Joe Joyce has it all to do on Saturday to stay in a position to challenge for the WBO heavyweight belt when he defends his interim strap this weekend.
The interim belt holder will have to hold off Zhilei Zhang to stay in pole position for a mandatory title fight against current unified champion Oleksandr Usyk.
Then on Sunday, Ginjiro Shigeoka faces off against Rene Mark Cuarto in Tokyo, with the vacant IBF interim strawweight title on the line.
April 13: Costa Mesa, Calif. (FITE)
- Tervel Pulev vs. Joel Shojgreen, 8 rounds, cruiserweights
- Ricardo Sonny Robledo vs. Tyrrell Washington, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
- Michael Meyers vs. Mario Aguirre, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
- Adrian Trujillo vs. Sabino Sanchez, 4 rounds, junior welerweights
You can watch Tervel Pulev vs. Joel Shojgreen live on FITE TV. Click here for more details.
April 14: Panama City, Panama (ESPN+)
- Rene Santiago vs. Carlos Ortega, 10 rounds, junior flyweights
- Derrieck Cuevas vs. Damian Rodriguez, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
- Yunior Menendez vs. Juan Carlos Chavarria, 8 rounds, light heavyweights
- Gerardo Sanchez vs. Angel Diaz Pacheco, 8 rounds, junior flyweights
- Luis Rodriguez Fernandez vs Roger Guerrero, 10 rounds, super middleweights
- Orlando Martinez vs. Richard Trejos, 4 rounds, lightweights
- Carlos Rodriguez vs. Salvador Lemus, 6 rounds, junior bantamweights
You can watch Rene Santiago vs. Carlos Ortega live on on ESPN+ in the US. Click here for more details.
April 14: Commerce, Calif. (UFC Fight Pass)
- Omar Cande Trinidad vs. Adan Ochoa, 8 rounds, featherweights
- Umar Dzambekov vs. Nathan Davis Sharp, 6 rounds, light heavyweights
- Gabriel Silva vs. TBA, 4 rounds, middleweights
- Arnold Gonzalez vs. TBA, 8 rounds, welterweights
- Osvaldo Lopez vs. Jose Manuel Gomez, 6 rounds, welterweights
- Steven von Euw vs. Monray Marable, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
- Gloria Munguilla vs. Nikkia Williams, 4 rounds, female flyweights
- David Romero vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
April 14: Santa Marinella, Italy
- Vincenzo Picardi vs. Mike Esteves, 12 rounds, bantamweights
- Giovanni Rossetti vs. Luca Chiancone, 10 rounds, middleweights
April 14: Essington, Pa.
- Junior Wright vs. Brian Howard, 6 rounds, heavyweights
- Mark Dawson Jr. vs. Jose Mayoral, 6 rounds, welterweights
- Angel Perez vs. Kieron Hooks, 6 rounds, welterweights
- Rasheen Brown vs. Eric Manriquez, 6 rounds, featherweights
- Antonio Dubose vs. Phillip Davis, 4 rounds, lightweights
- Marvelous Corbin vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
- Edwin Cortes vs. TBA, 4 rounds, bantamweights
- Nimal Farmer vs.TBA, 4 rounds, welterweights
April 14: Philadelphia
- Feargal McCrory vs. Eduardo Pereira Dos Reis, 6 rounds, lightweights
- Gian Garrido vs. TBA, 4 rounds, middleweights
- Naheem Parker vs. TBA, 6 rounds, lightweights
- James White vs. Wilfiried Aby, 4 rounds, light heavyweights
- Seeng Voong vs. Miguel Garcia, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
- Juan Davila vs. Tony Johnson, 4 rounds, lightweights
- Rahiem Davis Cooke vs. Genesis Wynn, 4 rounds, welterweights
- Thomas Santiago vs. TBA, 4 rounds, super middleweights
- Jamar Lynch vs. Allen Otto, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
- Daniel Bean vs. Donald Hoskins II, 4 rounds, heavyweights
- Leonidas Soprandis vs. Adrian Lescay, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
April 15: London (ESPN+)
- Joe Joyce vs. Zhilei Zhang, 12 rounds, for Joyce’s WBO interim heavyweight title
- Mikaela Mayer vs. Christina Linardatou, 10 rounds, female lightweights
- Denzel Bentley vs. Kieran Smith, 12 rounds, for Bentley’s British middleweight title
- Sam Noakes vs. Karthik Sathish Kumar, 12 rounds, for Noakes’ Commonwealth lightweight title
- Eithan James vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
- Moses Itauma vs. Kostiantyn Dovbyshchenko, 6 rounds, heavyweights
- Sonny Liston Ali vs. Richard Helm, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
- Joel Kodua vs. Seamus Devlin, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
- Seth Gyimah vs. Darryl Sharp, 4 rounds, light heavyweights
You can watch Joe Joyce vs. Zhang Zhilei live on ESPN+ in the US. Click here for more details
April 15: Torrelavega, Spain
- Sergio Garcia vs. Ricardo Sebastian Cabana, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
- Oscar Ahlin vs. Vicente Martin Rodriguez, 8 rounds, light heavyweights
April 16: Tokyo
- Ginjiro Shigeoka vs. Rene Mark Cuarto, 12 rounds, for vacant IBF interim strawweight title