

18 February

Nottingham, England

• Mauricio Lara stops Leigh Wood to win world title (WBA featherweight title)

26 February

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

• Tommy Fury beats Jake Paul by split decision (cruiserweight)

• Badou Jack wins world title with 12th-round stoppage win over Ilunga Makabu (WBC cruiserweight title)

11 March

Paris, France

• Carlos Takam beats Tony Yoka by split decision (heavyweight)

• Dan Azeez stops Thomas Faure in the 12th round (EBU European light-heavyweight title)

• Lauren Price beats Naomi Mannes to win the eight-round contest

Liverpool, England

• Diego Pacheco stops Jack Cullen in fourth round (WBO international super-middleweight title)

25 March

Manchester, England

• Lawrence Okolie defends his WBO cruiserweight title with victory over David Light (WBO cruiserweight title)

Las Vegas, USA

• David Benavidez outpoints Caleb Plant in unanimous decision (super-middleweight)

California, USA

• Jose Ramirez beats Richard Commey in 11th round knockout (light-welterweight)

Telford, England

• Nathan Heaney remains unbeaten by outpointing Jack Flatley (WBA Continental middleweight title)

1 April

London, England

• Anthony Joshua beats Jermaine Franklin by unanimous points decision (heavyweight)

8 April

Texas, USA

• Jesse 'Bam' Rodriguez overcomes broken jaw to beat Cristian Gonzalez (WBO flyweight title)

• Marlon Tapales upsets Murodjon Akhmadaliev to win titles (WBA & IBF super-bantamweight titles)

Newark, USA

• Shakur Stevenson beats Shuichiro Yoshino in a sixth-round stoppage victory (lightweight)

Tokyo, Japan

• Takuma Inoue claims vacant WBA bantamweight title with victory over Liborio Solis (WBA bantamweight title)

15 April

London, England

• Zhilei Zhang defeats Joe Joyce in heavyweight upset (WBO interim heavyweight belt)

• Mikaela Mayer outpoints Lucy Wildheart in lightweight debut (WBC interim lightweight belt)

22 April

Cardiff, Wales

• Joe Cordina reclaims world title against Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov (IBF super-featherweight title)

Las Vegas, USA

• Unbeaten Gervonta Davis hands Ryan Garcia first defeat with seventh-round knockout (136lbs catchweight)

6 May

Guadalajara, Mexico

• Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez outclasses John Ryder to retain undisputed super-middleweight crown (undisputed super-middleweight championship)

Birmingham, England

• Joshua Buatsi wants all-British Anthony Yarde fight after beating Pawel Stepien (light-heavyweight)

• Lauren Price beats Kirstie Bavington in first British Female Welterweight Championship fight (inaugural female British welterweight title)

• Ben Whittaker defeats Jordan Grant by third-round knockout

13 May

California, USA

• Janibek Alimkhanuly retains WBO middleweight title by knockout out Steven Butler in two rounds (WBO middleweight title)

20 May

Dublin, Ireland

• Chantelle Cameron stuns Katie Taylor in Dublin to retain undisputed crown (undisputed light-welterweight championship)

Las Vegas, USA

• Devin Haney beats Vasiliy Lomachenko to retain undisputed lightweight world titles (undisputed lightweight championship)

27 May

Belfast, Ireland

• Luis Alberto Lopez retains world title by stopping Michael Conlan in five rounds (IBF featherweight title)

Bournemouth, England

• Chris Billam-Smith dethrones Lawrence Okolie to win WBO cruiserweight title (WBO cruiserweight title)

Manchester, England

• Leigh Wood wins WBA featherweight world title by beating Mauricio Lara (WBA featherweight title)

• Terri Harper calls out Natasha Jonas for undisputed fight after beating Ivana Habazin (WBA light-middleweight title)

3 June

Detroit, USA

• Undefeated Claressa Shields beats Marcela Cornejo in Detroit homecoming fight (undisputed middleweight championship)

10 June

New York, USA

• Josh Taylor loses world title to Teofimo Lopez in New York (WBO and The Ring light-welterweight titles)

Wembley, England

• Sunny Edwards showcases his fine boxing skills to outpoint Andres Campos (IBF flyweight title)

• Nina Hughes retains world title with a unanimous decision win over Briton Katie Healy (WBA bantamweight title)

• Ellie Scotney beats Cherneka Johnson to win the IBF super-bantamweight title (IBF super-bantamweight title)

16 June

London, England

• Frazer Clarke defeats Mariusz Wach by decision after winning all ten rounds (heavyweight)

• Caroline Dubois outpoints Yanina del Carmen Lescano in decision win (lightweight)

1 July

Manchester, England

• Savannah Marshall beats Franchon Crews-Dezurn by a majority points decision (undisputed super-middleweight championship)

• Natasha Jonas becomes two-weight world champion with eighth-round stoppage win over Kandi Wyatt (vacant IBF welterweight title)

