Boxing schedule for 2024: Every major fight night, dates, venues and results

The 2024 boxing calendar has had some more mouth-watering bouts.

After a long wait the huge undisputed heavyweight showdown between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk ended with the Ukrainian claiming a split decision victory in an enthralling night in Riyadh. The rematch which is scheduled for December 21 in Saudi Arabia.

In September, Anthony Joshua's steady progress back to the top of the sport was halted by Daniel Dubois who defended his IBF world heavyweight title with a stunning fifth-round knockout.

But there's plenty more to come this year, so Planet Sport provides the important information for the upcoming major title bouts this year and the results so far.

 

Major upcoming fights in 2024

 

December 21

Oleksandr Usyk vs Tyson Fury 2 (WBA, WBC and WBO heavyweight world titles) - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

 

December 24

Naoya Inoue vs Sam Goodman (WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO super-bantamweight World Titles) - Tokyo, Japan

 

December 31

Fernando Martinez vs Kazuto Ioka 2 (WBA Super-Flyweight World Title) - Tokyo, Japan

 

Major 2024 fight night results

 

December 7

Emanuel Navarrete made the third successful defence of his WBO super featherweight title after stopping Oscar Valdez in the sixth round, he had also dropped his fellow Mexican in the first and fourth rounds.

Rafael Espinoza beat Robeisy Ramirez for a second time to retain the WBO featherweight title with a TKO victory in the sixth round.

Richardson Hitchins claimed the IBF super lightweight title from Liam Paro in a split decision victory in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

 

November

 

November 16

Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez defended his WBA cruiserweight title and claimed the WBO cruiserweight title after a unanimous decision win over Chris Billam-Smith.

 

November 15

Jake Paul picked up a unanimous points victory over Mike Tyson, with two of the judges scoring the bout 79-73 and one 80-72.

Katie Taylor retained her WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO super-lightweight world titles by unanimous decision in her much-anticipated rematch with Amanda Serrano.

Mario Barrios retained his WBC welterweight title against Abel Ramos. After the conclusion of 12 brutal rounds of action, the official scorecards read 114-112 for Ramos, 116-110 for Barrios, and 113-113 even for a split draw decision.

 

November 9

Jaron 'Boots' Ennis delivered a comfortable unanimous decision victory over Karen Chukhadzhian to defend his IBF welterweight title in Philadelphia.

Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez defended his IBF super flyweight title with a third-round KO victory over Pedro Guevara.

 

November 2

O'Shaquie Foster exacted his revenge over Robson Conceicao by regaining the WBC super featherweight title by split decision in Verona, New York.

 

 

October 2024

October 19

Former champion Tim Tszyu was knocked down four times as undefeated Russian Bakhram Murtazaliev retained his IBF light-middleweight crown in a third round TKO win.

 

October 14

Japanese champion Junto Nakatani retained his WBC bantamweight title with a sixth-round TKO victory over Thailand's Petch Sor Chitpattana in Tokyo.

Kosei Tanaka was unable to defend his WBO super flyweight belt losing to Unbeaten South African challenger Phumelele Cafu in a split decision.

Anthony Olascuaga and Jonathan Gonzalez WBO flyweight title fight was stopped after just 2:25 of the first round following a clash of heads and ruled a No Decision.

 

October 13

Seiya Tsutsumi battled to a stunning upset win to rip the WBA bantamweight title from Takuma Inoue in Tokyo.

Kenshiro Teraji defeated Cristofer Rosales with an 11th round TKO to win the vacant WBC flyweight title.

Seigo Yuri Akui (c) beat Thananchai Charunphak by split decision to retian the WBA flyweight title.

Shokichi Iwata beat Jairo Noriega with a third round TKO to win the vacant WBO light flyweight title

 

October 12

Artur Beterbiev controversially beat Dmitry Bivol on points in a thrilling main event in Riyadh. One judge had it a 114-114 draw, with the remaining two gave 39-year-old Beterbiev victory, just - 115-113 and 116-112.

Fabio Wardley destroyed Frazer Clarke inside one round in their long-awaited rematch.

Jai Opetaia secured a sixth-round stoppage victory over Jack Massey to retain his belt. Skye Nicolson outclassed Raven Chapman to retain WBC featherweight world title.

Chris Eubank Jr made his return to the ring with a stoppage victory over Kamil Szeremeta, which included a fierce confrontation with rival Conor Benn afterwards.

 

October 5

Nick Ball defended his WBA featherweight with a 10th round stoppage win over Ronny Rios in his home city of Liverpool.

 

September 2024

 

September 28

Terri Harper beat Rhiannon Dixon by unanimous decision to land the WBO world lightweight belt and become a three-weight world champion.

 

September 27

Mikaela Mayer won the WBO welterweight title after a majority decision victory over Sandy Ryan, who was hit with a can of red paint ahead of the fight in New York.

