Thursday, October 23rd
DAZN, 8:00 pm ET, Joshua Pagan vs Maliek Montgomery. A Salita Promotions show from San Juan, Puerto Rico. Main event is for a currently vacant lesser WBO/NABO title. Four supporting eight-rounders on the
card, including one with Ashleyann Lozada jumping to 8 rounds in just her third pro fight.
TrillerTV+, 10:00 pm ET, Fight Club OC. From Costa Mesa, California. This is a regularly scheduled thing that shows boxing and MMA fights. Triller mentions seven fights, BoxRec shows five boxing matches. No real recognizable names here, unless you’re in the crosshairs of Dante Kirkman’s relentless PR effort. He goes to Stanford, dontchaknow?
Saturday, October 25th
TrillerTV PPV, 2:00 am ET, Global Boxing Series. From Bangkok, Thailand. BoxRec lists 15 matchups, and it’s largely a list of “make absolutely sure you cut and paste instead of trying to remember the spelling, American sportswriter!” names of Thai and Filipino fighters. Awards for coolest and most challenging name both go to: Xolieng Souvannaphakdy, an 8-13-1 (4 KO) super flyweight from Laos. And, yes, I did copy and paste his name.
DAZN PPV, 1:30 pm ET, Joseph Parker vs Fabio Wardley. From London, England. Parker is the WBO interim heavyweight champ. No, not the full champion… That would be Oleksandr Usyk. Wardley is the WBA interim heavyweight champ. No, not the full champion… That’s Usyk again. And not the “regular” champion, either. That’s Kubrat Pulev. Still, not a bad little matchup in the non-Usyk ranks of today’s heavyweight division! And, what’ll this interim vs interim showdown cost you? $59.99 full and/or regular American dollars. Egads, you say! Is there anything on the undercard to maybe make one feel a little better about paying for this afternoon of action? Well… How excited are you to see Lewis Edmonson return from a defeat to defend his British light heavyweight belt against Ezra Taylor? Perhaps a pair of European title fights? What if I told you there was a vacant IBO cruiserweight belt, and it’s up for grabs between an Albanian and a Cameroonian? Are you sold yet? If so, join Scott for live coverage! BLH will have live updates
