Boxing schedule for March

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Hopefully you bastards watch more boxing this month than you all did last month. Some dope fights this month.

March 2

At Chonburi, Thailand: Wanheng Menayothin vs. Go Odaira, 12 rounds, for Menayothin's WBC strawweight title

March 4

At Los Angeles (Estrella TV): Mike Perez vs. Martin Honorio, 10 rounds, junior welterweights; Christian Gonzalez vs. David Rodela, 8 rounds, junior lightweights; Alexis Rocha vs. Diego Padilla, 4 rounds, junior middleweights; Oscar Negrete vs. Hugo Partida, 8 rounds, junior featherweights; Ivan Delgado vs. Jesus Sandoval, 6 rounds, junior lightweights; Rafael Gramajo vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior featherweights

At Tampa (Telemundo): Orlando Cruz vs. Romulo Koasicha, 10 rounds, junior lightweights

At Kyoto, Japan: Shinsuke Yamanaka vs. Liborio Solis, 12 rounds, for Yamanaka's WBC bantamweight title; Yu Kimura vs. Ganigan Lopez, 12 rounds, for Kimura's WBC junior flyweight title

At Sosnowiec, Poland: Krzysztof Wlodarczyk vs. Valery Brudov, 12 rounds, cruiserweights

March 5

At Washington, D.C. (HBO): Luis Ortiz vs. Tony Thompson, 12 rounds, for Ortiz's WBA interim heavyweight title; Sadam Ali vs. Jessie Vargas, 12 rounds, for vacant WBO welterweight title; Robinson Castellanos vs. Oscar Escandon, 12 rounds, for vacant WBC interim featherweight title; Lamont Roach vs. TBA, 6 rounds, lightweights; Rashidi Ellis vs. TBA, 8 rounds, welterweights; D'Mitrius Ballard vs. TBA, 6 rounds, super middleweights; Kevin Rivers Jr. vs. TBA, 6 rounds, featherweights; Zachary Ochoa vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior welterweights; Damon Allen vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior welterweights; Todd Unthank-May vs. TBA, 6 rounds, light heavyweights

At Bethlehem, Pa. (Showtime): Julian Williams vs. Marcello Matano, 12 rounds, IBF junior middleweight eliminator; Antoine Douglas vs. Avtandil Khurtsidze, 10 rounds, middleweights; Tony Harrison vs. Fernando Guerrero, 10 rounds, middleweights

At Grozny, Russia (AWE): Ruslan Chagaev vs. Lucas Browne, 12 rounds, for Chagaev's WBA "regular" heavyweight title

At Mexico City (beIN Sports Espanol): Antonio Margarito vs. Jorge Paez Jr., 10 rounds, junior middleweights; Cesar Juarez vs. Alvin Bais, 10 round, featherweights

At London: Sonny Upton vs. Rick Godding, 10 rounds, junior middleweights

At Birmingham, England: Sam Eggington vs. Bradley Skeete, 12 rounds, for Eggington's British and Commonwealth welterweight titles; Bobby Jenkinson vs. Gamal Yafai, 12 rounds, for Jenkinson's Commonwealth junior featherweight title; Kal Yafai vs. TBA, 10 or 12 rounds, junior bantamweights; Michael Rooney vs. Marcus Ffrench, 10 rounds, lightweights; Cello Renda vs. Ben Wilkes, 10 rounds, middleweights

At Arras, France: Thomas Masson vs. Angel Moreno, 12 rounds, for Masson's European flyweight title

At Huntington, N.Y.: Cletus Seldin vs. Orlando Vasquez, 10 rounds, junior welterweights; Luis Franco vs. Tyrone Luckey, 8 rounds, junior lightweights; Alan Gotay vs. Bryon Rendon, 6 rounds, junior welterweights; Johnny Hernandez vs. Jose Guzman, 6 rounds, lightweights; Tyrone James vs. Neyeine Muang, 4 rounds, welterweights; George Arias vs. James Hammortree, 4 rounds, heavyweights

March 11

At Mexico City (Telemundo): Carlos Ruiz vs. Joel Montes De Oca, 10 rounds, junior lightweights

March 12

At Merida, Mexico (beIN Sports Espanol): Roman "Rocky" Martinez vs. Miguel Berchelt, 12 rounds, for Martinez's WBO junior lightweight title