 

September 21

Anthony Joshua’s career rebuild suffered a devastating setback after he collapsed to a brutal fifth-round knockout by Daniel Dubois at Wembley, who retained his IBF world heavyweight title.

IBF super-featherweight champion Anthony Cacace claimed a unanimous decision win over Josh Warrington to remain unbeaten since 2017.

England's Joshua Buatsi dumped Willy Hutchinson on the canvas twice before eventually claiming a split decision victory and the WBO interim light-heavyweight title.

Unbeaten Hamzah Sheeraz took just two rounds to dispatch Tyler Denny to claim the European middleweight title.

 

September 14

Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez retained his unified super-middleweight world champion status after a unanimous decision over Edgar Berlanga In Las Vegas.

Erislandy Lara retained his WBA middleweight title with a comfortable ninth-round TKO win over Danny Garcia.

 

September 3

Naoya Inoue extended his unbeaten run to 28 fights and 25 stoppages and retained his WBO, WBA, IBF and WBC super-bantamweight titles after beating TJ Doheny in Tokyo.

Yoshiki Takei retained his WBO bantamweight title after a close unanimous decision over Daigo Higa.

 

August 2024

 

August 10

Vergil Ortiz shrugged off two knockdowns to defeat Serhii Bohachuk by majority decision to win the WBC 'Interim' light middleweight belt at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas.

 

August 3

Terence Crawford battled is way through 12 gruelling rounds to become a four-weight world champion after a unanimous-decision victory over Israil Madrimov.

Jose “Rayo” Valenzuela claimed the WBA super-lightweight title after beating Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz on a split decision.

David Morrell beat Radivoje “Hot Rod” Kalajdzic over 12 rounds to win the vacant WBA 'regular' light-heavyweight title in Los Angeles.

 

July 2024

July 27

Derek Chisora claimed a unanimous decision victory over Joe Joyce after 10 rounds at the O2 Arena in London.

Claressa Shields dropped Lepage-Joanisse three times in the second round to secure a TKO victory and become the new WBC heavyweight world champion in Detroit, Michigan.

She also picked up the vacant WBO light heavyweight title in the process adding to her previously won undisputed crowns at middleweight and junior middleweight, and unified titles at super middleweight - making her a five-division world champion.

 

July 20

Jake Paul saw off the challenge of bare-knuckle boxer and former UFC star Mike Perry with a sixth round knockout win at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida.

Junto Nakatani floored challenger Vincent Astrolabio in the first round to defend his WBC bantamweight title in Tokyo.

Anthony Olascuaga won the vacant WBO flyweight world title with a big third round knockout of Riku Kano.

Chantelle Cameron won the vacant WBC interim super-lightweight title with a majority decision win against France’s Elhem Mekhaled in Birmingham.

 

July 13

Jaron Ennis retained his IBF welterweight world champion belt after a TKO victory over David Avanesyan in the fifth round.

 

July 7

Argentinian Fernando Martinez claimed a unanimous decision over the legendary Kazuto Ioka in their super flyweight unification fight in Tokyo.

 

July 6

Shakur Stevenson beat Artem Harutyunyan by unanimous decision to retain his WBC lightweight title and increase his winning record to 22-0.

Robson Conceicao pulled off a surprise victory over O'Shaquie Foster in a contentious decision to win the WBC super-featherweight championship.

 

June 2024

June 29

Jesse "Bam" Rodriguez knocked out Juan Francisco Estrada in the seventh-round to become the new WBC and Ring Magazine super flyweight world champion in Arizona.

Teofimo Lopez retained his WBO super lightweight title after beating Steve Claggett by unanimous decision in Miami.

 

June 15

The undefeated American Gervonta Davis stretched his record to 30-0 after a vicious knockout on Frank Martin to once again retain his WBA lightweight title in Las Vegas. Full report

Chris Billam-Smith retained his WBO world cruiserweight title after a compelling points victory over fellow British compatriot Richard Riakporhe at Crystal Palace's Selhurst Park. Full report

Underdog Liam Paro claimed the biggest win of his career as he outpointed Subriel Matias to win the IBF light-welterweight title in Manatí, Puerto Rico. 

David Benavidez outpointed Oleksandr Gvozdyk to win the interim WBC championship belt in Las Vegas.

 

June 1

Dmitry Bivol retained WBA and IBO light-heavyweight titles after delivering a clinical sixth-round stoppage victory over Malik Zinad. Full report

Deontay Wilder was knocked out by Zhilei Zhang in the fifth round in Riyadh. Full report

Daniel Dubois won the vacant IBF interim heavyweight title after stopping Filip Hrgovic in the eighth round with a dominant performance. Full report

Scottish light heavyweight Willy Hutchinson claimed a unanimous decision victory over Craig Richards to claim the vacant WBC Silver light-heavyweight title. Full report

 

May 2024

May 25

Jack Catterall beat former undisputed world super lightweight champion Josh Taylor by a unanimous decision in a thrilling rematch in Leeds. Full report

 

May 24

Lawrence Okolie got his career back with a first-round knockout win over Lukasz Rozanski in the bridgerweight division.

