BOXING has taken its fair share of punishment this year – but the sport is set to finish 2020 with a bang as a raft of massive bouts are yet to come.
Anthony Joshua takes on Kubrat Pulev in December, defending his WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight world titles, Canelo Alvarez is back in action against Callum Smith just six days before Christmas.
Boxing ends 2020 and begins 2021 with a bang
And if that wasn’t enough, 2021 gets off to a cracker as Ryan Garcia faces Brit Luke Campbell.
Check out SunSport’s boxing schedule for the rest of 2020 below…
Major fight dates
December 12 – London, England
- Anthony Joshua (C) vs Kubrat Pulev (12 rounds – heavyweight, WBA, WBO & IBF world titles)
December 18 – Hollywood, Florida
- Gennadiy Golovkin (C) vs Kamil Szeremeta (12 rounds – middleweight IBF, IBO world titles)
December 19 – San Antonio, Texas
- Canelo Alvarez vs Callum Smith (C) (12 rounds – super-middleweight, WBA & Ring Magazine titles)
January 2 – Venue: TBC
- Ryan Garcia vs Luke Campbell (12 rounds – lightweight)
Anthony Joshua was supposed to face Kubrat Pulev back in October 2017Credit: Reuters
Full boxing schedule 2020
November 28 – London, England (BT Sport)
- Joe Joyce (C) def. Daniel Dubois (C) KO10 (12 rounds – heavyweight, British, Commonwealth, European titles)
- Hamzah Sheeraz def. Guido Nicolas Pitto TKO10 (10 rounds – super-welterweight)
- Jack Catterall def. Abderrazak Houya UD10 (10 rounds – super-lightweight)
- David Adeleye def. Danny Whittaker TKO2 (6 rounds – heavyweight)
- Jack Massey def. Mohammad Ali Bayat Farid UD8 (8 rounds – cruiserweight)
- Joshua Frankham def. MJ Hall (4 rounds – super-welterweight)
- Louie Lynn def. Paul Holt (8 rounds – featherweight)
- Mitchell Barton def. Matt Gordon (4 rounds – heavyweight)
November 28 – Los Angeles, California (BT Sport Box Office)
- Mike Tyson DREW w/ Roy Jones Jr (Exhibition, 8 rounds – heavyweight)
- Jake Paul def. Nate Robinson KO2 (6 rounds – cruiserweight)
- Badou Jake def. Blake McKernon (8 rounds – light-heavyweight)
Mike Tyson returns to the ring on November 28 vs Roy Jones Jr Credit: Getty Images – Getty
December 4 – London, England (Sky Sports)
- Billy Joe Saunders (C) def. Martin Murray UD 12 (12 rounds, super-middleweight, WBO world title)
- James Tennyson def. Josh O’Reilly KO1 (12 rounds – lightweight)
- Donte Dixon def. Angelo Dragone UD6 (6 rounds – super-featherweight)
- Shannon Courtenay def. Dorota Norek TKO7 (10 rounds – super-bantamweight)
- Lerrone Richards def. Timo Laine UD8 (8 rounds – super-middleweight)
- Lewis Edmondson def. John Telford TKO3 (8 rounds – light-heavyweight)
NINTCHDBPICT000623871020-1Credit: ©Dave Thompson/Route One Ltd
December 5 – Arlington, Texas (Premier Sports)
- Errol Spence Jr (C) def. Danny Garcia UD 12 (12 rounds – welterweight, WBC & IBF world titles)
- Sebastian Fundora def. Habib Ahmed TKO2 (12 rounds, super-welterweight)
- Josesito Lopez def. Francisco Santana KO10 (10 rounds – welterweight)
December 5 – London, England (BT Sport)
- Lyndon Arthur (C) def, Anthony Yarde SD12 (12 rounds – light-heavyweight, Commonwealth title)
Errol Spence Jr beat Danny Garcia on points in TexasCredit: AP:Associated Press
December 11 – Redditch, England (Channel 5)
- Sam Eggington def. Ashley Theophane, 10 or 12 rounds, junior middleweights TKO6
- Kaisee Benjamin def. Ben Fields (10 rounds – welterweight) UD10
- Stephen McKenna def. MJ Hall (6 – rounds super-lightweight) RET4
- Aaron McKenna def. Jordan Grannum (6 – rounds super-welterweight) RET2