At Burbank, Calif. (UniMas): Casey Ramos vs. Jonathan Perez, 10 rounds, lightweights; Arnold Barboza Jr. vs. Max Becerra, 6 rounds, junior welterweights; Miguel Marriaga vs. Adones Aguelo, 8 rounds, featherweights; Guy Robb vs. Carlos Padilla, 8 rounds, junior lightweights; Joe Louie Lopez vs. Liam Vaughn, 6 rounds, junior middleweights; Zach Wohlman vs. Lionel Jimenez, 4 rounds, junior welterweights; Konstantin Kupianskii vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior middleweights

At Las Vegas (CBS Sports Net): Zab Judah vs. Josh Torres, 10 rounds, junior welterweights; Jesus Gutierrez vs. Leon Spinks III, 8 rounds, lightweights; Steve Claggett vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior welterweights; Jeremy Nichols, 4 rounds, junior welterweights

At Liverpool, England: Terry Flanagan vs. Derry Mathews, rematch, 12 rounds, for Flanagan's WBO lightweight title; Paul Butler vs. Sebastian Sanchez, 12 rounds, junior bantamweights; Tommy Langford vs. Lewis Taylor, 12 rounds, for vacant Commonwealth middleweight title; Guillermo Rigondeaux vs. Jazza Dickens, 10 rounds, junior featherweights; Tom Stalker vs. TBA, 10 or 12 rounds, lightweights; Zolani Tete vs. Jose Santos Gonzalez, 12 rounds, bantamweights; Matty Askin vs. Simon Barclay, 10 rounds, cruiserweights; Vijender Singh vs. Alexander Horvath, 4 rounds, super middleweights; Stephen Lewis vs. Marek Laskowski, 10 rounds, junior welterweights; Ryan Farrag vs. TBA, 8 rounds, bantamweights; Leon Woodstock vs. TBA, 4 or 6 rounds, junior lightweights; Kevin Satchell vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior bantamweights; Zelfa Barrett vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior lightweights

At Neubrandenburg, Germany: Juergen Braehmer vs. Eduard Gutknecht, rematch, 12 rounds, for Braehmer's WBA "regular" light heavyweight title; Stefan Haertel vs. Tobias Webb, 8 rounds, super middleweights

At Montreal: David Lemieux vs. James De La Rosa, 12 rounds, middleweights

At Levallois, France: Cedric Vitu vs. Ruben Varon, 12 rounds, for Vitu's European junior middleweight title; Igor Mikhalkin vs. Patrick Bois, 12 rounds, Mikhalkin's for Euopean light heavyweight title
 
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March 15

At Nice, Calif. (PBC on Fox Sports 1/Fox Deportes): Sergey Lipinets vs. Levan Ghvamichava, 10 rounds, junior welterweights; Tugstsogt Nyambayar vs Rafael Vasquez, 10 rounds, featherweights; Kevin Watts vs. TBA, 6 or 8 rounds, junior welterweights; Leduan Barthelemy vs. TBA, 6 or8 rounds, featherweights

March 18

At Mexico City (Telemundo): "Boxeo Telemundo"

At Philadelphia: Jesse Hart vs. Dashon Johnson, 10 rounds, super middleweights; Victor Vasquez vs. Ramsesis Gil, 6 rounds, lightweights; Ismael Garcia vs. Carlos Garcia, 6 rounds, junior middleweights; Scott Kelleher vs. Josue Rivera, 4 rounds, junior welterweights; Jerome Conquest vs. Jules Blackwell, 6 rounds, lightweights; Fred Jenkins Jr. vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior middleweights; Gledwin Ortiz vs. Greg Jackson, 4 rounds, welterweights; Cassius Chaney vs. TBA, 4 rounds, heavyweights

At Espoo, Finland: Edis Tatli vs. Massimiliano Ballisai, 12 rounds, for Tatli's European lightweight title

March 19

At Houston (UniMas): Juan Diaz vs. TBA, 8 rounds, lightweights; Mike Alvarado vs. TBA, 8 rounds, welterweights; Esquiva Falcao vs. TBA, 8 rounds, middleweights