15 July

Newcastle, England

• Josh Kelly beats Gabriel Alberto Corzo on points by unanimous decision (WBO international light-middleweight title)

Detroit, USA

• Alycia Baumgardner beats Christina Linardatou on points by unanimous decision (undisputed super-featherweight championship)

22 July

• George Kambosos earns controversial win over Briton Maxi Hughes (IBO lightweight title)

25 July

Tokyo, Japan

• Naoya Inoue becomes four-weight world champion by stopping Stephen Fulton (WBO, WBC super-bantamweight titles)

29 July

Las Vegas, USA

• Terence Crawford stops Errol Spence Jr in ninth round (undisputed welterweight championship)

Telford, England

• Liam Davis dismantles Jason Cunningham in one round (European & British bantamweight title)

12 August

London, England

• Anthony Joshua stops Robert Helenius with one-punch knockout in round seven (heavyweight)

18 August

London, England

• Dennis McCann and Ionut Baluta fight to thrilling draw (vacant WBO intercontinental super-bantamweight title)

19 August

Birmingham, England

• Galal Yafai stops Tommy Frank inside two minutes (WBC international flyweight title)

26 August

Wroclaw, Poland

• Oleksandr Usyk stops Daniel Dubois in round nine of heavyweight world title fight (WBO, IBF, WBA (Super) and Ring magazine heavyweight titles)

2 September

Manchester, England

• Chris Eubank Jr secures revenge over Liam Smith (middleweight)

23 September

London, England

• Zhilei Zhang sensationally stops Joe Joyce in round three (WBO interim heavyweight title)

Orlando, USA

• Jessica McCaskill v Sandy Ryan ends in a draw (WBO, WBA & WBC welterweight titles)

30 September

Wembley, England

• Jai Opetaia stops Jordan Thompson in four rounds (IBF cruiserweight title)

• Ellie Scotney retains world title with hard-fought win (IBF super-bantamweight title)

London, England

• Caroline Dubois beats Magali Rodriguez on points (IBO lightweight title)

Las Vegas, USA

• Canelo Alvarez beats Jermell Charlo on points (undisputed super-middleweight title)

7 October

Sheffield, England

• Leigh Wood stops Josh Warrington in epic comeback (WBA featherweight title)

• Terri Harper and Cecilia Braekhus fight to majority draw (WBA & WBO light middleweight titles)

21 October

London, England

• Isaac Chamberlain outsmarts Mikael Lawal to become British cruiserweight champion (British cruiserweight title)

Liverpool, England

• Jack Catterall coasts to points win over Jorge Linares (light-welterweight)

27 October

Orlando, Florida

• Amanda Serrano retains titles against Danila Ramos in historic contest (WBO, WBA and IBF featherweight title)

28 October

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

• Tyson Fury survives knockdown in controversial win over Francis Ngannou (non-title heavyweight bout)

4 November

Monte Carlo, Monaco

• Joe Cordina retains title with majority decision win over Edward Vazquez (IBF super-featherweight title)

2022 results

16 November

Las Vegas, USA

• Shakur Stevenson claims third world title in Las Vegas (vacant WBC lightweight title)

18 November

Manchester, England

• Hannah Rankin beaten by Ema Kozin in split decision (vacant WBC light-middleweight title)

• Nathan Heaney upsets Denzel Bentley on points (British & WBA Continental middleweight titles)

• Nick Ball brilliant in win over Isaac Dogboe (final eliminator for WBC featherweight title)

Wolverhampton, England

• Adam Azim stops champion Franck Petitjean (European light-welterweight title)

25 November

Dublin, Ireland

• Katie Taylor defeats Chantelle Cameron via majority decision (undisputed light-welterweight title)

Las Vegas, USA

• David Benavidez defeats Demetrius Andrade by six round TKO (super-middleweight)

2 December

Belfast, Northern Ireland

• Jordan Gill defeats Michael Conlan by seventh round TKO (featherweight)

USA

• Ryan Garcia defeats Oscar Duarte via eighth-round knockout (light-welterweight)

10 December

Bournemouth, England

• Chris Billam-Smith beats Mateusz Masternak to defend title (WBO cruiserweight title)

16 December

• Jesse Rodriguez becomes unified flyweight champion by beating Sunny Edwards (WBO & IBF flyweight titles)

23 December

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

• Anthony Joshua beats Otto Wallin via corner stoppage (heavyweight)

• Deontay Wilder suffers defeat to Joseph Parker (heavyweight)

• Daniel Dubois stops Jarrell Miller in final seconds (heavyweight)

• Dmitry Bivol v Lyndon Arthur (WBA light-heavyweight title)

• Jai Opetaia v Ellis Zorro (cruiserweight)

26 December

Tokyo, Japan

• Naoya Inoue beats Marlon Tapales to become two-weight undisputed champion (undisputed bantamweight championship)