By Brandon Wise
Boxing continues to deliver in a big way for fans across the world in 2019 with big fights and huge names all competing so far in 2019. We started off with Manny Pacquiao scoring a decision win over Adrien Broner in January before seeing more welterweights take to the ring in huge showcase bouts. Errol Spence proved to be too much for Mikey Garcia, Terence Crawford dominated Amir Khan, Keith Thurman outlasted Josesito Lopez and Danny Garcia battered Adrian Granados. Now, the 147-pound division is set for some big business later this year.
In May, we saw Canelo Alvarez prove once again why he is one of the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world with a decision win over Daniel Jacobs. If all goes according to plan, we could see the trilogy fight with Gennady Golovkin later in 2019.
Now, we have plenty of big names still to look forward to the rest of the year. Heavyweights take center stage later this month and early June with Anthony Joshua, Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury all in action. And also just announced, A welterweight blockbuster match between legendary boxer Manny Pacquiao and undefeated welterweight champion Keith Thurman will take place on July 20th.
Below is a running list of boxing main events for the 2019 year.
| Date | Location | Main event | Weightclass/title | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18 | Brooklyn | Deontay Wilder (c) vs. Domonic Breazeale | WBC heavyweight title | Showtime |
| May 18 | Stevenage, England | Billy Joe Saunders vs. Shefat Isufi | WBO interim super middleweight title | ESPN+ |
| May 25 | Oxon Hill, Maryland | DEVIN HANEY VS ANTONIO MORAN | Lightweights | DAZN |
| June 1 | New York | Anthony Joshua (c) vs. Andy Ruiz | Unified heavyweight titles | DAZN |
| June 8 | Reno, Nevada | Oscar Valdez (c) vs. Jason Sanchez | WBO featherweight title | ESPN |
| June 8 | New York | Gennady Golovkin vs. Steve Rolls | Super middleweights | DAZN |
| June 15 | Paradise, Nevada | Tyson Fury vs. Tom Schwarz | Heavyweights | ESPN |
| June 23 | Las Vegas | Tony Harrison (c) vs. Jermell Charlo | WBC junior middleweight title | Fox |
| June 29 | Houston | Jermall Charlo (c) vs. Brandon Adams | WBC interim middleweight title | Showtime |
| June 29 | Providence, R.I. | Demetrius Andrade vs. Maciej Sulecki | WBO middleweight title | DAZN |
| June 21 | Indio, California | Andrew Cancio (c) vs. Alberto Machado | WBA “regular” junior lightweight title | DAZN |
| July 19 | Oxon Hill, Maryland | Teofimo Lopez Jr. vs. Masayoshi Nakatani | Lightweights | ESPN+ |
| July 20 | TBD | Keith Thurman (c) vs. Manny Pacquiao | WBC welterweight title | Fox PPV |
Article courtesy of Brandon Wise & CBS Sports
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