Boxing owns Saturday, July 19, with three continents staging bouts that could reshape heavyweight, welterweight and super-flyweight hierarchies in a single day.
Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois run it back at Wembley, this time to crown an undisputed heavyweight king. Usyk’s WBA, WBC and WBO straps meet Dubois’ newly acquired IBF title, two years after the Ukrainian maestro halted the Brit in nine. The sequel headlines a bill featuring London slugger Lawrence Okolie vs. Kevin Lerena and unbeaten light-heavy prospects Daniel Lapin and Lewis Edmondson.
Forty-six-year-old legend Manny Pacquiao ends a four-year hiatus chasing Mario Barrios’ WBC welterweight belt at the MGM Grand. The co-feature is a rematch for the same crown that Barrios holds: Sebastian Fundora defends against Tim Tszyu after their razor-thin March thriller. Add Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz vs. Angel Fierro II at 140 lbs and Brandon Figueroa vs. Joet Gonzalez at feather, and Vegas promises vintage volume.
Unbeaten two-division ace Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez brings his WBC super-fly title home to meet WBO champ Phumelele Cafu in a unification with future WBA king Fernando Martinez waiting in November. The undercard stacks intrigue: Austin Williams vs. Etinosa Oliha in an IBF middleweight eliminator, Diego Pacheco vs. Trevor McCumby at 168, and unbeaten bantams Arturo Popoca and Dominique Crowder colliding for future stakes.
Three shows, nine world titles, and storylines ranging from Pacquiao’s last dance to Usyk’s shot at four-belt immortality. Clear your Saturday - boxing’s taking every time zone.
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