Highlights!
The most important struggle of the weekend comes from England, the place Joshua Buatsi will face Dan Azeez in a matchup of legit 175 lb contenders for the British and Commonwealth belts. That airs on Peacock within the US and Sky within the UK.
Conor Benn is taking his street present to Las Vegas to face Peter Dobson in a Saturday afternoon (sure) primary occasion on DAZN, which competes with the a lot larger Buatsi-Azeez struggle.
ProBox TV has the second-best struggle of the week, actually, so don’t ignore Wednesday’s motion!
Wednesday, Jan. 31
ProBox TV, 8:00 pm ET, Angelo Leo vs Mike Plania. HEY! One other actual stable ProBox primary occasion to maintain 2024 transferring over there. Leo is a former 122 lb titleholder, beating Tramaine Williams (keep in mind him?) for the WBO belt in 2020, then shedding that belt to Stephen Fulton Jr in early 2021 after which received a tricky one over Aaron Alameda 5 months later, then mainly disappeared off the face of the boxing earth. He resurfaced final November on a ProBox card with a win over Nicolas Polanco. Plania is a Filipino fighter you might keep in mind “upsetting” Joshua Greer Jr (keep in mind him and his foolish pillow bit?) within the High Rank bubble in 2020, then was badly outclassed by Ra’eese Aleem when he lastly obtained one other first rate struggle over two years later. He was additionally stopped by Elijah Pierce on an Time beyond regulation Boxing (keep in mind them?) card final August in Atlanta. Romero Duno faces Antonio Moran and Chris Pearson takes on Trevor McCumby, too. BLH may have reside updates and outcomes.
Thursday, Feb. 1
DAZN and social media, 3:00 pm ET, Benn vs Dobson press convention.
Friday, Feb. 2
DAZN and social media, 3:00 pm ET, Benn vs Dobson weigh-in.
DAZN, 8:00 pm ET, Ashton Sylve vs Estivan Falcao. Most Worthwhile Prospects is again. It’s a fairly unhealthy present by way of relevance, with one fighter (Sylve) you would truly name a critical prospect. Truthfully, they took the outdated CBS Sports activities Community boxing venue and are mainly offering playing cards of that stage except they put Serrano or Jake Paul himself in that room.
TrillerTV+, 8:00 pm ET, BKFC 57: Luis Palomino vs Austin Trout. Sure, that Austin Trout. There may be not one other Austin Trout. It’s that one. This can be a probably fascinating naked knuckle struggle. Trout is 1-0 in BKFC, beating Diego Sanchez in a fairly shameful matchup 11-and-a-half months in the past, and now he faces Palomino, who’s possibly the best P4P fighter in BKFC’s younger historical past, a real specialist on this type who could have an excessive amount of expertise in naked knuckle for Trout’s superior boxing expertise. It occurs fairly incessantly when former prime boxing contenders do this sport. Paul Malignaggi misplaced to Artem Lobov, for God’s sake.
Saturday, Feb. 3
DAZN and social media, 1:00 pm ET, Benn vs Dobson prelims.
Peacock, 2:00 pm ET, Joshua Buatsi vs Dan Azeez. Additionally airing on Sky Sports activities within the UK. This struggle was meant to occur late final yr, obtained postponed, and now it’s right here. Reminder that Peacock truly picks up the complete Sky broadcast so it’s not the crappier watch that ESPN+ offers once they import UK exhibits. Buatsi vs Azeez is a very good struggle, they’re kinda combating to be thought of the No. 3 gentle heavyweight in boxing in the meanwhile, and there are individuals within the UK boxing scene who imagine strongly that Azeez will beat Buatsi, which might be an upset if not an unlimited one. Additionally on the cardboard: Adam Azim vs Enock Paulsen, Caroline Dubois vs TBA, Ben Whittaker in a complete stay-busy he’s actually past, and Viddal Riley vs Nick Parpa. BLH may have reside updates and outcomes.
DAZN, 3:00 pm ET, Conor Benn vs Peter Dobson. Actually must admire Eddie Hearn’s unbelievable dedication to push Conor Benn on everybody regardless that Benn can’t get licensed within the UK nonetheless, so he’s taking this to Las Vegas the place it has mainly no likelihood of creating wealth. And the beginning time will not be a mistake; they need the struggle to air on DAZN for a primary time UK viewers, so sure, it begins at Midday native time in Las Vegas. Dobson is a 33-year-old from The Bronx who hasn’t fought in almost two years and was a down south membership fighter earlier than then. BoxRec discovering 4 “stars” to offer this matchup is fascinating. Austin “Ammo” Williams takes on Connor Coyle, possibly — Coyle has been because of attempt to step up a bit for some time now Between placing this put up collectively and it going reside Coyle has withdrawn. Johnny Fisher is in motion, too. I’ll have this on and we’ll chat about it and such, however the important thing focus is Buatsi vs Azeez, that is the secondary present in reside protection. BLH may have reside updates and outcomes.