Thursday, April 9
DAZN, 6:30 pm ET, Osleys Iglesias vs Pavel Silyagin. From Montreal. The vacant IBF super middleweight title is up for grabs between two unbeaten fighters. Cuban-German-Canadian Iglesias (14-0, 13 KO) is seen already as a top fighter at 168 lbs, and Russia’s Silyagin (16-0-1, 7 KO) has about as strong a resume in terms of quality of wins. It’s a better than average matchup for a vacant title, really. The undercard is the standard Eye of the Tiger fare. Arthur Biyarslanov is in action in yet another
fight he’ll probably win without much trouble, you’d hope to see more from him at this point given he’s 30, but that’s life. Luis Santana faces Chann Thonson in a lightweight bout, and Leila Beaudoin looks to bounce back from her loss to Alycia Baumgardner against Victoria Bustos. Bad Left Hook will have live updates.
Friday, April 10
DAZN, 3:00 pm ET, Theophilous Allotey vs Jonas Erastus.
Saturday, April 11
DAZN, 4:30 am ET, Tenshin Nasukawa vs Juan Francisco Estrada. From Tokyo. Intriguing main event, the veteran Estrada (45-4, 28 KO) making a full play at bantamweight against Nasukawa (7-1, 2 KO), who is coming off of a loss to Takuma Inoue. It’s a WBC eliminator, which in logical terms seems kinda weird, Nasukawa just lost trying to win that belt and Estrada has done nothing at bantamweight, but it’s boxing, logic of that sort doesn’t really enter into the conversation. Estrada has a massive experience edge and is a better boxer, but he’s also 35 and has barely fought in two years, and Nasukawa can be tricky even for good, experienced pros. We’ll see what Estrada has left. The fast-rising super flyweight Tomoya Tsuboi is back on the undercard against veteran Pedro Guevara, plus Kyosuke Takami vs Angel Ayala in a good flyweight matchup. Bad Left Hook will have live updates.
Netflix, 2:00 pm ET, Tyson Fury vs Arslanbek Makhmudov. From London. The 37-year-old Fury (34-2-1, 24 KO) ends another one of his “retirements” after a year-and-a-half or so out of action following two losses to Oleksandr Usyk, returning against Makhmudov (21-2, 19 KO), a big, burly fringe contender who has managed to parlay beating Dave Allen in Sheffield into headlining Tottenham Hotspur Stadium against Tyson Fury. Boxing! This is the same Makhmudov who got hammered by Guido Vianello less than two years ago, mind you. The undercard features Conor Benn and his “one-fight deal” with Zuffa — this is not a Zuffa card — facing Regis Prograis at a 150 lb catchweight, as well as Justis Huni vs Frazer Clarke and Jeamie TKV defending the British heavyweight title against Richard Riakporhe, which is a good fight for both. Bad Left Hook will have live updates.
