Ten weeks of big fights By Karl Freitag After an inconsistent start in 2014, the sport boxing finally got into full swing with last Saturday’s Pacquiao-Bradley clash, which was the first of ten consecutive Saturday nights with major televised bouts. Here’s what we have in store for the remaining nine weeks: Showtime April 19 Bernard Hopkins vs. Beibut Shumenov (IBF/WBA light heavyweight titles) Peter Quillin vs. Lukas Konecny (WBO middleweight title) Shawn Porter vs. Paulie Malignaggi (IBF welterweight) Showtime April 26 Keith Thurman vs. Julio Diaz (WBA interim welterweight title) Lucas Matthysse vs. John Molina (super lightweight) Omar Figueroa vs. Jerry Belmontes (WBC lightweight title) Network TBA April 26 Wladimir Klitschko vs. Alex Leapai (IBF/WBO/IBO/WBA heavyweight titles) PPV May 3 Floyd Mayweather vs. Marcos Maidana (WBC/WBA welterweight) Luis Collazo vs. Amir Khan (welterweight) Adrien Broner vs. Carlos Molina (super lightweight) J’Leon Love vs. Marco Antonio Periban (super middleweight) ESPN May 10 Bermane Stiverne vs. Chris Arreola (vacant WBC heavyweight title) HBO May 17 Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Mike Alvarado (super lightweight) Showtime May 24 Adonis Stevenson vs. Andrzej Fonfara (WBC light heavyweight title) HBO May 24 Bryant Jennings vs. Mike Perez (WBC heavyweight eliminator Daniel Geale vs. Matthew Macklin (middleweight) HBO May 31 Carl Froch vs. George Groves (IBF/WBA super middleweight title) HBO2 May 31 Nonito Donaire vs. Simpiwe Vetyeka (WBA featherweight title) Nicholas Walters vs. Vic Darchinyan (WBA “regular” featherweight title) Egveny Gradovich vs. Alexander Miskirtchian (IBF featherweight title) PPV June 7 Miguel Cotto vs. Sergio Martinez (WBC middleweight) HBO June 14 Ruslan Provodnikov vs. Chris Algieri (WBO super lightweight title) Demetrius Andrade vs. Brian Rose (WBO super welterweight title)
Posted on: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 08:03:15 +0000
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