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Dmitry Bivol to defend title vs. Malik Zinad in Riyadh By Mike Coppinger, ESPN Dmitry Bivol will defend his WBA light heavyweight title vs. Libya's Malik Zinad on June 1 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, following Artur Beterbiev's withdrawal. Former heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder vs. Zhilei Zhang -- two fighters coming off losses to Joseph Parker -- is the new main event. Wilder needs an impressive performance to move onto a planned Aug. 3 bout with Jared Anderson in Los Angeles. Wilder-Zhang is part of the highly anticipated series of five fights that feature boxers promoted by Matchroom vs. boxers aligned with Queensberry. Filip Hrgovic will meet Daniel Dubois for the vacant IBF heavyweight title while Ray Ford will defend his WBA featherweight title against Nick Ball. The other two fights: Ammo Williams-Hamzah Sheeraz and Willy Hutchinson-Craig Richards. Zinad (22-0, 16 KOs) steps in to replace Beterbiev, who will undergo surgery to repair a ruptured meniscus. Beterbiev (20-0, 20 KOs) could be ready to resume training by September, and there's hope the undisputed light heavyweight championship fight vs. Bivol will be rescheduled later this year. Zinad will be challenging for his first world title. The 30-year-old scored a majority-decision victory over Jerome Pampellone last week in Sydney. Zinad relocated to Malta in 2013.

WEEK 20 Tuesday 14 May Japan – Fuji – Harada-Capuloy Thursday 16 May Japan – Lemino – Sasaki-Noynay Canada – GYM Promotions (PPV) – Akedniz-Aguirre Friday 17 May Romania – Digi Sport 3 – Biea-Eniz Poland – TVP Sport – 19:55 – Kuzdzien-Ionascu Italy – FPI (YouTube) – Bignami-Scolastri Germany – P2M Box-Promotion (YouTube) – Scarff-Chukhadzhian Mexico – Televisa – 12AM ET – Castro-Botelli Mexico – ESPN Knockout – 8PM ET – Medina-TBA Mexico – Box Real TV (YouTube) – 9PM ET – Zepeda-TBA Saturday 18 May Saudi Arabia – Sky Box Office / TNT Sports Box Office – Usyk-Fury USA – ESPN & ESPN+ – 11PM ET – Navarrete-Berinchyk USA – Bxngtv.com – 7PM ET – White-Oquendo-Arnaldi USA – Bxngtv.com – 7PM ET – Maine-Quintyne Japan – U-Next – Makano-Saart Japan – Tatsuyoshi-Kongfah South Korea – Fight World No. 1 (YouTube) – Nurddinov-Suosailehan China – Sina Sports – Yang-Ngyuen Russia – Shamo Boxing / Sportivny TV – Ayriyan-Khikmatullaev Namibia – MTC Namibia /NBC Sport (NAM) – Shikongo-Shaanika Tanzania – Kemmon Sports (YouTube) – Saguda-TBA Germany – YouTube – Hoffmann-Nemeth GB – BCB Promotions (YouTube) – Frearson-Grannum GB – Kynoch Boxing (YouTube?) – Kean-McCallum Nicaragua – Canal 6 – Montez-Juarez Mexico – InterneTV (YouTube) – Castaneda-Macias

2024-05-11 Roemerhalle, Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany https://boxrec.com/en/event/896219

2024-05-11 Winter Gardens, Blackpool, Lancashire, England https://boxrec.com/en/event/893994

2024-05-11 Estudio TNT Sports, Santiago de Chile, Chile https://boxrec.com/en/event/896474

2024-05-11 Indoor Stadium | Kuching, Malaysia HIGHLAND PROMOTIONS https://boxrec.com/en/event/892295 Features Herlan Gomez vs Sukpraserd Ponpitak 8 Rds Superbantamweight Daeloniel McDelon vs Yutthichai Wannawong 10 Rds WBC Asia Silver Superbantamweight title

2024-05-07 Texas Troubadour Theatre, Nashville, Tennessee, USA https://boxrec.com/en/event/892701

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Beterbiev knee injury means Bivol fight postponed BBC Artur Beterbiev's undisputed light-heavyweight fight against Dmitry Bivol has been postponed after he suffered a knee injury. WBC, IBF and WBO champion Beterbiev, who had been scheduled to face Bivol in Saudi Arabia on 1 June, ruptured his meniscus in training. "The plan is to reschedule Beterbiev-Bivol before the end of the year," said a statement by Top Rank Boxing. "Additional details will be provided in due course." The undercard to the fight was the five-versus-five event between Matchroom Boxing and Queensberry Promotions, featuring American heavyweight Deontay Wilder's bout against China's Zhilei Zhang. Turki Alalshikh, chairman of Saudi Arabia's general entertainment authority said that event would still take place.

