Boxing Lineup for 2025: Joyce vs. Hrgovic and Mayer vs. Ryan Scheduled for Spring
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Boxing Lineup for 2025: Joyce vs. Hrgovic and Mayer vs. Ryan Scheduled for Spring

Big matchups ranging from the heavyweight clash between Joe Joyce and Filip Hrgovic to the welterweight title bout involving Mikaela Mayer and Sandy Ryan are set for the first half of 2025.

With all the meaningful action of the first three months of the year complete, boxing fans are now looking toward the spring and the continually developing schedule while also looking back at some big fights that have already gone down.

Naoya Inoue, the undisputed junior featherweight champion and pound-for-pound elite fighter, was in action on Jan. 24 when he defended his four world titles against Ye Joon Kim. Inoue was originally scheduled to face Sam Goodman on Christmas Eve, but Goodman suffered a cut in training camp and the fight was postponed. Goodman then suffered another cut ahead of the rescheduled Jan. 24 date and was removed from the fight altogether. As expected, Inoue made quick work of Kim to kick off 2025 with a bang.

Business further picked up in February. On Feb. 1, two of boxing’s brightest young stars, David Benavidez and David Morrell, clashed with major potential future opportunities on the line. Benavidez dominated the action to take a unanimous decision win and was seemingly in line to face the winner of the Feb. 22 rematch between undisputed light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol.

However, Benavidez will need to wait a while longer before he gets that opportunity. Bivol won the rematch by majority decision, evening his rivalry with Beterbiev at 1-1 and setting up an almost certain rubber match between the two best light heavyweights on the planet.

While April is lacking in big fights, the first weekend in May is loaded with familiar names. A May 2 tripleheader features Ryan Garcia vs. Rolando Romero, Devin Haney vs. Jose Ramirez, and Teofimo Lopez Jr. vs. Arnold Barboza Jr. May 3 features a headliner to crown an undisputed super middleweight champion when Canelo Alvarez faces William Scull. The weekend ends on May 4 with Naoya Inoue vs. Ramon Cardenas for Inoue’s undisputed junior featherweight championship.

2025 Upcoming Boxing Schedule

Date Location Main event Weightclass/title Network
March 29 Las Vegas Mikaela Mayer (c) vs. Sandy Ryan WBO welterweight title ESPN
March 29 Cancun, Mexico William Zepeda vs. Tevin Farmer Lightweights DAZN
March 29 Aichi, Japan Angel Ayala (c) vs. Masamichi Yabuki IBF flyweight title TBA
March 30 Aichi Japan Melvin Jerusalem (c) vs. Yudai Shigeoka WBC strawweight title TBA
April 5 Astana, Kazakhstan Janibek Alimkhanuly (c) vs. Anauel Ngamissengue Unified middleweight title ESPN+
April 5 Las Vegas Richard Torrez Jr. vs. Guido Vianello Heavyweights ESPN+
April 5 Manchester, England Joe Joyce vs. Filip Hrgovic Heavyweights DAZN
April 6 New South Wales, Australia Tim Tszyu vs. Joseph Spencer Junior middleweights TBA
April 12 Atlantic City, NJ Jaron Ennis (c) vs. Eimantas Stanionis (c) Unified welterweight title DAZN
April 26 London Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn Middleweights TBA
May 2 New York City Ryan Garcia vs. Rolando Romero Junior welterweights DAZN PPV
May 3 Riyadh Canelo Alvarez (c) vs. William Scull (c) Super middleweight unification DAZN PPV
May 4 Las Vegas Naoya Inoue (c) vs. Ramon Cardenas Undisputed junior featherweight title ESPN
May 10 San Diego Emanuel Navarrete (c) vs. Charly Suarez WBO junior lightweight title TBA
May 10 Nottingham, England Anthony Cacace vs. Leigh Wood Junior lightweights DAZN
May 24 Glasgow Josh Taylor vs. Ekow Essuman Welterweights DAZN

Note: This will be updated continuously with changes and additions.

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