Boxing schedule 2021: Major fights and results

Anthony Joshua beat Kubrat Pulev to retain his heavyweight world titles in December 2020

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Upcoming fights

March

5: Dort Financial Centre, Flint, Michigan

• Claressa Shields v Marie Eve Dicaire (WBA, WBC, IBF & WBO super-welterweight titles)

13: American Airlines Centre, Dallas

• Juan Estrada v Roman Gonzalez (WBA & WBC super-flyweight titles)
• Jessica McCaskill v Cecilia Braekhus (WBA, WBC, IBF & WBO welterweight titles)
• Hiroto Kyoguchi v Axel Aragon Vega (WBA light-flyweight title)

20: Wembley Arena, London

• Lawrence Okolie v Krzysztof Glowacki (WBO world cruiserweight title)
• Chantelle Cameron v Melissa Hernandez (WBC world super-lightweight title)
• Chris Billam-Smith v Deion Jumah (Commonwealth & vacant British cruiserweight titles)

27: Wembley Arena, London

• Dillian Whyte v Alexander Povetkin (WBC interim heavyweight title)
• Ted Cheeseman v JJ Metcalf (British super-welterweight title)

April

10: Wembley Arena, London

• Conor Benn v Samuel Vargas (WBC continental welterweight title)
• Savannah Marshall v TBC (WBO world middleweight title)
• Rachel Ball v Shannon Courtenay (WBA world bantamweight title)
• Felix Cash v TBC (Commonwealth middleweight title)

May

8: Venue TBC

• Billy Joe Saunders v Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (world super-middleweight title unification)

To be rearranged

• Jamel Herring v Carl Frampton (WBO world super-featherweight title)
• Anthony Cacace v Lyon Woodstock (British super-featherweight title)

2021 results

February

27: Hard Rock Stadium, Miami

• Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez beat Avni Yildirim after retirement before fourth round (WBA & WBC super-middleweight titles)

20: Wembley Arena, London

• David Avanesyan bt Josh Kelly by sixth-round stoppage (European welterweight title)

13: Wembley Arena, London

• Mauricio Lara beat Josh Warrington by TKO (featherweight)

January

2: American Airlines Center, Dallas, United States

• Ryan Garcia beat Luke Campbell by seventh-round stoppage (WBC lightweight title eliminator)

30: Shrine Exposition Center, Los Angeles, United States

• Caleb Plant beat Caleb Truax by unanimous decision (IBF world super-middleweight title)

2020 results

December

19: The Alamodome, San Antonio, United States

• Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez beat Callum Smith by unanimous decision (WBA world super-middleweight title)

18: Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida, United States

• Gennady Golovkin beat Kamil Szeremeta by seventh-round technical knockout (IBF world middleweight title)

Fly by Nite Rehearsal Studios, Redditch

• Craig Richards beat Shakan Pitters by ninth-round knockout (British light-heavyweight title)

12: Wembley Arena, London

• Anthony Joshua beat Kubrat Pulev by ninth-round knockout (IBF, WBA & WBO world heavyweight titles)
• Lawrence Okolie beat Nikodem Jezewski by second-round knockout (cruiserweight)
• Hughie Fury beat Mariusz Wach by unanimous decision (heavyweight)
• Martin Bakole beat Sergey Kuzmin by unanimous decision (heavyweight)

5: Royal Albert Hall, London

• Lyndon Arthur beat Anthony Yarde by split decision (Commonwealth light-heavyweight championship)

AT&T Stadium, Arlington, United States

• Errol Spence beat Danny Garcia on points (WBC & IBF welterweight titles)

4: Wembley Arena, London

• Billy Joe Saunders beat Martin Murray on points (WBO super-middleweight world title)
• James Tennyson stopped Josh O'Reilly in round one (WBA world lightweight title eliminator)
• Shannon Courtenay stopped Dorota Norek in seventh round (bantamweight)

November

28: Dignity Health Sports Park, California, United States

• Mike Tyson v Roy Jones Jr fight to an eight-round split draw (heavyweight exhibition bout)

28: Church House, Westminster, London

• Joe Joyce beat Daniel Dubois by 10th-round stoppage (British, Commonwealth & European heavyweight titles)

21: Wembley Arena, London

• Conor Benn beat Sebastian Formella by unanimous points decision (welterweight)

14: Top Rank Bubble, Las Vegas

• Terence Crawford beat Kell Brook by fourth-round stoppage (WBO welterweight title)

14: Wembley Arena, London

• Katie Taylor beat Miriam Gutierrez by unanimous points decision (WBC, IBF, WBO and WBA lightweight titles)
• Terri Harper beat Katharina Thanderz by ninth-round stoppage (WBC super-featherweight title)
• Rachel Ball beat Jorgelina Guanini by unanimous points decision (super-bantamweight)

7: Seminole Hard Rock, Holywood, Florida, United States

• Devin Haney beat Yuriorkis Gamboa by unanimous points decision (WBC lightweight title)

October

31: Wembley Arena, London

• Oleksandr Usyk beat Derek Chisora on points (heavyweight)
• Savannah Marshall beat Hannah Rankin by seventh-round stoppage (vacant WBO world middleweight title)
• George Kambosos Jr beat Lee Selby on points (final eliminator for IBF lightweight title)

31: Alamodome, San Antonio, United States

• Gervonta Davis beat Leo Santa Cruz by sixth-round knockout (WBA 'super' super-featherweight title, WBA lightweight title)

31: MGM Grand, Las Vegas, United States

• Naoya Inoue beat Jason Moloney by seventh-round knockout (WBA & IBF bantamweight titles)