2024-04-20 El Campo Deportivo del Tuito | El Tuito, Mexico RHINO PROMOTIONS https://boxrec.com/en/event/895079 https://www.facebook.com/triunfo.totals/videos/1179831213181964/

2024-05-11 El Jardin de Gea | Sangolqui, Ecuador LEONARDO FARIAS PROMOTION https://boxrec.com/en/event/897011 https://www.facebook.com/superdeportesTv.radio/videos/408117065467698/

2024-05-11 Tropicana Hotel & Casino | Atlantic City, New Jersey USA BOXING INSIDER PROMOTIONS https://boxrec.com/en/event/888780 *SPOILER ALERT* Features Avious Griffin vs Lesther Espino 8 Rds Welterweight John Leonardo vs Frank Gonzalez 8 Rds Featherweight

2024-05-11 La Plaza de Colores | Puerto Salvador Allende, Nicaragua BUFALO BOXING PROMOTIONS https://boxrec.com/en/event/896839 *SPOILER ALERT* Features Ricardo Blandon vs Wilbert Panttin 8 Rds Superfeatherweight Erick Lanzas vs Eusebio Osejo 8 Rds Flyweight

2024-05-10 H Suite, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, England https://boxrec.com/en/event/894242

2024-05-10 PalaCosmelli | Livorno, Italy PROMO BOXE ITALIA LORENI MARIO Main event Federico Gassani vs Bruno Knjezevic 10 Rds WBC Mediterranean Light Heavyweight title

2024-05-01 Molade Okoya Thomas Indoor Sports Hall | Lagos, Nigeria FLYKITE PROMOTIONS Segun Adeyemi vs Adeyemi Adekanla 10 Rds West Africa Boxing Union Superlightweight title

2024-05-03 La Terraza Sport Bar | Agua Prieta, Mexico RISING STAR PROMOTIONS https://boxrec.com/en/event/896008 Main event Robert Valenzuela vs Juan Jimenez 8 Rds Superwelterweight https://www.facebook.com/apsonsports/videos/1250568655903756/

2024-05-10 Midas Hotel & Casino | Pasay City, Philippines SANMAN PROMOTIONS https://boxrec.com/en/event/894621 *SPOILER ALERT* Featues Reymart Gaballo vs Kenbun Torres 8 Rds Bantamweight Marlon Tapales vs Nattapong Jankaew WBC Asia Continental Superbantamweight title https://www.facebook.com/SanmanPromotions/videos/1144289090323822/

2024-05-06 Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan TEIKEN PROMOTIONS *Inoue-Nery undercard* TJ Doheny vs Bryl Bayogos 8 Rds Superbantamweight

2024-04-26 The Empire | Aldershot, Hampshire, England BENDALL'S BOXING

2024-05-04 Rainton Meadows Arena, Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear, England

2024-05-04 Rainton Meadows Arena, Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear, England https://boxrec.com/en/event/888391

2024-05-05 Obecni Hospoda Povrly | Usti nad Labem, Czechia CZECH BOXING MANAGEMENT https://boxrec.com/en/event/895918

2024-04-27 Monaco Hotel y Resort | Villa Carlos Paz, Argentina ARANO BOX/TNT SPORTS Carla Merino vs Micaela Lujan 10 Rds South American & Argentina Female Superflyweight titles

2024-05-04 T-Mobile Arena | Las Vegas, Nevada USA *Canelo-Munguia undercard* William Scull vs Sean Hemphill 8 Rds Supermiddleweight

2024-05-04 Centro de Convenciones | Rosarito, Mexico URBANEJA PROMOTIONS https://boxrec.com/en/event/896142 *SPOILER ALERT* Features Diego Aleman vs Ricardo Badillo 8 Rds Superfeatherweight https://www.facebook.com/100063667508425/videos/2408594379529413/

2024-05-04 Arena Jalisco | Guadalajara, Mexico IRON BOX PROMOTIONS *Not in BoxRec as of the time of this post.* Part 1 https://www.facebook.com/NotideportivoBox/videos/1410656416300728/ Part 2 https://www.facebook.com/NotideportivoBox/videos/1551228882468201/

