Boxing schedule: Fight dates, undercards, results as Joshua readies to face Pulev and Canelo takes on Smith this month
BOXING has taken its fair share of punishment this year – but the sport is set to finish 2020 with a bang as a raft of massive bouts are yet to come.
Anthony Joshua takes on Kubrat Pulev in December, defending his WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight world titles, Canelo Alvarez is back in action against Callum Smith just six days before Christmas.
And if that wasn’t enough, 2021 gets off to a cracker as Ryan Garcia faces Brit Luke Campbell.
Check out SunSport’s boxing schedule for the rest of 2020 below…
Major fight dates
December 12 – London, England
- Anthony Joshua (C) vs Kubrat Pulev (12 rounds – heavyweight, WBA, WBO & IBF world titles)
December 18 – Hollywood, Florida
- Gennadiy Golovkin (C) vs Kamil Szeremeta (12 rounds – middleweight IBF, IBO world titles)
December 19 – San Antonio, Texas
- Canelo Alvarez vs Callum Smith (C) (12 rounds – super-middleweight, WBA & Ring Magazine titles)
January 2 – Venue: TBC
- Ryan Garcia vs Luke Campbell (12 rounds – lightweight)
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November 28 – London, England (BT Sport)
- Joe Joyce (C) def. Daniel Dubois (C) KO10 (12 rounds – heavyweight, British, Commonwealth, European titles)
- Hamzah Sheeraz def. Guido Nicolas Pitto TKO10 (10 rounds – super-welterweight)
- Jack Catterall def. Abderrazak Houya UD10 (10 rounds – super-lightweight)
- David Adeleye def. Danny Whittaker TKO2 (6 rounds – heavyweight)
- Jack Massey def. Mohammad Ali Bayat Farid UD8 (8 rounds – cruiserweight)
- Joshua Frankham def. MJ Hall (4 rounds – super-welterweight)
- Louie Lynn def. Paul Holt (8 rounds – featherweight)
- Mitchell Barton def. Matt Gordon (4 rounds – heavyweight)
November 28 – Los Angeles, California (BT Sport Box Office)
- Mike Tyson DREW w/ Roy Jones Jr (Exhibition, 8 rounds – heavyweight)
- Jake Paul def. Nate Robinson KO2 (6 rounds – cruiserweight)
- Badou Jake def. Blake McKernon (8 rounds – light-heavyweight)
December 4 – London, England (Sky Sports)
- Billy Joe Saunders (C) def. Martin Murray UD 12 (12 rounds, super-middleweight, WBO world title)
- James Tennyson def. Josh O’Reilly KO1 (12 rounds – lightweight)
- Donte Dixon def. Angelo Dragone UD6 (6 rounds – super-featherweight)
- Shannon Courtenay def. Dorota Norek TKO7 (10 rounds – super-bantamweight)
- Lerrone Richards def. Timo Laine UD8 (8 rounds – super-middleweight)
- Lewis Edmondson def. John Telford TKO3 (8 rounds – light-heavyweight)
December 5 – Arlington, Texas (Premier Sports)
- Errol Spence Jr (C) def. Danny Garcia UD 12 (12 rounds – welterweight, WBC & IBF world titles)
- Sebastian Fundora def. Habib Ahmed TKO2 (12 rounds, super-welterweight)
- Josesito Lopez def. Francisco Santana KO10 (10 rounds – welterweight)
December 5 – London, England (BT Sport)
- Lyndon Arthur (C) def, Anthony Yarde SD12 (12 rounds – light-heavyweight, Commonwealth title)
December 11 – Redditch, England (Channel 5)
- Sam Eggington vs. Ashley Theophane, 10 or 12 rounds, junior middleweights
- Kaisee Benjamin vs Ben Fields (10 rounds – welterweight)
- Stephen McKenna vs TBA (6 – rounds super-lightweight)
- Aaron McKenna vs TBA (6 – rounds super-welterweight)
