I check www.boxrec.com each day and see the scheduled fight all being cancelled. When this virus gets under control and all sports get the “go head” again there will be “An Explosion!”
So many world title fights have been put aside. WBC World Mini champion Chayaphon Moonsri aka Wanheng Menayothin, of Thailand was going to fight away from Thailand for the first time risking his 54-0 record in the US before the event was cancelled.
Defenses like WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO World Heavyweight champion Anthony “AJ” Joshua is scheduled to defend his title June 20th against his No. 1 contender Kubrat Pulev In London, UK. The boxing world wants Joshua or the winner to fight WBC champion Tyson “The Gypsy King” Fury to fight the winner unless former WBC champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” decides to fight Fury in a rematch.
April 10th USA Showtime is to feature prospect Charles Conwell, 12-0, at the Grand Plaza in Nebraska. On April 11th USA Fox has scheduled Jamal “Shango” James, 26-1, taking on Thomas Dulorme, 25-3-1, at The Armory in Minneapolis, MN, for the interim WBA World Welterweight title. James is the local favorite who has won six straight since his only defeat. Dulorme who fights out of Carolina, PR, defeated previously unbeaten Thomas Williams, then 18-0, last September. This is a TGB – Tom Brown and Warrior Boxing – Leon Margules promotion.
On the same night Top Rank has a non-televised event at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, in Las Vegas, NV, for the WBA World Super Flyweight title. On the 17th Matchroom Boxing – Eddie Hearn has scheduled former WBA World Super Lightweight champion Regis “Rougaru” Prograis, 24-1, meeting former WBO World Super Lightweight champion Maurice Hooker, 27-1-3, in the Main Event at the MGM National Harbor, in Oxon Hill MD. In the co-feature Luke Campbell, 20-3, coming off a loss to P4P King Vasiliy “Hi-Tech” Lomachenko, taking on former World WBA Super Featherweight champion Javier “El Abejon” Fortuna, 35-2-1.
On May 18th TGB Promotions – Tom Brown, joins with Sampson Boxing – Sampson Lewcowicz at the Arizona Federal Theatre, in Phoenix, AZ, with a pair of world title fights.
Most likely all will be cancelled but this is to give you and idea what has been cancelled!