- Michael Hennessy Jr def. Dale Arrowsmith (6 round – super-welterweight) UD 6
- Idris Virgo def. Kevin McCauley ( 4 rounds – middleweight) UD4
December 12 – London (Sky Sports Box Office)
- Anthony Joshua (C) vs Kubrat Pulev (12 rounds – heavyweight, WBA, WBO & IBF world titles)
- Krzysztof Glowacki vs Lawrence Okolie (12 rounds – cruiserweight, vacant WBO world title)
- Hughie Fury vs Mariusz Wach (10 rounds – heavyweight)
- Martin Bakole vs Sergey Kuzmin (10 rounds – heavyweight)
- Souleymane Cissokho vs Kieron Conway (10 rounds – super-welterweight)
Anthony Joshua defends his titles against Kubrat Pulev on December 12Credit: Getty Images – Getty
December 12 – Uncasville, Connecticut (Premier Sports)
- Chris Colbert (C) vs Jaime Arboleda (12 rounds – super-featherweight, WBA interim title)
- Matt Korobov vs Ronald Ellis (10 rounds – middleweight)
- Richardson Hitchins vs Argenis Mendez (10 rounds – super-lightweight)
December 12 – Las Vegas, Nevada (Fite TV)
- Shakur Stevenson vs Toka Kahn Clary (10 rounds – super-featherweight)
- Felix Verdejo vs Masayoshi Nakatani (10 rounds – lightweight)
- Edgar Berlanga vs. TBA (8 rounds – super middleweight)
December 16 – Sydney, Australia
- Tim Tszyu vs Bowyn Morgan (10 rounds – super-welterweight)
- Paul Gallen vs Mark Hunt (6 rounds – heavyweight)
December 18 – Redditch, England
- Shakan Pitters (C) vs Craig Richards (12 rounds – light-heavyweight, British title)
- River Bent vs. Troy Coleman (8 rounds – middleweight)
- Sammy Cantwell vs. TBA (8 rounds – super-flyweight)
- Stephen McKenna vs. TBA (6 rounds – super-lightweight)
- Michael Hennessy Jr. vs. TBA (6 rounds – super-welterweight)
- Idris Virgo vs. TBA (4 rounds – middleweight)
- Brett McGinty vs. TBA (4 rounds – middleweight)
December 18 – Hollywood, Florida (DAZN UK)
- Gennadiy Golovkin (C) vs Kamil Szeremeta (12 rounds – middleweight IBF, IBO world titles)
December 19 – San Antonio, Texas (DAZN UK)
- Canelo Alvarez vs Callum Smith (C) (12 rounds – super-middleweight, WBA & Ring Magazine world titles)
Canelo Alvarez hasn’t been in the ring since a KO win over Sergey Kovalev last yearCredit: Getty Images – Getty
December 19 – Uncasville, Connecticut (Premier Sports)
- Nonito Donaire vs. Emmanuel Rodriguez (12 rounds – bantamweight, vacant WBC title)
- Jaron Ennis vs. Thomas Dulorme (10 rounds – welterweight)
Nonito Donaire will look to win the WBC bantamweight world title on December 19Credit: PA:Press Association
December 19 – Torrelavega, Spain
- Sergio Martinez vs Jussi Koivula (10 rounds – middleweight)
- Sergio Garcia (C) vs Andranik Hakobyan (12 rounds – super-welterweight, European title)
- Angel Moreno vs Mohammed Obbadi (12 rounds – flyweight, vacant European title)
- Kiko Martinez vs Pedro Gomes (8 rounds – featherweight)
- Jon Fernandez vs Abdessamad Nechchad (8 rounds – lightweight)
- Bernard Angelo Torres vs Costin Ion (8 rounds – featherweight)
- Kent Erik Baadstad vs David Trallero (4 rounds – heavyweight)
December 26 – Los Angeles, California
- Julian “J Rock” Williams vs TBA (12 rounds, super-welterweight)
- James Kirkland vs Mark Anthony Hernande (10 rounds, middleweight)
- Darmani Rock vs TBA (10 rounds, heavyweight)
- Omar Juarez vs TBA (6 or 8 rounds, super-lightwight)
- Chavez Barrientes vs TBA (6 rounds, featherweight)
- Angel Barrientes vs TBA (6 rounds, super-bantamweight)
December 31 – Tokyo, Japan
- Kazuto Ioka (C) vs Kosei Tanaka (12 rounds, super-flyweight, WBO world title)
January 2 – Venue: TBC
- Ryan Garcia vs Luke Campbell (12 rounds – lightweight)
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
