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FIGHT DIARY

23 Thursday, May

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

Lanao Del Norte, Philippines: Harmonito Dela Torre v Elmer Cove. (Promoter: Peter Maniatis Events).

24 Friday, May

Olympia, Liverpool: Jazza Dickens v Dai Davies; Nathan Brough v Graham Earl; James Tennyson v Imre Nagy; Ryan Farrag v Najah Ali; Ryan Burnett v Laszlo Nemesapati Jnr; Carl Dilks v Elvis Dube; 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).

Bing Crosby Hall, San Diego, California: Michael Ruiz Jnr v Khabir Suleymanov; Leon Spinks III v Juan Zuniga. (Promoter: Bobby D Presents).

Red and Jerrys, Sheridan, Colorado: Raul Carrillo v Corey Alarcon. (Promoter: Airtight Boxing).

Arena California, La Paz, Mexico: Abdiel Ramirez v Jorge Martinez; Miguel Roman v Rafael Urias. (Promoter: Promotora Eco Servicios & Promociones del Pueblo).

Arena Coliseo, Monterrey, Mexico: Christopher Degollado v Baltazar Perez; Francisco Marquez v Ruben Montoya. (Promoter: Promociones El Jefe).

Centro Recreativo Juventud 2000, Mexicali, Mexico: Andres Tapia v Jesus Navarro.

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.

Saint-Maur, France: Karim Merroudj v Omar Bouchentouf.

RSL Stadium, Murray Sports Complex, Townsville, Australia: Josh King v Charlie King; Mark Flanagan v Walter Pupu’a. (Promoter: Ringside Fight Promotions).

Coliseo del Colegio Biffi La Salle, Barranquilla, Colombia: Alex Theran v Gaston Alejandro Vega. (Promoter: Pro Box del Caribe).

Mielparque Hall, Osaka, Japan: Rio Hidaka v Gregory Tony.

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 (vacant WBA Inter-Continental super-middleweight title); Callum Smith v Ryan Moore; Dennis Ceylan v Dan Naylor; Deion Jumah v s/o; Martin Joseph Ward v Mark McKray; Anthony Yigit v Dee Mitchell. (Promoter: Matchroom Boxing & SPAG. Tel: 0844 856 0202).

Neath Sports Centre, Neath: Greg Pickin v s/o; James Todd v Jason Ball; James Lilley v Rick Boulter; Tobias Webb v Mitch Mitchell; Chris Jenkins v Luke Walker; Craig Kennedy v Tommy Gifford.

Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina: Omar Andres Narvaez (holder) v Felipe Orucuta (WBO super-flyweight title); Alejandro Emilio Valori v Marcos Antonio Ahumada; 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; Carlos Buitrago v Jose Aguilar; Walter Castillo v Eugenio Lopez. (Promoter: PRODESA).

Domo De La Feria, Leon, Mexico: Armando Santos v Herald Molina; Bruno Sandoval v Rafael Sosa Pintos; Horacio Garcia v s/o; Oscar Cortes v s/o; Zulina Munoz (holder) v Soledad Macedo (WBC female super-flyweight title). (Promoter: Canelo Promotions).

Cebu City Waterfront Hotel & Casino, Barangay Lahug, Cebu City, Philippines: Jimrex Jaca v Jose Emilio Perea; Jason Pagara (holder) v Aaron Herrera (WBO International light-welterweight title); Genesis Servania v Isack Junior.

Bowness Sports Plex, Calgary, Canada: Albert Onolunose v Michael Walchuk (vacant Canada middleweight title). (Promoter: Legacy Promotions).

IFCO Arena, Berlin, Germany: Ronny Mittag v s/o; Ferdinand Pilz v Patryk Litkiewicz; Fabian Raab v Steve Kroekel; Stefan Schroeder v s/o; Ronny Gabel v s/o. (Promoter: Kety Box Promotion).

Olymp, Volgodonsk, Russia: Dmitry Kudryashov v Prince George Akrong. (Promoter: SKV Boxing).

Sporthalle Badbetrieb, Bad Ragaz, Switzerland: Enes Zecirevic v Mikheil Khutsishvili. (Promoter: Leonardo Caputo).

Villa Mercedes, Argentina: Marcelino Nicolas Lopez v Sergio Javier Escobar; Diego Gonzalo Luque v Martin Antonio Coggi. (Promoter: Arano Box).

