With the exception of Oct 14 & Dec 23, Matchroom has a boxing event every weekend until the end of the year. Top Rank boxing dates for the rest of the year 10/14/23 11/16/23 PBC/TGB boxing dates for the rest of the year 9/30/23 For Boxing fans, we want boxing. Those two promotions schedule are anemic. I didn't list other boxing promotions because no other promotion can mess with the BIG 3.
September 23: Richardson Hitchins vs Jose Zepeda September 30: Jai Opetaia vs Jordan Thompson October 7: Leigh Wood vs Josh Warrington October 21: Jack Catterall vs Jorge Linares October 28: O’Shaquie Foster vs Rocky Hernandez November 4: Joe Cordina vs Edward Vazquez November 11: Pat McCormack in Newcastle November 18: Diego Pacheco vs Marcelo Esteban Coceres November 25: Chantelle Cameron vs Katie Taylor II December 2: UK show featuring Billy Joe Saunders December 9: Regis Prograis vs Devin Haney December 16: Jesse Rodriguez vs Sunny Edwards Matchroom are on fire. They could add Chris Eubank Jr vs Conor Benn on December 23 and maybe Anthony Joshua in December 2 too. Matchroom are undoubtedly the #1 promoter globally. No other promotional company comes close. They have just signed a deal to stage 3 events in Japan a year as well. Meanwhile PBC are putting David Benavidez vs Demetrius Andrade on PPV and are without a broadcaster… Look at Matchroom’s shows on November 25, December 2, and December 9. What a triple-header. We haven’t even talked about their undercard fights too. If you combine this with Gilberto Ramirez vs Joe Smith Jr, Ryan Garcia vs Pedro Campa, and KSI vs Tommy Fury, DAZN is easily the #1 boxing broadcaster. I have heard that Matchroom and Golden Boy will do a co-promotion to stage Jamie Munguia vs John Ryder in January too. DAZN and Matchroom are on fire.
Matchroom: September 23: Richardson Hitchins vs Jose Zepeda September 30: Jai Opetaia vs Jordan Thompson October 7: Leigh Wood vs Josh Warrington October 21: Jack Catterall vs Jorge Linares October 28: O’Shaquie Foster vs Rocky Hernandez November 4: Joe Cordina vs Edward Vazquez November 11: Pat McCormack in Newcastle November 18: Diego Pacheco vs Marcelo Esteban Coceres November 25: Chantelle Cameron vs Katie Taylor II December 2: UK show featuring Billy Joe Saunders December 9: Regis Prograis vs Devin Haney December 16: Jesse Rodriguez vs Sunny Edwards Maybe Anthony Joshua on December 2 and could be Chris Eubank Jr vs Conor Benn on December 23. Will start January with a bang with a co-promotion with Golden Boy headlined by Jamie Munguia vs John Ryder. Boxxer: September 30: Caroline Dubois vs Magali Rodriguez October 21: Joshua Buatsi vs Dan Azeez November 18: Adam Azim vs Franck Petitjean Maybe Rhiakporhe vs Goumalirian andBillam-Smith vs Okolie / Masternak to add? Queensberry: September 23: Zhilei Zhang vs Joe Joyce II October 5: Masood Abdullah vs Marc Leach October 28: Tyson Fury vs Francis Ngannou November 18: Nick Ball vs Isaac Dogboe Probably one more card for them inDecember. It will feature Gavin Gwynne but unsure who headlines? Maybe Hamzah Sheeraz and they finally announce Sheeraz vs Bentley for 2024? Fabio Wardley vs David Adeleye good undercard fight even though no British title on the line. A few mismatches though like Denzel Bentley vs Nathan Heaney and Anthony Cacace vs Ryan Garner, plus Ekkow Essuman and Nathaniel Collins fighting journeymen instead of defending their British and Commonwealth Titles. Top Rank: October 14: Zhanibek Alimkhanuky vs Vincenzo Gualtieri November 16: Shakur Stevenson vs Edwin De Los Santos Emmanuel Navarette vs Robson Conceniao is on the Stevenson undercard. Nothing much else I can think of until Arthur Beterbiev vs Callum Smith next year. PBC: September 30: Saul Alvarez vs Jermell Charlo Will add yet another PPV in David Benavidez vs Demetrius Andrade in November. Golden Boy: October 7: Gilberto Ramirez vs Joe Smith Jr October 21: Alexis Rocha vs Giovanni Santillan Ryan Garcia vs Pedro Campa likely to land in November. Will start off with a bang in January with Jamie Munguia vs John Ryder co-promoting with Matchroom.
Matchroom: September 23: Richardson Hitchins vs Jose Zepeda September 30: Jai Opetaia vs Jordan Thompson October 7: Leigh Wood vs Josh Warrington October 21: Jack Catterall vs Jorge Linares October 28: O’Shaquie Foster vs Rocky Hernandez November 4: Joe Cordina vs Edward Vazquez November 11: Pat McCormack vs Peter Dobson November 18: Diego Pacheco vs Marcelo Esteban Coceres November 25: Chantelle Cameron vs Katie Taylor II December 2: Michael Conlan vs Jordan Gill December 9: Regis Prograis vs Devin Haney December 16: Jesse Rodriguez vs Sunny Edwards October 14 is Tommy Fury vs KSI on DAZN which is why they have no event. They may do Eubank Jr vs Benn in the UAE on December 23 but I think that's unlikely. Normally PBC and Top Rank release their schedule very early and earlier than Matchroom. To be fair Top Rank have some good fights planned like Navarette vs Conceiano, Inoue vs Tapales, and also Beterbiev vs Callum Smith next year. PBC are a waste of time. Benavidez vs Andrade will be PPV.
There's a lot you can say about Matchroom/DAZN, the production quality leaves a lot to be desired and in general the commentary is pretty middling, but they at least are putting in the effort to bring a consistent stream of boxing. Are the events always good? No, but it's better than nothing. At least they're bringing us something. I'm hoping when/if PBC signs with Amazon or whoever they start getting a little more consistent too. Probably a big pipe dream, but it'd be nice to have more than just one place putting real effort into frequently putting on boxing cards.