At Boston: Stephen Ormond vs. Marcos Leonardo Jimenez, 12 rounds, lightweights

At Atlantic City, N.J.: Thomas LaManna vs. Kendal Mena, 8 rounds, welterweights; Tommy Rainone vs. Maurice Chalmers, 8 rounds, welterweights; Imamu Mayfield vs. Dan Pasciolla, 6 rounds, heavyweights; Lamont Capers vs. Tracy Johnson, 6 rounds, cruiserweights; Isiah Seldon vs. Michael Mitchell, 6 rounds, super middleweights; Hakim Bryant vs. TBA, 6 rounds, middleweights; Quian Davis vs. Corey Morley, 4 rounds, heavyweights; Caleb Hernandez vs. LeAnthony Fleming, 4 rounds, welterweights; Omar Brito vs. Bienvenido Diaz, 4 rounds, junior lightweights; Alvin Vermall vs. Dequan Morgan, 4 rounds, cruiserweights; Darryl Bunting vs. Jason Singletary, 4 rounds, super middleweights; Steven Ortiz vs. TBA, 4 rounds, lightweights

At Kempton Park, South Africa: Hekkie Budler vs. Byron Rojas, 12 round, for Budler's WBA strawweight title

At Copenhagen, Denmark: Micki Nielsen vs. Mirko Larghetti, 12 rounds, cruiserweights; Rashid Kassem vs. TBA, 6 or 8 rounds, lightweights

March 22

At TBA (PBC on Fox Sports 1/Fox Deportes): Premier Boxing Champions

March 25

Indio, Calif. (Estrella TV): Antonio Orozco vs. Miguel Acosta, 10 rounds, welterweights; Andrew Cancio vs. TBA, 10 rounds, featherweights; Edgar Valerio vs. TBA, 6 rounds, featherweights; Jason Quigley vs. TBA, 8 rounds, middleweights; KeAndre Gibson vs. TBA, 8 rounds, welterweights; Emilio Sanchez vs. TBA, 8 rounds, featherweights; Marco Magdaleno vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior welterweights; Pablo Rubio vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior featherweights

At London: Gary Corcoran vs. Danny Butler, 12 rounds, junior middleweights; Tom Baker vs. Jack Morris, 10 rounds, light heavyweights; Romeo Romaeo vs. Michal Dufek, 8 rounds, junior welterweights; Boy Jones Jr. vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior lightweights; Ediz Hussein vs. TBA, 6 rounds, lightweights; Sammy McNess vs. Danny Little, 4 rounds, junior middleweights; Anthony Yarde vs. Robert Kertesz, 4 rounds, light heavyweights; Archie Sharp vs. TBA, 4 rounds, lightweights; Billy Long vs. TBA, 4 rounds, super middleweights; D.P Carr vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior lightweights

March 26

At Oakland, Calif. (HBO): Andre Ward vs. Sullivan Barrera, 12 rounds, light heavyweights; Joseph Diaz vs. Jayson Velez, 10 rounds, featherweights

At Sheffield, England: Kell Brook vs. Kevin Bizier, 12 rounds, for Brook's IBF welterweight title; Luke Campbell vs. Gary Sykes, 10 rounds, lightweights; Dave Allen vs. Richard Towers, 10 rounds, heavyweights; Andy Townend vs. Craig Poxton, 10 rounds, junior lightweights

At London: Nick Blackwell vs. Chris Eubank Jr., 12 rounds, for Blackwell's British middleweight title; Hughie Fury vs. TBA, 12 rounds, heavyweights
 
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A bunch of dope things to look out for this month,

Yamanaka's in action, a guy who's probably the best fighter in his division against Solis who somehow hasn't been able to land a decent fight after not losing since 2011 with wins over Jose Salgado, Kohei Kono, & Daiki Kameda.

Julian Williams in an eliminator with a potential fight against Jermall Charlo.

According to the WBA the winners of Luis Oritz Vs. Tony Thompson & Ruslan Chagaev Vs. Lucas Browne are going to have to fight each other to eliminate an extra title and then the winner will eventually have to fight whoever was the main WBA title. Which is finally something good the WBA is doing.

That Terry Flanagan vs. Derry Mathews card is crazy good. Didn't know Vijender Singh was with Frank Warren. Singh was crazy popular in India after he medaled in the Olympics, would like to see him do well in the pros.

Real pumped about that PBC card on 3/15 with Tugstsogt Nyambayar, a Mongolian silver medalist that they seem to be fast tracking in the pros. Lipinets in the main event is another guy they're fast tracking.

That's the end of my random rambling. A lot of dope things happening this month.
 
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"Tugstsogt Nyambayar", just rolls off the tongue doesn't it? I've been waiting for the longest time for a badass Mongolian fighter to cheer for, they better capitalize off his nationality hardcore, like dress him in ancient Mongolian garb with images of Genghis Khan slaughtering bitches with the national anthem screaming in the background.
 
