Friday, October 30th
Millions.Co, 7:00 pm ET Boardwalk Brawl
From Atlantic City, New Jersey. This is a $20.00 PPV from Delta Forever Hungry Promotions, and credit to them for not surrendering to the 99 cent pricing model! We all know that a $19.99 PPV isn’t meaningfully cheaper than one at a full $20! Your main event sees Richard “The Menace” Johnson fighting the also undefeated Klisman Simao for a minor IBF accessory. If you look the rest of the card up on BoxRec, you’ll see it listed there as the “Broadwalk Brawl,”
an unfortunate typo that I will empathize with and not mock in any way. Karma punishes those who do, and I don’t need everyone to tear me apart in the comments if/when fate makes me repeatedly refer to “Caleno” when typing too fast in the big fight capsule still to come.
Saturday, October 31st
TrillerTV+, 5:00 am ET Highland Boxing: Brave Hearts 2026
From Pattaya, Thailand. Some regional belts on the line here. Marco Krause and Kadu Kaidy are a pair of German light heavyweights relatively early in their pro careers, in action here against a pair of Indian fighters.
Canelo Alvarez vs Christian Mbilli (DAZN PPV and Ultimate, 9:15 am ET)
BLH will have live results and updates
From Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for Mbilli’s WBC super middleweight title. Both men fight for the first time since September of last year on the Canelo vs Terence Crawford show.
Canelo was the “Canelo” half of that main event, losing a unanimous decision to Crawford. Mbilli appeared in support, putting on a brilliant action fight with Lester Martinez that ended a split draw. Here at BLH, Scott had it even, while Wil had Mbilli winning narrowly. But the general consensus was that neither man deserved to lose, and everyone wanted to see the immediate rematch that was ordered. Of course, boxing fans can’t have anything we want when we actually want it, so Martinez took a different path and Mbilli instead got a 13 month layoff and his first shot at a star-making name. Not a bad consolation, all in all, for Mbilli or for us.
Mbilli is a big power puncher, never afraid to mix it up even though it’s gotten him rocked in more than one fight. We saw it in the dramatic show against Carlos Gongora that put him on the map for most boxing fans, and the same instincts that make Mbilli such a fun watch also put him at risk even in fights he seems to be winning clearly. He’s yet to lose a fight, but his courage and relentlessness could put him in trouble against Canelo’s proven history of patiently waiting to counter and destroy aggressive sluggers.
On the other hand… Mbilli seems to have a bit more in his arsenal than James Kirkland. And Canelo hasn’t stopped anyone in almost five years, since his late 2021 fight against Caleb Plant. Perhaps Mbilli will take advantage of late stage Canelo’s tendency to downshift midway through fights and pounce?
OR… Maybe it doesn’t happen at all? It merits mentioning that this major sporting event is scheduled to take place in a city that’s been under near daily bombardment by Houthis based in Yemen, including aggressive attacks on the Riyadh airport which most fighters and dignitaries involved will presumably need to use to arrive. The situation is hot enough that the US State Department ordered all non-emergency personnel to leave the country, and led to the postponement of a huge annual investment conference also originally scheduled for this week. Also, that airport only reopened the morning of this article’s publication, after over two weeks of closure due to an attack that killed 13 people and injured more than 300 others. Also also, the Houthis sent at least one other ballistic missile towards the airport the morning it reopened, per the New York Times, which quoted a Houthi spokesman as saying the airport is “a military target” and that the Saudis will “bear responsibility for the consequences” after reopening it. ALSO also also, the arena where this fight will be held, with all the Saudi officials, celebrities, dignitaries, and world famous athletes in attendance on a public schedule and a video live stream going all over the world, is even closer to the Yemeni border than the airport. All that is to say that if you’re not an Ultimate subscriber and plan on paying the $79.99 for a standalone PPV? It might be wise to wait until the absolute last moment to order, given the very real possibility that this show doesn’t go off, for one reason or another.
ON THE UNDERCARD: Three really notable fights: Lindolfo Delgado vs Arthur Biyarslanov for a vacant IBF belt at super lightweight, Jaime Munguia takes on Nikita Zon, and Rafael Espinoza defends his WBO featherweight belt against Ricardo Blandon. And, the part of Precocious Five Year Old Playing “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” on the Family Piano to Polite Applause Before Going Up to Bed so the Adults Can Enjoy Their Party will be played by Sultan Almohammed, the Saudi Arabian fighter scheduled to open the show against Erik Villegas (5-2-3, 1 KO). The free prelims stream shows as available on DAZN starting at 9:15 am ET, the same as the PPV. So, expect the actual main card to go off at least a few hours later than the currently listed time.