Club Independiente, Neuquen, Argentina: Isidro Ranoni Prieto v Mauricio Roberto Caceda. (Promoter: B&G Producciones).

Ginasio Municipal, Pocos de Caldas, Brazil: William Fernando Souza Bezerra v Jose Robson Dos Santos. (Promoter: Mike Miranda).

26 Sunday, May

Sports Complex Mordovia, Saransk, Russia: Oleg Maskaev v Jason Gavern; Andrey Meryasev v Alvaro Gaona; Vladimir Tikhonov v Jose Cen Torres. (Promoter: Pushka Promotion & Neva Glove & Ural Boxing Promotions).

Salon de la Seccion 288, Monclova, Mexico: Benito Quiroz v Roberto Santos. (Promoter: Promociones El Jefe).

Sangyo Hall, Kanazawa, Japana: Akihiro Matsumoto v Il-Kwon Kim; Mark Gil Melligen v James Mokoginta; Jonathan Baat v Qiu Xiao Jun.

Shimizu Marine Building, Shizuoka, Japan: Jason Mitsuyama v Ryoji Okahata; Akira Tsurumi v Terdkiat Jandaeng.

27 Monday, May: Shymkent, Kazakhstan: Roman Zhailauov v Damir Konushbaev.

28 Tuesday, May

Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan: Hiroki Okada v Heri Andriyanto; Ryota Itoyama v Yuichi Ideta; Gosuke Seki v Kenta Takahashi; Tonko Nakagawa v Yoshihiro Utsumi; Masahito Igawa v Masatoshi Nakamura.

Convention Towers and Exhibition Center, Hong Kong S.A.R, China: Ekapol Yothinpanawet v Mike Tumbaga; Rex Tso v Wandee Singwancha. (Promoter: DEF Boxing).

29 Wednesday, May: Piboon Witthayalai School, Lop Buri, Thailand: Tiger Tor Buamas v Richard Garcia. (Promoter: Narongwas 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; Callum Johnson v s/o; Grant Cunningham v Kirill Psonko; Des Bowater v s/o; Tom Stokes v s/o; Craig Evans v s/o. (Promoter: Errol Johnson & Frank Warren. Tel: 0845 1112900).

Civic Hall, Bedworth: Troy James v Ivan Godor; Mike O’Hagan v Tayar Mehmed; Sullivan Mason v s/o; Arron Flinn v s/o. (Promoter: Coventry Sporting Club. Tel: 07549 706101).

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; Hosea Burton v s/o; Tyrone Nurse v s/o; 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; Matt McCarthy v s/o; Freddie Turner v Jay Morris; Tom Little v s/o; Festim Lama v s/o; Paulius Kasiulevicius v Adel Badawy. (Promoter: TKO Events. Tel: 07960 850645).

Camden Centre, Kings Cross: Ahmet Patterson v Dale Miles; Charlie Hoy v Valentin Marinov; Charlie Rice v Andrew Harris; Charlie Smith v s/o; Sam Cantwell v Norredine Dahou; Joe McDonald v Didier Blanch; Craig Whyatt v Qasim Hussain; JJ Ojuederie v Paul Morris; James Chiericato v David Lake. (Promoter: Hellraiser Promotions. Tel: 020 73521593).

Estadio Sonora, Hermosillo, Mexico: Hernan Marquez v Carlos Tamara; David Sanchez (holder) v Mark Anthony Geraldo (interim WBC Silver super-flyweight title); Gilberto Parra v Jesus Limones.

Estadio Morelos, Ecatepec, Mexico: Hugo Ruiz v Giovanni Caro; Hugo Fidel Cazares (holder) v Gabriel Altarejos (WBC International Silver super-bantamweight title). (Promoter: Kochul Montiel Producciones & Sampson Boxing LLC & Promociones del Pueblo).

Emerald Queen Casino, Tacoma, Washington: Zahir Raheem v Justin Juuko.

Bally’s Event Center, Atlantic City, New Jersey (GoFightLive.tv): Teon Kennedy v Carlos Vinan; Jason Sosa v Georgi Kevlishvili. (Promoter: Peltz Boxing Promotions, Inc).

Kampala, Uganda: Joey Vegas (holder) v Hany Atiyo (WBC International light-heavyweight title).

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).