2024-05-04 Neue Sporthalle | Augsburg, Germany ROBIN KRASNIQI BOXING https://boxrec.com/en/event/895141 *SPOILER ALERT* Features Granit Stein vs Rostislav Zich 8 Rds Cruiserweight Robin Krasniqi vs Jorge Silva 10 Rds Light Heavyweight

Of all the welterweight hopefuls of the last 20 or so years, Andre Berto stands out as one of the guys that achieved quite a lot, but many believed he could’ve even achieved more. For a while, he looked close to unbeatable, but then one guy by the name of Victor Ortiz changed that perception forever. Berto’s career would never be the same again, even though he captured one more big belt and later avenged the loss to Ortiz. He holds distinction, along with Jean Pascal and Joachim Alcine, as one of only three Haitians to win a world title. Although Haitian by parentage, Berto was born in Winter Haven, Florida, on 7 September 1983. His father was a kickboxer who competed in UFC 10 and his brother and sister were also involved in martial arts, so it was natural that young Andre became a boxer. He actually started boxing in order to learn to defend himself from his classmates. He was trained by his own father, Dieuseul. He began competing as amateur and won a bronze at the 2003 World championships, as well as many other smaller titles, including two Golden Gloves. He also holds victories over Andre Dirrell and Timothy Bradley in the amateurs. However, at the 2004 Olympic qualifying, he was disqualified in the opening round for throwing his opponent to the canvas and so, his dreams of winning an Olympic medal were shattered. However, he was then able to get Haitian citizenship and qualified as a member of their team, but still lost in the first round of competition to Xavier Noel of France. He turned professional in December of 2004, fighting as a welterweight, standing just below 5’7 (169 cm) but equipped with a strong physique, very good punching power and speed. He won his first 15 fights easily, 13 by knockout, before he was stepped up in class in 2006 against Miguel Figueroa, on 17 December in Little Rock, Arkansas. He dominated Figueroa and made him quit on his stool after six rounds. This earned him the ESPN Prospect of the Year award. On 27 July 2007, he fought the tough and seasoned Cosme Rivera and was down for the first time in his career in round 6, but dominated the fight and inflicted a bad cut on Rivera in the next round, before winning by UD. After winning the NABF belt by stopping David Estrada by TKO11, on 9 February 2008 he faced Michel Trabant in his first defense and stopped him after Trabant retired in his corner after six rounds. On 21 June that year, he faced Miguel Rodriguez for the vacant WBC belt, which was vacated by Floyd Mayweather after he “retired”. Berto indeed looked like someone who could fill that void left by Mayweather, as he dropped Rodriguez twice to enforce a stoppage in round 7. After a tactical and rather uneventful first successful defense against Steve Forbes, Berto got his first true test in the second defense against former WBA champion Luis Collazo, who previously lost his belt in what was regarded a controversial decision to Ricky Hatton. Berto was hurt in the first round and had a point deducted for holding in the fourth, but came back in the second half to open a cut over Collazo’s left eye and take over, in the end winning by another controversial decision. That was 17 January ‘09 and on 30 May, he made his third defense against Colombian strongman Juan Urango, a former IBF junior welterweight champion. Berto outboxed and outpunched Urango convincingly to win by a lopsided decision. He then signed to fight the WBA champion Shane Mosley on 30 January 2010, but after the earthquake disaster on Haiti in mid-January, Berto pulled out of the fight in order to engage in humanitarian aid. When he was finally ready to fight again, it was against Carlos Quintana, who had briefly held the WBO title after upsetting Paul Williams. Fight was held on 10 April in Sunrise, Florida and Berto took control over the fight in the middle rounds, after being outboxed by the clever Quintana in some of the early rounds. In the eighth, he cornered the Puerto Rican and stopped him with a barrage of power punches. On 27 November came his fifth and final successful defense, as he took on Freddy Hernandez and dispatched him with a single big right in the first round, after 2 minutes and 7 seconds. And then came Ortiz. Victor Ortiz had serious physical gifts like Berto, but his heart and toughness was called into question after his cut retirement loss against Marcos Maidana in 2009. He therefore had something to prove when he challenged Berto on 16 April 2011, at Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket. Ortiz opened strongly and sent