With just over a month to go until 2023, the first half of the boxing calendar has begun to take shape. While the schedule fills up, some of the most anticipated fights in the sport have yet to take place, including a potential big-money showdown between Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Ryan Garcia.
In November, Davis announced that he and Ryan Garcia had agreed on a deal to fight in 2023, and Davis only had to contact Hector Luis Garcia on January 7 for the fight to take place. He did just that, enduring a tough early test before scoring with a knockout, securing arguably the biggest fight in boxing in terms of public attention. Now the fight at the negotiating table must be completed before the fighters can enter the ring.
One highly anticipated fight will take place on February 26, when Jake Paul and Tommy Fury will hopefully enter the boxing ring in Saudi Arabia. Paul and Fury have twice been going to fight, and both times Fury was forced to refuse. Now that the date and location have been set for the third time, it looks like the fight will finally take place.
The schedule has also improved significantly with the recent announcement that Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano will have a rematch on May 20 in Dublin, once again fighting for Taylor’s undisputed lightweight championship. Their first meeting was billed as the fight of the year in front of a wild crowd at Madison Square Garden, making it the biggest and arguably most important fight in women’s boxing history.
Below is the current list of major boxing events for 2023.
Note: This will be constantly updated with changes and additions.
| date | Location | Main event | Weight category/title | Net |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 February | Saint Anthony | Rey Vargas vs. O’Shaky Foster | Vacant WBC super featherweight title | Show time |
| 18th of Febuary | Nottingham, England | Lee Wood (c) vs. Mauricio Lara | WBA regular featherweight title | DASD |
| 18th of Febuary | Pomona, California | Luis Nery vs. Azat Hovhannisyan | Junior bantamweight | DASD |
| 25 February | Atlanta | Adrian Broner vs. Michael Williams | welterweight | BLK Prime |
| 25 February | Minneapolis | Subriel Matias vs. Jeremias Ponce | vacant IBF junior welterweight world title | Show time |
| February 26 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury | Heavy weight | PPV |
| March 4 | Ontario, California | Brandon Figueroa vs Mark Magsio | A light weight | Show time |
| March 12 | TBD, Australia | Tim Tszyu vs. Tony Harrison | junior middleweight | TBD |
| March 25 | Las Vegas | David Benavidez vs Caleb Plant | Super Middleweight | Showtime PPV |
| March 25 | Fresno, California | Jose Ramirez vs. Richard Commey | junior welterweight | ESPN |
| April 1 | London | Anthony Joshua vs. Jermain Franklin | heavyweight | TBD |
| April 8 | Newark, New Jersey | Shakur Stevenson vs. Shuichiro Yoshino | Easy | ESPN |
| April 8 | Saint Anthony | Jesse Rodriguez vs. Christian Gonzalez | vacant WBO flyweight title | DAZN |
| April 22 | Cardiff, Wales | Shavkatjon Rakhimov (c) vs. Joe Cordina | IBF super featherweight title | DAZN |
| May 20 | Dublin | Kathy Taylor (c) vs. Amanda Serrano | Undisputed lightweight title | DAZN |
Source: www.cbssports.com
