Boxing in the 2020s

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Boxing in the 2020s is a list of notable fights and events in boxing during the decade from the year 2020 to 2029.

Contents

Lists of notable fights and events by year

2020

January

February

March

July

August

September

October

November

  • November 7 – Devin Haney defeats Yuriorkis Gamboa by unanimous decision to retain the WBC lightweight title
  • November 14 – Terence Crawford defeats Kell Brook by 4th round TKO to retain the WBO welterweight title
  • November 28 – Joe Joyce defeats Daniel Dubois by 10th round KO to win the British, Commonwealth and vacant European heavyweight titles. Following the fight it was revealed that Dubois had suffered a broken left orbital bone and nerve damage around the eye.

December

2021

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

2022

January

February

March

April

September

2023

January

February

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

  • October 7 - Leigh Wood Makes An Incredible Comeback Against Josh Warrington Knocking Him Out In The 7th Round In Sheffield Arena And Retaining His WBA Featherweight Title.
  • October 14 - Tommy Fury Battles KSI In A 6th Round Bout In The AO Arena Winning By UD.
  • October 14 - Logan Paul Fights Dillon Danis In a 6 Round Bout The Same Night As KSI And Tommy Fury With Logan Paul Winning By DQ.
  • October 28 - Tyson Fury survives a third round knockdown to beat Francis Ngannou in a controversial split decision win.

November

  • November 4 - Joe Cordina Has A War With Edward Vazquez Winning By MD And Retaining His IBF Super-Featherweight Title.
  • November 17 - Shakur Stevenson Beats Edwin De Los Santos To Win The WBC Lightweight Title.
  • November 25 - David Benavidez defeated Demetrius Andrade via 6th round stoppage to maintain his Interim WBC Super Middleweight title.
  • November 25 - Katie Taylor Gets Her Revenge By Beating Chantelle Cameron In The Same Arena Chantelle Beat Taylor With Katie Taylor Winning By MD To Become The Undisputed Light-Welterweight Champion.

December

2024

January

February

March

April

May

June

  • June 1 - Boxers from Queensberry Promotions and Matchroom went head-to-head in a 5v5 card. Queensberry completed a clean sweep, with all five of their fighters winning every bout. [16]
  • June 7 - Adrian Broner Suffer A Defeat To Blair Cobbs With Cobbs Winning By UD.
  • June 15 - Gervonta Davis Headlines The T-Mobile Arena Against Frank Martin With Davis Beating Martin By KO In R8.
  • June 15 - Liam Paro Causes a Massive Upset Beating Subriel Matias In His Hometown Winning The IBF Light-Welterweight Belt.
  • June 29 - Jesse Rodriguez And Gallo Estrada Put Up An Absolute Fight Of The Year With Bam Winning By TKO In R7 To Be The WBC And Ring Super-Flyweight Champion.

July

  • July 6 - Former UFC Stars Nate Diaz And Jorge Masvidal Have Their Rematch Play Out in Boxing Rules In a 10 Round Bout With Nate Diaz Coming Out As The Winner By MD.
  • July 27 - In London Joy Joyce and Derek Chisora But Up A War With Chisora Coming Out As The Winner With Chisora Knocking Down Joyce In R9.

August

  • August 3 - In Las Vegas Terence Crawford Moves Up To 154lbs To Challenge Israil Madrimov At The BMO Stadium Infront of 17,179 People For The WBA Super-Welterweight Championship.
  • August 31 - In Ireland Influencer Danny Arrons Took On Premier League Winner Danny Simpson In 4 Round Bout Ending in a Draw In A Sold Out 3arena.

September

  • September 14 - Mexican Superstar Canelo Alvarez Beats Edgar Berlanga In The T-Mobile Arena To Retain The WBA,WBC,WBO And The Ring Magazine Super Middleweight Titles.
  • September 21 - In British Boxing Attendance Record In front Of 98,198 People At Wembley Stadium Anthony Joshua And Daniel Dubois Go At It In And All British Clash With Dubois Shocking The World By KO Joshua In Round 5 To Win The IBF Heavyweight Championship.

October

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