Berto down with a combination against the ropes in the first round. Actually, Berto was down twice in that round, but the referee didn’t acknowledge the second knockdown. Berto recovered in round two and caught Ortiz with a perfect counter right that sent him down. In round 6, Berto again sent Ortiz down with a roundhouse right, but at the end of the round he was hit with a left by Ortiz which sent him down. The rest of the fight was a slugfest but Ortiz seemed to be more in control and he indeed won by the scores of 114-111, 114-112 and 115-111. This was Berto’s first loss after 27 straight wins and a big blow to his career. Fortunately, he got a title fight in his very next fight against IBF champion, the Slovenian Jan Zaveck, who came to Biloxi, Mississippi, to fight Berto on 3 September. It was a good fight but ended after only five rounds because Zaveck got so badly cut and swollen in one eye that he couldn’t see. Otherwise, despite Zaveck outlanding Berto, the latter’s punches were more telling. Only two months later, Berto vacated the title rather than fighting the mandatory Randall Bailey. A scheduled rematch vs Ortiz that was set for 23 June 2012 was canceled after Berto tested positive for a banned substance but it turned out it was due contamination and he got his license back. Josesito Lopez went on to fight Ortiz instead and unexpectedly stopped him. Berto instead landed another big fight against Robert Guerrero, a highly ranked p4p name. They fought on 24 November and Berto was down twice early but came back to win several rounds, however he got both of his eyes swollen shut in the end and lost for the second time on all scorecards. Even worse, in his comeback fight on 27 July 2013, he fought the tough veteran Jose Luis Soto Karass, who was considerably taller and rangier and, after knocking Soto Karass down in the eleventh round, he was himself down and stopped in the twelfth. It was his first stoppage loss, against a guy with 8 losses on his record. He came back in 2014 and beat Steve Upsher Chambers by UD10 and then on 13 March 2015 he stopped Josesito Lopez by TKO6 after putting him down twice. He then signed for his biggest fight ever against Floyd Mayweather Jr, a fight that one can safely say should’ve happened several years earlier. The WBA super and WBC titles were on the line. The fight happened on 12 September in Madison Square Garden and Berto just failed to be effective against an all time great defensive fighter, in the end losing by a lopsided decision. He earned 4 million and Mayweather 32. Next year on 20 April finally came the belated Ortiz rematch, at the StubHub outdoors arena in Carson, CA. Ortiz scored a knockdown in second round but Berto scored two in the fourth that ended the fight, thus avenging his first pro loss. After a year of inactivity, he came back to fight the big name Shawn Porter on 22 April 2017 at Barclays Center and it was clear he was far from his old self as he was down in round 2 and twice in the round 9 before being stopped by TKO. Next year on 4 August, he scored his last victory by SD against former WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander and his final (likely) fight came on 16 December 2023, when he lost the rematch to Robert Guerrero by UD10. His record stands now at 32 wins with 24 ko’s and 6 losses, 2 by ko. Andre Berto was for a while a strong candidate for the welterweight throne, but it turned out he didn’t have everything it took to be the man. First of all, he was a little too fond of getting into slugfests, which made him popular, but also shortened his prime. He also was not that hard to hit, being strong on the offensive front but rather weak on the offensive one. It is truly a pity he never fought people like Shane Mosley or Mayweather while in his peak years. He still had a good career and always came to fight, but that first Ortiz loss took something out of him and he was never quite the same.

2024-04-27 Ramatex Hall | Windhoek, Namibia MTC SUNSHINE PROMOTIONS https://boxrec.com/en/event/895874 *SPOILER ALERT* Features Jeremia Nakathila vs Evans Husayihwehvu 10 Rds Lightweight Paulinus Ndjolonimu vs Clever Sithole 10 Rds Supermiddleweight Fillipus Nghitumbwa vs DeKang Wang 12 Rds WBO Africa Superbantamweight title

2024-05-03 C.U.S. di Palermo | Palermo, Italy OPI SINCE 82 https://boxrec.com/en/event/896187 Main event Armando Casamonica vs Gianluca Picardi 10 Rds Italian Superlightweight title

2024-03-30 Tech Port Arena | San Antonio, Texas USA DESI MARTINEZ PROMOTIONS https://boxrec.com/en/event/890583 *SPOILER ALERT* Main event Giovanni Cabrera vs Ricardo Quiroz 10 Rds Lightweight

2024-04-17 Korakuen Hall | Tokyo SHISEI PROMOTIONS https://boxrec.com/en/event/891096 *SPOILER ALERT* **UNDERCARD ONLY**