2018 in combat sports

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This article lists the 12 different combat sports and their results for 2018.

Contents

Boxing

Amateur boxing

Professional boxing

DateLocationWinnerLoserWeightTitlesReport
January 27Riga, Latvia Oleksandr Usyk Mairis Briedis CruiserweightWBC, WBO report
February 17Manchester, England George Groves Chris Eubank Jr. Super middleweightWBA (Super) report
March 3New York City, United States Deontay Wilder Luis Ortiz HeavyweightWBC report
March 10San Antonio, United States Mikey Garcia Sergey Lipinets Light welterweightIBF
March 31Cardiff, Wales Anthony Joshua Joseph Parker HeavyweightWBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO report
May 5Los Angeles, United States Gennady Golovkin Vanes Martirosyan MiddleweightWBA (Super), WBC, IBO
May 12New York City, United States Vasyl Lomachenko Jorge Linares LightweightWBA (Super)
May 19Quebec City, Canada Adonis Stevenson Badou Jack Light heavyweightWBC
July 21Moscow, Russia Oleksandr Usyk Murat Gassiev CruiserweightWBA (Unified), WBC, WBO, IBF report
July 28Los Angeles, United States Mikey Garcia Robert Easter Jr. LightweightWBC, IBF
August 4Atlantic City, United States Eleider Álvarez Sergey Kovalev Light heavyweightWBO
September 15Las Vegas, United States Canelo Álvarez Gennady Golovkin MiddleweightWBA (Super), WBC, IBO report
September 22London, England Anthony Joshua Alexander Povetkin HeavyweightWBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO
September 28Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Callum Smith George Groves Super middleweightWBA (Super) report
October 13Omaha, United States Terence Crawford José Benavidez Jr. WelterweightWBO
October 20Boston, United States Demetrius Andrade Walter KautondokwaMiddleweightWBO
November 10London, England Oleksandr Usyk Tony Bellew CruiserweightWBA (Super), WBC, WBO, IBF
December 1Los Angeles, United States Deontay Wilder SD Tyson Fury HeavyweightWBC report
December 1Quebec, Canada Oleksandr Gvozdyk Adonis Stevenson Light heavyweightWBC
December 8New York City, United States Vasyl Lomachenko José Pedraza LightweightWBA (Super), WBO
December 15New York City, United States Canelo Álvarez Rocky Fielding Super middleweightWBA (Regular)

Fencing

World fencing events

Continental fencing events

2017–18 Fencing Grand Prix

2017–18 Fencing World Cup

Judo

World and continental judo events

2018 Grand Slam

2018 Grand Prix

2018 European Open

2018 European Cup

2018 EJU Kata Tournaments

2018 Pan American Open

2018 Asian Open

2018 African Open

2018 Oceania Open

Karate

World & Continental Karate Events

WKF Premier League

WKF Series A

WKF Youth League

Kickboxing

Kunlun Fight

Mixed martial arts

International mixed martial arts championships

Muay Thai

Sambo

World and Continental Championships

World Cup

Sumo

Taekwondo

International Taekwondo championships

2018 WTF Open

Wrestling

World wrestling championships

Wrestling World Cup

Wrestling Grand Prix

Continental wrestling championships

Wushu

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  150. UWW's 2018 World Veterans Wrestling Championships (Men's Freestyle) Page
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  161. UWW's 2018 Grand Prix of Germany Page
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