Friday, April 17th
DAZN, 2:00 pm ET, Nathaniel Collins vs Cristobal Lorente 2. From Glasgow, Scotland. These lads fought to a split draw back in October, and they’re getting right back to it with each other again. Lorente is actually on a two draw streak, and hasn’t had a definitive outcome fight in almost a year and a half. Dylan Arbuckle vs Nico Leivars and Royston Barney-Smith vs Conor McIntosh headline the undercard, with a collection of vacant British and Commonwealth titles seeking new homes with the winners.
BLH will have live updates
ESPN, 10:00 pm ET, MVPW-02: Alycia Baumgardner vs Bo Mi Re Shin. From the Madison Square Garden basement in New York City. For Baumgardner’s WBO, WBA & IBF super featherweight titles, fighting 10 three-minute rounds. Baumgardner was undisputed, but dropped the WBC belt last year over the 3 minute rounds issue. Shin has three losses, but two of them came against Caroline Dubois and Delfine Persoon. Shadasia Green defends her WBO and IBF super middleweight belts against Lani Daniels in the chief support. Not sure if Jahmal Harvey is on the main show, or part of the prelims that start on ESPN+ at 6:30 pm ET. BLH will have live updates
Saturday, April 18th
DAZN, 2:00 pm ET, Ben Whittaker vs Braian Suarez. From Liverpool, England. This was originally supposed to be David Morrell vs Callum Smith, but we found out about a week ago that Callum Smith is injured and that fight is off. Into the gap rises Whittaker vs Suarez, now a main event opportunity for Whittaker to cement his place in the upper echelon alongside previous Suarez vanquishers like Sharabutdin Ataev and Vasily Voytsekhovsky. And, if you love McGrails? This one’s got Peter AND Joe on the undercard! What a show! BLH will have live updates
TrillerTV PPV and Bash.TV, 9:00 pm ET, SD Fight Night. From Oceanside, California. Are we to believe this is really a “San Diego” fight night at an arena 35 miles away? If you’re willing to risk the bait-and-switch, $24.99 gets you a baker’s dozen fights, with Jonny Mansour in the eight-round main event and everything else scheduled for six or four.