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"Tugstsogt Nyambayar", just rolls off the tongue doesn't it? I've been waiting for the longest time for a badass Mongolian fighter to cheer for, they better capitalize off his nationality hardcore, like dress him in ancient Mongolian garb with images of Genghis Khan slaughtering bitches with the national anthem screaming in the background.
Haha yeah he said fuck shortening up my name. If he comes out anything like that I'd probably just stop watching boxing and join his camp traveling with him around the world like some of Pacquiao's weird friends.

I'm just pumped these guys are getting real shots in the U.S. at the beginning of their careers. Lakva Sim didn't get a shot here until they wanted Juan Diaz to win a title.

And Choi (not even gonna try to spell his last name I'll look him up later) went on a string beating prospects in the UK and crushed Derry Matthews when he was unbeaten and then they just stopped giving him prospects and let him get old.
 
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He looks pretty hard to beat in there. But Heavyweight competition is stepping up all around.

That Vargas Ali fight was dope.

Margarito got knocked down in his fight. Still came back to win, but Mosley will beat him senseless if they're really fighting this summer.
 
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Man Vargas looked real good against Ali. I still don't think either of them are that special but I didn't think Vargas had that kind of power.

Can't really take much away from this Ortiz fight, but good he got the KO.

Watching this Showtime card now, some pretty good prospects on there.
 
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Margaritos a dumbass for still fighting with that eye but i certainly would never feel sorry for him in any way.

Antonio Margarito looks poor in comeback fight against Jorge Paez Jnr


ANTONIO MARGARITO made an ill-advised, yet successful, return to the ring on Saturday night [March 5] in front of 10,000 adoring fans in Mexico City.
The war-torn Tijuana native rose from a knockdown in the sixth to outpoint the limited Jorge Paez Jnr over 10 rounds. Both men weighed 154lbs.
At 37, it was Margarito’s first fight in almost five years. In 2010 Manny Pacquiao warped his features, so much so that the socket around his right eye needed reconstructing. Miguel Cotto then gained revenge over him a year later, pummeling him to a ninth-round retirement.
The villainous, intimidating Margarito of old has been replaced with a labouring imposter who struggled to beat a natural welterweight who had lost three of his last six.
With dulled reflexes and his right eye almost falling out of the socket, Margarito pawed with his jab in the early goings as the fight quickly became more competitive than it should have been.

A right-left combo dropped the former welterweight world champion in the sixth, though he rose to rally back. He was forced to dig deep to eke out the win which, while massively flawed, was at least entertaining.
Antonio should have been banned from boxing for good after wearing loaded gloves against Shane Mosley in 2009, and hopefully his struggle with Paez will persuade him – and the relevant authorities – to end this farcical comeback.


 
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^^^Looks like they found Canelo's next opponent.

They'll call it a tune-up before they fight Golovkin (they'll pinky swear GGG is next this time).

That's only if Bradley doesn't beat Pacquiao because if he does, get ready for the fight none of us have been asking for (except maybe battle!) - Canelo vs Bradley for the middleweight lineal title at 155 pounds, $74.95 PPV
 
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naner12 @naner12 what are your thoughts on Barrera? I haven't seen much of him since he's only had a couple noteworthy fights (looked good but against not very good opposition like Murat). Obviously his experience as a pro is severely lacking compared to Ward, but as a Cuban amateur he had a deep career, beating future champs like Chad Dawson and Shumenov, among other quality wins. I know the boxing world has been sleeping on him a bit, but how good is he and what do you think his potential is?
 
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naner12 @naner12 what are your thoughts on Barrera? I haven't seen much of him since he's only had a couple noteworthy fights (looked good but against not very good opposition like Murat). Obviously his experience as a pro is severely lacking compared to Ward, but as a Cuban amateur he had a deep career, beating future champs like Chad Dawson and Shumenov, among other quality wins. I know the boxing world has been sleeping on him a bit, but how good is he and what do you think his potential is?
He's bigger and better than Yunieski IMO. Who knows how Ward comes out, but if Ward isn't ready to go he can definitely pull it off. I think he could be a top 5-6 fighter at LHW. He has the height and power, age isn't on his side though.

Don't mind him taking this fight, he's old and this could really help him take off. Don't think he beats Kovalev or a ready to go Ward though.