Highlights!
- Ryan Garcia returns to the ring for the first time since his loss to Gervonta Davis, as he faces Oscar Duarte in a DAZN main event on Saturday night!
- DAZN’s having a big Saturday overall, with TWO (2) shows in the afternoon, one from Belfast, one from France!
- There are vacant European titles to go around! There’s a ProBox show! There’s BKFC with Mike Perry and Eddie Alvarez! AND MORE!
Wednesday, Nov. 29
ProBox TV, 8:00 pm ET, Orlando Gonzalez vs Jorge Castaneda. On paper, the usual solidly-matched ProBox main event. John will be here as always, and we’ll have the free live stream and all that. BLH will have live updates.
Thursday, Nov. 30
DAZN and Social Media, 8:00 am ET, Conlan vs Gill press conference.
DAZN and Social Media, 1:00 pm ET, Garcia vs Duarte press conference.
Friday, Dec. 1
FITE+, 6:30 am ET, Alex Winwood vs Cris Ganoza.
DAZN and Social Media, 8:00 am ET, Conlan vs Gill weigh-in.
TNT Sports (UK), TBA, Gavin Gwynne vs Emiliano Marsili. European lightweight title on the line. It’s vacant. Marsili is 42-0-1 in his career! And he is 47 years old. He’s held this belt before. He also briefly had the WBC “silver” title back in 2015 and decided that just having that was probably enough. One way to look at it is he knows his ceiling. Maybe that lacks ambition, but it does not lack honesty.
Channel 5 (UK), TBA, Chloe Watson vs Justin Lallemand. Vacant European flyweight title. I think that’s the main event, anyway. Nathan Gorman and Isaac Lowe are on the card.
DAZN and Social Media, 1:00 pm ET, Garcia vs Duarte weigh-in.
ESPN+, 9:00 pm ET, Derrick Cuevas vs Marlo Aguas. ESPN+ superstar Derrieck Cuevas is BACK in Panama City! The Panama one, not Florida.
Saturday, Dec. 2
DAZN, 2:00 pm ET, Michael Conlan vs Jordan Gill. This will be at 130 lbs, with Conlan moving up in weight after his second failed attempt to win a 126 lb title. Should be a decent enough fight, because Gill usually can’t help himself from getting into a tear-up, and Conlan won’t shy away from one if that’s how a fight is going to be, even if it’s not his preference. The undercard has Tyrone McKenna vs Lewis Crocker, Caoimhin Agyargo vs Troy Williamson, and more in Belfast. BLH will have live updates.
DAZN, 2:00 pm ET, Kevin Lele Sadjo vs Giovanni De Carolis. A card from France! You may remember Sadjo from his European super middleweight title-winning effort against Jack Cullen two years ago. He’s done nothing of real note since, as fairly often happens with French fighters for some reason. The show also features Sofiane Oumiha, who was a terrific amateur (but is also 28 and has not shown much indication that he’s super serious as a pro), and more.
FITE PPV, 7:00 pm ET, Juan Zayas vs Eric Pabon.
DAZN, 8:00 pm ET, Ryan Garcia vs Oscar Duarte. Garcia looks to bounce back from his first loss in one of the biggest fights of 2023, taking on Duarte at 140. Duarte’s really a lightweight, but he’s a tough guy, he can crack, and he’s taking a big opportunity because it was presented to him. Conventional wisdom is no way does Golden Boy risk their one money fighter in a matchup they think he might lose right now — again, coming off a loss, yet another new trainer, and so on. If they felt Duarte was a serious threat, Duarte would not be the opponent. But sometimes people get it wrong! Golden Boy also hope to use this to make a much bigger Garcia fight in early 2024, but we’ll see. BLH will have live updates.
FITE PPV, 8:00 pm ET, BKFC 56: Mike Perry vs Eddie Alvarez. Mike Perry’s one of the few “big names” BKFC have, so this is a $29.99 pay-per-view, no FITE+ for this one.