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Hotel RIU, Panama City, Panama: Jezreel Corrales v Irving Berry; Ricardo Nunez v Julio Camano; Rolando Giono v Bergman Aguilar; Everardo Castillo v s/o. (Promoter: Promociones del Istmo).
Hotel Moa, Berlin, Germany: Alexander Mengis v Stefan Worth. (Promoter: Ludus Pugilatas).
Olympia, Liverpool: Jazza Dickens v Dai Davies; Nathan Brough v Graham Earl; James Tennyson v Imre Nagy; Ryan Farrag v s/o; Ryan Burnett v s/o; Carl Dilks v s/o; Steven Lewis v Jozsef Garai; Wayne Adeniyi v s/o; Louis Cuddy v s/o; Tommy Carus v s/o; Phil Smith v s/o; Dean Swanson v s/o. (Promoter: Merseyside Sporting Club & Hatton Promotions).
Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, Connecticut (ESPN2): Delvin Rodriguez v Freddy Hernandez; Issouf Kinda v Chris Howard; Michael Moore v Doel Carrasquillo. (Promoter: Star Boxing).
Gymnase du Clos de l’Arche, Noisy-le-Grand, France: Carlos Takam v Michael Grant; Martial Bella Oleme v George Tevdorashvili; Engin Karakaplan v Levan Jomardashvili; Samy Anouche v George Kandelaki.
O2 Arena, Greenwich (Sky Box Office & HBO): Carl Froch v Mikkel Kessler (for Froch’s IBF super-middleweight title and Kessler’s WBA world super-middleweight title); Tony Bellew (holder) v Isaac Chilemba (WBC Silver light-heavyweight title); George Groves v Noe Gonzalez Alcoba; Dennis Ceylan v s/o. (Promoter: Matchroom Boxing & SPAG. Tel: 0844 856 0202).
Neath Sports Centre, Neath: Greg Pickin v s/o; James Todd v s/o; James Lilley v s/o; Tobias Webb v s/o; Chris Jenkins v s/o.
Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina: Omar Andres Narvaez (holder) v Felipe Orucuta (WBO super-flyweight title); Alejandro Emilio Valori v Jose Alberto Clavero; Cesar Rene Cuenca v Gustavo David Bermudez; Brian Carlos Castano v Cesar Humberto Velez. (Promoter: Estadio Luna Park).
Polideportivo Espana, Managua, Nicaragua: Roman Gonzalez v Ronald Barrera. (Promoter: PRODESA).
Saransk, Russia: Oleg Maskaev v Jason Gavern. (Promoter: Pushka Promotion).
Town Hall, Walsall (BoxNation): Martin Gethin v Ammeth Diaz; Chris Keane v s/o (vacant WBO International cruiserweight title); Jason Welborn v Arvydas Trizno; Ronnie Heffron v s/o. (Promoter: Errol Johnson & Frank Warren. Tel: 0845 1112900).
Civic Hall, Bedworth: Troy James v s/o; Mike O’Hagan v Tayar Mehmed; John Loveday v Deyan Mihailov. (Promoter: Coventry Sporting Club).
Bowler’s Arena, Manchester: Carl Wild (holder) v Matty Clarkson (Central Area light-heavyweight title); David Barnes v Craig Watson; Liam Hanrahan v Reynaldo Cajina; Danny Benson v s/o; Liam Conroy v s/o; Chris Healey v Paul O’Hagan. (Promoter: Coldwell Boxing).
York Hall, Bethnal Green: Colin Lynes v Beka Sutidze; Lewis Pettitt v s/o; Adam Dingsdale v s/o; Kreshkin Qato v s/o. (Promoter: TKO Events. Tel: 07960 850645).
Emerald Queen Casino, Tacoma, Washington: Zahir Raheem v Justin Juuko.
Bellahouston Sports Centre, Glasgow: Willie Limond (holder) v Mitch Prince (Commonwealth light-welterweight title). (Promoter: St Andrew’s Sporting Club).
Winter Gardens, Blackpool: Mark Evans v Chuck Jones (vacant Welsh Area super-featherweight title). (Promoter: VIP Promotions).
Olympia, Liverpool: Sean Dodd v s/o; Sean Lewis v s/o. (Promoter: Coldwell Boxing).
Little Creek Casino Resort, Shelton, Washington (ESPN2): Andrey Klimov v John Molina; Farah Ennis v Anthony Hanshaw. (Promoter: Goossen Tutor).
Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada (HBO): Chad Dawson (holder) v Adonis Stevenson (WBC light-heavyweight title); Yuriorkis Gamboa v Darley Perez; David Lemieux v s/o; Eleider Alvarez v Allan Green; Didier Bence v Eric Barrak; Kevin Bizier v Carlos Adan Jerez; Artur Beterbiev v s/o. (Promoter: GYM Promotions & Gary Shaw Productions).
Max Schmeling Halle, Berlin, Germany: Marco Huck (holder) v Ola Afolabi (WBO cruiserweight title). (Promoter: Sauerland Event).
Home Depot Center, Carson, California (BoxNation & Sho): Marcos Maidana (holder) v Josesito Lopez (WBA Inter-Continental welterweight title); Erislandy Lara v Alfredo Angulo; Jermell Charlo v Demetrius Hopkins; Yoshihiro Kamegai v Johan Perez; Luis Ramos Jnr v Fidel Maldonado Jnr. (Promoter: Golden Boy Promotions).
Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada (UniMas): Juan Carlos Sanchez Jnr (holder) v Roberto Domingo Sosa (IBF super-flyweight title); Jesse Magdaleno v Henry Maldonado; Jose Felix Jnr v s/o; Andy Ruiz Jnr v Carl Davis. (Promoter: Top Rank).
Italy: Michele Di Rocco v Lenny Daws (vacant European light-welterweight title); Mouhamed Ali Ndiaye v Christopher Rebrasse (vacant European super-middleweight title) (Promoter: OPI 2000).
Sands Casino Resort, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (NBC): Sergey Kovalev v Cornelius White; Ronald Cruz v Ray Narh; Bryant Jennings v Andrey Fedosov. (Promoter: Peltz Boxing Promotions, Inc. & Main Events).