Thursday, February 19th
Millions.Co, 7:00 pm ET, Champions Against Domestic Violence. From Altamonte Springs, Florida. A $19.99 PPV stream from Christy Martin Promotions. Tony Aguilar headlines in an eight-rounder. Vaughn Alexander, 1-11-1 since December of 2023, appears in support.
Friday, February 20th
YouTube, 5:30 pm ET, Night of Champions XIV. A BoxLab show from Orlando, Florida. Dainier Pero and Alex Bray are the spotlight fighters. Pero fights 43 year old Donald “Mr. JBT” Haynesworth, who you may recall from losing efforts against Bryant Jennings, Zheilil Zhang, Guido Vianello, and Richard Torrez.
ESPN+, 8:00 pm ET, Nicolas Jara vs Lorenzo Gerez. From “Argentina,” with no further detail available about the venue. But, Argentina is barely over a million square miles, smaller than Alaska plus two Texases. So, it shouldn’t take long to find if you just drive around a bit and ask after it. Spanish language broadcast shows on ESPN+, and the English stream usually pops up later in situations like this.
Saturday, February 21st
DAZN, 1:00 pm ET, Dream Boxing. From Riga, Latvia. Main event sees Milans Volkovs fight Christian Fabian Luis for a lesser IBF cruiserweight title.
DAZN, 2:00 pm ET, Leigh Wood vs Josh Warrington 2. From Nottingham, England. A rematch of their 2023 tilt which saw Wood reverse seven rounds of abuse with a magnificent hook that ended the fight. Since then, they’ve had just three combined fights, two of those coming in the form of a loss to Anthony Cacace by each man. Warrington also has a win over Asad Asif Khan, but otherwise these fellows are just as we left them two and a half years ago. The optimist in me says even if they’re clearly below their peaks, not every fight needs to be world class if it’s well-matched and in front of a crowd that can elevate it. The pessimist in me remembers the last time we saw Josh Warrington try to avenge a shock KO upset in a fight I was covering for the site. Lower on the card, Ishmael Davis defends a pair of domestic titles against Bilal Fawaz, and Sandy Ryan fights for a vacant WBC super lightweight belt against 12-10-2 (4 KO) Karla Zamora. Prelims start at 12:30 pm ET, if all that isn’t enough for you. BLH will have live updates
Millions.Co, 3:00 pm ET, Iliad in LA: USC vs UCLA. From Los Angeles, California. $14.99 gets you access to an amateur college boxing showcase hosted by USC. Poster implies fighters will be represented from USC, UCLA, Stanford, Santa Clara, Washington, UC-Riverside, and El Camino College.
DAZN PPV, 5:45 pm ET, Mario Barrios vs Ryan Garcia. From Las Vegas, Nevada, for Barrios’s WBC welterweight title. Garcia looked lousy in a loss to Rolly Romero his last time out in May. That came after a one year suspension for a failed drug test that turned his win over Devin Haney into a no contest. Barrios enters off consecutive draws to Abel Ramos and 46 year old Manny Pacquiao. $69.99 American to feast your eyes on this white-hot matchup! Support fights include Gary Antuanne Russell defending his WBA super lightweight belt against Andy Hiraoka and Richardson Hitchins defending his IBF super lightweight belt against Oscar Duarte. Plus, Frank Martin and Bek “The Bully” Melikuziev. BLH will have live updates
Sunday, February 22nd
DAZN, 8:00 pm ET, Claressa Shields vs Franchon Crews-Dezurn. From Detroit, Michigan, for every major sanctioning body’s (and the WBF, but not the IBO!) heavyweight title, all currently held by Shields. A rematch nearly a decade in the making! Both women launched their pro careers in November of 2016 in a four-rounder that Shields won by decision. Both have gone on to win titles at multiple weights up and down the rankings. Now, with little left for either to do or try, they’ll run it back. Shields is still considered the top P4P female fighter and one of the greatest in the history of the sport. FCD is almost certainly a future hall-of-famer, but fell to #2 in the rankings of fighters to lose hair mid-fight after Jarrell Miller’s viral moment a few weeks ago. BLH will have live updates
