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18 Saturday, May

York Hall, Bethnal Green (Sky): Prizefighter Cruiserweights III- Shane McPhilbin v s/o; Wadi Camacho v s/o; Hari Miles v s/o; Neil Dawson v s/o; Tony Conquest v s/o; Nathan Owens v s/o; Danny McIntosh v s/o; Conall Carmichael v s/o. (Promoter: Matchroom Boxing. Tel: 01277 359900).

Civic Hall, Grays: Ashley Theophane v s/o; Matt McCarthy v Gareth Piper; Kris Agyei-Dua v Jay Morris; Robin Dupre v s/o. (Promoter: Left Jab Promotions. Tel: 07979 494950).

Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey (Sky & Sho): Devon Alexander (holder) v Lee Purdy (IBF welterweight title); Lamont Peterson v Lucas Matthysse; Shawn Porter v Phil Lo Greco; Thomas Williams Jnr v Otis Griffin; Anthony Peterson v Dominic Salcido; Cesar Seda v Miguel Tamayo; Anthony Ogogo v s/o; Haroon Khan v Vincente Medellin; Rau’shee Warren v Angel Carvajal; Jamel Herring v Victor Gallindo. (Promoter: Golden Boy Promotions).

Grand Oasis Resort, Cancun, Mexico (FOX & FOX Espanol): Shane Mosley v Pablo Cesar Cano (vacant WBC International welterweight title); Sergio Thompson v Gustavo Sandoval; Jorge Silva v Cesar Chavez; Robert Manzanarez v Oscar Arenas; Cesar Javier Gandara v Marco Turriza; Enrique Ornelas v Isaac Mendez; Ivan Cano v Daniel Ruiz. (Promoter: Golden Boy Promotions).

Plaza de Toros Eloy Cavazos, Zitacuaro, Mexico: Edgar Sosa (holder) v Giovani Segura (WBC Silver flyweight title). (Promoter: Promociones Zanfer).

Hyatt Regency Hotel, Minneapolis, Minnesota: Jeremy McLaurin v Tony Lee; Charles Meier v Tyler Hultin. (Promoter: Seconds Out Promotions).

UDC Physical Activities Center, Washington, D.C (GoFightLive.tv): Dusty Hernandez Harrison v Eddie Soto. (Promoter: All-In-Entertainment).

Yunost, Klimovsk, Russia: Kelvin Price v Danny Williams; Roman Andreev v Miguel Aguilar; Nikolay Potapov v Abigail Medina; Fedor Chudinov v Julio Acosta. (Promoter: Podolsk Fighting League).

Arena Hall, ul. B. Chrobrego 50B, Legionowo, Poland: Krzysztof Zimnoch v Oliver McCall; Krzysztof Cieslak v Ariel Krasnopolski; Andrzej Soldra v Bartlomiej v Grafka. (Promoter: Babilon Promotion).  

Gimnasio Sthimpra, Fernandez Oro, Argentina: Jonathan Victor Barros v Diego Alberto Chaves. (Promoter: O.R. Promotions).

Jupiters Hotel & Casino, Broadbeach, Australia: Leti Leti v Romeo Jakosalem. (Promoter: Myer Productions Pty Ltd).

Le Dome de Marseille, Marseille, France: Nadjib Mohammedi v Shalva Jomardashvili.

Salle Omnisports, Niort, France: Davy Armand v Ousmane Kone.

Messzi Istvan Sporthall, Kecskemet, Hungary: Balazs Kelemen v Karama Nyilawila (vacant WBO International super-middleweight title). (Promoter: Felix Promotion).

Salle Omnisport du Preau, Bernissart, Belgium: Sheldon Moore v Cedric Spera (vacant Belgium light-middleweight title). (Promoter: Michel Talki).

The Flash Grand Ballroom of the Elorde Sports Complex, Paranaque City, Philippines: Jerson Mancio v Robel Villegas; Cris Alfante v Ricky Oyan; Ronelle Ferreras v Roque Lauro; Ricardo Roa v Samuel Apuya; Andrian Camique v Sherwin McDo Lungay. (Promoter: Elorde Int’l Productions).

Cancha Ruben Zayas Montanez, Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico (UniMas): Gamalier Rodriguez v Alicio Castaneda; Felix Verdejo v Corben Page. (Promoter: Puerto Rico Best Boxing).

Gimnasio Alexis Arguello, Managua, Nicaragua: Lester Medrano v Raul Dennis Martinez; Jose Gutierrez v David Morales. (Promoter: Pinolero Boxing).

Gimnasio Fiscal, Quellon, Chile: Juan Carlos Alderete v Mirko Manquecoy (vacant Chilean middleweight title). 

19 Sunday, May

Pride Park, Derby: Prince David Davis v Bobby Wood; Luke Gallear v s/o; Kris Davey v s/o; Alex Philipps v Paul Frost; Arfan Iqbal v s/o; Jamie Robinson v s/o. (Promoter: Mitchell Promotions).

Big Wave, Wakayama, Japan: Yoichi Oguma v Ryuji Miyazaki; Renata Szebeledi (holder) v Shindo Go (WBC female flyweight title).

22 Wednesday, May

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).

23 Thursday, May

Hotel Moa, Berlin, Germany: Alexander Mengis v Stefan Worth. (Promoter: Ludus Pugilatas).

24 Friday, May

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.

25 Saturday, May

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).

26 Sunday, May

Saransk, Russia: Oleg Maskaev v Jason Gavern. (Promoter: Pushka Promotion).

31 Friday, May

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).

01 Saturday, Jun

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.

07 Friday, Jun

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).

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