- Michael Hennessy Jr vs Dale Arrowsmith (6 round – super-welterweight)
- Idris Virgo vs Kearon Thoma,( 4 rounds – middleweight)
December 12 – London (Sky Sports Box Office)
- Anthony Joshua (C) vs Kubrat Pulev (12 rounds – heavyweight, WBA, WBO & IBF world titles)
- Krzysztof Glowacki vs Lawrence Okolie (12 rounds – cruiserweight, vacant WBO world title)
- Hughie Fury vs Mariusz Wach (10 rounds – heavyweight)
- Martin Bakole vs Sergey Kuzmin (10 rounds – heavyweight)
- Souleymane Cissokho vs Kieron Conway (10 rounds – super-welterweight)
December 12 – Uncasville, Connecticut (Premier Sports)
- Chris Colbert (C) vs Jaime Arboleda (12 rounds – super-featherweight, WBA interim title)
- Matt Korobov vs Ronald Ellis (10 rounds – middleweight)
- Richardson Hitchins vs Argenis Mendez (10 rounds – super-lightweight)
December 12 – Las Vegas, Nevada (Fite TV)
- Shakur Stevenson vs Toka Kahn Clary (10 rounds – super-featherweight)
- Felix Verdejo vs Masayoshi Nakatani (10 rounds – lightweight)
- Edgar Berlanga vs. TBA (8 rounds – super middleweight)
December 16 – Sydney, Australia
- Tim Tszyu vs Bowyn Morgan (10 rounds – super-welterweight)
- Paul Gallen vs Mark Hunt (6 rounds – heavyweight)
December 18 – Redditch, England
- Shakan Pitters (C) vs Craig Richards (12 rounds – light-heavyweight, British title)
- River Bent vs. Troy Coleman (8 rounds – middleweight)
- Sammy Cantwell vs. TBA (8 rounds – super-flyweight)
- Stephen McKenna vs. TBA (6 rounds – super-lightweight)
- Michael Hennessy Jr. vs. TBA (6 rounds – super-welterweight)
- Idris Virgo vs. TBA (4 rounds – middleweight)
- Brett McGinty vs. TBA (4 rounds – middleweight)
December 18 – Hollywood, Florida (DAZN UK)
- Gennadiy Golovkin (C) vs Kamil Szeremeta (12 rounds – middleweight IBF, IBO world titles)
December 19 – San Antonio, Texas (DAZN UK)
- Canelo Alvarez vs Callum Smith (C) (12 rounds – super-middleweight, WBA & Ring Magazine world titles)
December 19 – Uncasville, Connecticut (Premier Sports)
- Nonito Donaire vs. Emmanuel Rodriguez (12 rounds – bantamweight, vacant WBC title)
- Jaron Ennis vs. Thomas Dulorme (10 rounds – welterweight)
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December 19 – Torrelavega, Spain
- Sergio Martinez vs Jussi Koivula (10 rounds – middleweight)
- Sergio Garcia (C) vs Andranik Hakobyan (12 rounds – super-welterweight, European title)
- Angel Moreno vs Mohammed Obbadi (12 rounds – flyweight, vacant European title)
- Kiko Martinez vs Pedro Gomes (8 rounds – featherweight)
- Jon Fernandez vs Abdessamad Nechchad (8 rounds – lightweight)
- Bernard Angelo Torres vs Costin Ion (8 rounds – featherweight)
- Kent Erik Baadstad vs David Trallero (4 rounds – heavyweight)
December 26 – Los Angeles, California
- Julian “J Rock” Williams vs TBA (12 rounds, super-welterweight)
- James Kirkland vs Mark Anthony Hernande (10 rounds, middleweight)
- Darmani Rock vs TBA (10 rounds, heavyweight)
- Omar Juarez vs TBA (6 or 8 rounds, super-lightwight)
- Chavez Barrientes vs TBA (6 rounds, featherweight)
- Angel Barrientes vs TBA (6 rounds, super-bantamweight)
December 31 – Tokyo, Japan
- Kazuto Ioka (C) vs Kosei Tanaka (12 rounds, super-flyweight, WBO world title)
January 2 – Venue: TBC
- Ryan Garcia vs Luke Campbell (12 rounds – lightweight)