23: Mexico City, Mexico

• Juan Estrada beat Carlos Cuadras by 11th-round knockout (WBC super-flyweight title)
• Roman Gonzalez beat Israel Gonzalez by unanimous points decision (WBA super-flyweight title)
• Julio Cesar Martinez beat Maximino Flores by second-round stoppage (WBC flyweight non-title fight)

17: East of England Arena, Peterborough

• Lewis Ritson beat Miguel Vazquez by split decision (welterweight)

MGM Grand, Las Vegas, United States

• Teofimo Lopez beat Vasyl Lomachenko by unanimous points decision (WBA, WBC, WBO & IBF lightweight titles)

10: BT Sport Studios, London

• Liam Williams beat Andrew Robinson by first-round stoppage (British middleweight title)
• Nathan Gorman beat Richard Lartey by unanimous points decision (heavyweight)

4: Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes

• Chantelle Cameron beat Adriana Araujo by unanimous points decision (vacant WBC super-lightweight world title)
• Joshua Buatsi beat Marko Calic by seventh-round stoppage (light-heavyweight)

September

26: BT Studios, London

• Josh Taylor beat Apinun Khongsong by first-round knockout (WBA & IBF light-welterweight world titles)

26: Mohegan Sun, Connecticut

• Jermall Charlo beat Sergiy Derevyanchenko via unanimous decision (WBC middleweight title)
• Jermell Charlo beat Jeison Rosario by eighth-round stoppage (WBA, WBC & IBF super-welterweight title)

August

29: BT Sport Studios, London

• Daniel Dubois beat Ricardo Snijders by a second-round knockout (heavyweight)

22: Fight Camp, Brentwood, Essex

• Alexander Povetkin beat Dillian Whyte by fifth-round knockout (WBC interim heavyweight world title)
• Katie Taylor beat Delfine Persoon by unanimous points decision (WBC, IBF, WBO and WBA lightweight titles)

22: Redditch, Worcestershire

• Shakan Pitters beat Chad Sugden by unanimous points decision (British light-heavyweight title)

15: BT Sport Studios, London

• Carl Frampton beat Darren Traynor by seventh-round stoppage (lightweight)
• Michael Conlan beat Sofiane Takoucht by 10th-round stoppage (featherweight)
• Archie Sharp beat Jeff Ofori by points decision (WBO European super-featherweight title)

15: Tulsa, Oklahoma

• Jessica McCaskill beat Cecilia Braekhus by majority decision (WBA, WBC, IBF & WBO women's welterweight titles)

14: Fight Camp, Brentwood, Essex

• Felix Cash beat Jason Welborn by fifth-round stoppage (Commonwealth middleweight title)

7: Fight Camp, Brentwood, Essex

• Harper and Jonas share thrilling draw (WBC women's world super-featherweight title)
• Billam-Smith outclasses challenger Thorley (Commonwealth cruiserweight title)

1: Fight Camp, Brentwood, Essex

• Ted Cheeseman beat Sam Eggington by unanimous points decision (IBF international super-welterweight title); James Tennyson by Gavin Gwynne by sixth-round TKO (vacant British lightweight title)

July

31: BT Sport Studios, London

• Lyndon Arthur beat Dec Spelman by unanimous points decision - (Commonwealth light-heavyweight championship)

25: BT Sport Studios, London

• Joe Joyce beat Michael Wallisch by third-round TKO (10 rounds heavyweight)

June

9: Behind closed doors at the MGM, Las Vegas

• Shakur Stevenson beat Felix Caraballo by sixth-round stoppage (super featherweight)

March

7: Manchester Arena, Manchester

• Scott Quigg retired after defeat by Jono Carroll (super-featherweight); Hughie Fury beat Pavel Sour by third-round knockout (heavyweight)

February

29: Ford Center, Texas

• Britain's longest-reigning world champion Kal Yafai lost to Gonzalez (WBA super-flyweight title)
• Jay Harris lost to WBC flyweight champion Julio Cesar Martinez

23: MGM Grand Arena, Las Vegas

• Tyson Fury beat Deontay Wilder by seventh-round TKO (WBC heavyweight title)
• Emanuel Navarrete beat Jeo Santisima by 11th-round TKO (WBO super-bantamweight title)

15: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee

• Caleb Plant beat Vincent Feigenbutz by 10th-round TKO (IBF super-middleweight title)

8: FlyDSA Arena, Sheffield

• Kell Brook beat Mark DeLuca by seventh-round knockout (welterweight)
• Kid Galahad beat Claudio Marrero by eighth-round TKO (final eliminator for IBF featherweight world title)
• Terri Harper beat Eva Wahlstrom by unanimous decision (WBC super-featherweight title)
• Martin Ward beat Jesus Amparan by third-round knockout

PPL Center, Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States

• Gary Russell Jr beat Tugstsogt Nyambayar by unanimous decision (WBC featherweight title)

January

30: Island Gardens, Miami, United States

• Jo Jo Diaz beat Tevin Farmer by unanimous decision (IBF super-featherweight title)
• Demetrius Andrade beat Luke Keeler by ninth-round TKO (WBO middleweight title)
• Murodjon Akhmadaliev beat Daniel Roman by split decision (WBA & IBF super-bantamweight titles)

18: Liacouras Center, Philadelphia, United States

• Jeison Rosario beat Julian Williams by fifth-round stoppage (IBF & WBA light-middleweight titles)

10: Ocean Resort Casino, Atlantic City, United States

• Claressa Shields beat Ivana Habazin by unanimous-decision (WBC & WBO light-middleweight titles)