 

May 18

Tyson Fury’s quest to become undisputed world heavyweight champion ended in defeat by split decision to Oleksandr Usyk in an enthralling night in Riyadh. Full report

Jai Opetaia claimed the vacant IBF cruiserweight world title after defeating Mairis Briedis by way of unanimous decision.

Anthony Cacace pulled off a huge upset by handing Joe Cordina his first professional loss and took the IBF super-featherweight world title.

Denys Berinchyk stunned Mexico’s three-division titleholder Emanuel Navarrete to win the vacant WBO lightweight by split decision.

 

May 11

Vasiliy Lomachenko claimed the vacant IBF lightweight title after putting George Kambosos Jr on the canvas twice in the 11th round to take a TKO victory.

Lauren Price added WBA, IBO and Ring Magazine world titles to the Olympic gold medal she won at Tokyo three years ago with a comprehensive victory over Jessica McCaskill in Cardiff.

 

May 6

Naoya Inoue knocked out Luis Nery in the sixth round to defend his undisputed WBA, WBC, IBF & WBO super-bantamweight world titles.

 

May 4

Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez successfully retained his undisputed super middleweight championship in Las Vegas, defeating fellow Mexican Jaime Munguia by unanimous decision. Full report

 

April 2024

 

April 20

Ryan Garcia secured a stunning upset over Devin Haney, knocking his fellow American down three times en route to a majority decision victory at the Barclays Center. Full report

 

March 2024

March 31

Fabio Wardley kept hold of his British and Commonwealth heavyweight belts after his battling encounter with Frazer Clarke was ruled a split draw. Full report

 

March 30

Tim Tszyu struggled to get to grips with Sebastian Fundora losing a 12-round split decision in Las Vegas.

Isaac 'Pitbull' Cruz dominated Rolly Romero with an eighth round TKO win to claim the WBA super-lightweight title.

Former WBO super middleweight champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez became the first Mexican to win a major world title at cruiserweight after a hard-fought unanimous decision victory over Arsen “Feroz” Goulamirian at YouTube Theater in Inglewood, California.

 

March 23

Dalton Smith has set his sights on Adam Azim after knocking out experienced Jose Zepeda with a crushing body shot in the fifth round. Full report

Sandy Ryan defended her WBO welterweight crown with a third round stoppage win over fellow Briton Terri Harper in Sheffield.

 

March 8

Anthony Joshua defeated Francis Ngannou, in just his second professional fight, by knocking him out in the second round in Riyadh. Full report

Joseph Parker got off the canvas twice to defeat Zhilei Zhang on points to win the WBO interim heavyweight title.

Despite knocking Rey Vargas down twice, British fighter Nick Ball was denied the WBC featherweight title after a split decision draw.

Israil Madrimov was crowned the new WBA super-welterweight champion after a fifth-round stoppage of Magomed Kurbanov.

 

March 2

Raymond Ford won the WBA featherweight title as he knocked out Otabek Kholmatov in the 12th round.

IBF featherweight champion Luis Alberto Lopez scored an eighth-round TKO knockout win over Reiya Abe.

Jake Paul improved his professional boxing record to 9-1 following a first round knockout victory over Ryan Bourland.

 

February 2024

 

February 24

Junto Nakatani became the WBC bantamweight champion and claimed his third division title after landing a sixth-round TKO victory against Alexandro Santiago.

Takuma Inoue retained his WBA bantamweight title after landing a surprise KO win over the Philippines' Jerwin Ancajas in the ninth round.

Kosei Tanaka won the vacant WBO super flyweight belt after beating Christian Bacasegua by unanimous decision.

 

February 16

O'Shaquie Foster retained his WBC super featherweight title with a split-decision win over Abraham Nova in New York City.

 

February 8 

Teofimo Lopez retained his WBO super welterweight title with unanimous points decision over Jamaine Ortiz in Las Vegas.

 

February 3

Joshua Buatsi showed signs of his best form as he beat British champion Dan Azeez in the WBA light heavyweight championship final eliminator. Full report

Conor Benn kept his unbeaten record intact after beating American Peter Dobson in Las Vegas by unanimous decision. Full report

 

January 2024

 

January 23

Kenshiro Teraji retained his WBC, WBA and Ring light-flyweight titles with a majority decision victory over Carlos Canizales.

 

January 20

Natasha Jonas was pushed to the limit but retained her IBF welterweight crown with a razor-thin split decision victory over American rival Mikaela Mayer in a thriller in Liverpool. Full report

 

January 13

Artur Beterbiev beat Callum Smith with a 7th round TKO to retain the IBF, WBC, WBO light heavyweight titles. Full report

 

January 6

Ohara Davies suffered a calamitous first round loss to Ismael Barroso on Saturday night, which puts an end to the British fighter's quest for a world title. Full report