Friday, April 3rd
DAZN, 2:00 pm ET, Pat Brown vs Vasil Ducar. From the ice skating rink in Cheshire, England. Brown is a 26 year old cruiserweight having his 6th pro fight. Ducar is 36, and you may or may not recall him from a loss to Chev Clarke back in 2023, on the same card as Jai Opetaia vs Jordan Thompson. A lesser IBF prize is currently vacant, but up for grabs here. William Crolla is the chief support, and Jordan Thompson appears here on the prelims, which also stream on DAZN starting at 11:40 am ET.
DAZN, 7:00
pm ET, Red Owl Boxing: BoxFest XVII. From Allentown, Pennsylvania. First time in a while I can recall a Friday night Red Owl show, and it’s a welcome return. Main event sees Antonio Perez, who used to fight semi-regularly on Don King’s waterlogged jai alai court, fighting Abraham Montoya for an economy class WBC lightweight title. Emanuel Moreno and Cornellio Phipps lead the two main support fights.
Saturday, April 4th
TrillerTV+, 12:30 pm ET, Paul Ryan vs Peter Carr. From Dublin, Ireland, for the vacant Irish middleweight title. There are also free prelims of amateur matchups (described as “Ammy Fights” streaming free on Triller at 7:00 am ET
DAZN PPV, 2:00 pm ET, Derek Chisora vs Deontay Wilder. From London, England. DAZN have been hyping the hell out of this one… It’s gotten to where a fella can’t log in to watch 7-on-7 football or triathlons without getting this PPV shoved in his face. Chisora had a late career revival with a big, exciting win over Joe Joyce a year and a half ago. Plain talk: Wilder hasn’t looked good against a real opponent in half a decade. And he hasn’t looked viable against 2nd or 3rd tier heavyweights in years, either. His fights against Joe Parker and Zhilei Zhang showed he can’t get his dynamite right hand off anymore, so the “puncher’s chance” doesn’t even seem to exist, either. If you’re dropping $50 American to see this one, I hope you’re a big Chisora fan. And I mean a BIG Chisora fan, because the highlight of the undercard is either Viddal Riley and Mateusz Masternak facing off for a European cruiserweight title, Denzel Bentley fighting for an interim middleweight belt, or the pro debut of Brazilian Olympian Abner Teixeira. BLH will have live updates
BBC2, 3:00 pm ET, Lauren Price vs Stephanie Pineiro. From Cardiff, Wales, for Price’s WBC, WBA, and IBF (and IBO) welterweight titles. Pineiro is also the WBA interim champ, the reason she’s getting a mandatory shot here. This one may also be on DAZN here in the states, but that’s not currently reflected on DAZN’s schedule, or on BOXXER’s online promo art. Price has a wedding scheduled for the end of May, so hopefully she gets out of this one without any cuts or damage that would mar her wedding photos. Undercard includes three fights for British, Celtic, and Welsh titles.
Amazon Prime, 9:00 pm ET, Tim Tszyu vs Denis Nurja. From Wollongong, Australia. Tszyu paid a big price for courageous matchmaking, suffering brutal, bloody losses to Sebastian Fundora (twice) and Bakhram Murtazaliev, with rebound wins against Joey Spencer and Anthony Velazquez in between. He’ll face Nurja at middleweight, which is a prime (no pun intended) space for him to get back to the top in a division that desperately needs someone with his name value and credibility. Assuming, of course, that his punch resistance hasn’t been compromised by those recent knockouts. Nurja is 20-0 (9 KO), but his resume is less Tszyu’s “who’s who” of super welterweights, and more of a just plain “Who?” list of guys who were willing to face him in his native Albania, so no real indication of his ceiling or level. Sam Goodman and 2024 Olympian Callum Peters appear in support. BLH will have live updates
Sunday, April 5th
ESPN+, 12:00 pm ET, MVPW-01: Caroline Dubois vs Terri Harper. From London, England, it’s the first of a series of Most Valuable Promotions women’s boxing events on various ESPN platforms. Main event is a lightweight unification, with Dubois bringing the WBC belt and Harper bringing the WBO. Chief support is an undisputed fight, with WBC, IBF, and WBO super bantamweight champ Ellie Scotney taking on WBA champ Mayelli Flores. Deeper on the card, Chantelle Cameron competes for a vacant WBO super welterweight belt, and Irma Garcia defends her IBF super flyweight title. Even the deep undercard has appeal, with Shannon Courtenay, who gave us a great one against Ebanie Bridges five years ago, appearing in an eight-rounder. BLH will have live updates
Paramount+, 5:30 pm ET, Zuffa Boxing 5. From Dana White’s Little Rascals clubhouse in Las Vegas, Nevada. Main event is Andres Cortes vs Eridson Garcia. Mark Magsayo and Azat Hovhannisyan appear in support fights. BLH may have live updates
