This week in fights doesn’t feature as many noteworthy cards, but it does feature a huge Mexican battle between Canelo Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr that is bound to do good PPV numbers regardless of how competitive anyone feels it may be. Two other cards are nationally broadcast in the US, and Joseph Parker defends his WBO heavyweight title against a late replacement in New Zealand.
Tuesday, May 2nd – California (FS1)
Ivan Redkach (20-2-1, 16 KOs) v Argenis Mendez (23-5-1, 12 KOs), lightweights
Brandon Figueroa (11-0, 8 KOs) v Luis Saavedra (7-2, 3 KOs), super bantamweights
Friday, May 5th – Nevada (ESPN 2)
Yuriorkis Gamboa (26-1, 17 KOs) v Robinson Castellanos (23-12, 13 KOs), lightweights
Abraham Lopez (22-0-1, 15 KOs) v Jesus M Rojas (24-1-2, 17 KOs), featherweights
Saturday, May 6th – New Zealand
Joseph Parker (22-0, 18 KOs) v Razvan Cojanu (16-2, 9 KOs), WBO heavyweight title
Saturday, May 6th – Nevada (HBO PPV)
Canelo Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs) v Julio Cesar Chavez Jr (50-2-1, 34 KOs), 164.5 catchweight
David Lemiuex (37-3, 33 KOs) v Marco Reyes (35-4, 26 KOs), middleweights
Lucas Matthysse (37-4, 34 KOs) v Emmanuel Taylor (20-4, 14 KOs), welterweights
Joseph Diaz (23-0, 13 KOs) v Manuel Avila (22-0, 8 KOs), featherweights
