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Stephen Fulton and Naoya Inoue Battle it out for the WBC,WBO WORLD SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE in Tokyo

Ariake Arena, Tokyo, Japan

The fight, which many fans believe is the greatest has now been set, pits two of the elite fighters in the lower weight, Naoya Inoue (24-0, 21 KOs) and Stephen Fulton (21-0, 8 KOs), clash against one another. America’s Fulton will be the defending world championship belt, with Inoue moving up to try and become a four-division king. Inoue’s title campaign began in boxing’s second smallest weight class in just his sixth professional fight.Inoue (24-0, 21 KOs), rated No. 2 by The Ring at pound-for-pound, devoured all before him en route to claiming world titles at 108, 115 and 118 pounds. The big punching Japanese “Monster” has lived up to his moniker, demolishing the likes of Omar Narvaez (KO 2), Jamie McDonnell (TKO 1), Juan Carlos Payano (KO 1) and Emmanuel Rodriguez (KO 2). Inoue (24-0, 21 KOs) is most recently coming off an 11th round stoppage over Paul Butler last December. Fulton (21-0, 8 KOs), rated No. 1 by The Ring at junior featherweight, worked his way into title contention by besting former titleholder Paulus Ambunda (UD 12), stopped previously unbeaten Mexican Isaac Avelar (KO 6) and used his skills to tame another unbeaten opponent in Arnold Khegai (UD 12).Fulton (21-0, 8 KOs) last took a unanimous decision win over Daniel Roman last summer.

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KAMBOSOS and HUGHES Clash in a 12 Rounds, LIGHTWEIGHT WORLD TITLE ELIMINATOR Fight in Oklahoma

FireLake Arena, Shawnee, OK. US

George Kambosos 22-2, 10 KOs) will meet Maxi Hughes (26-5-2, 5 KOs) in a lightweight fight in July in Shawnee, Oklahoma. The former undisputed lightweight champion who is now with Top Rank after agreeing to a new multiyear, co-promotional deal with Lou DiBella. Kambosos (22-2, 10 KOs) returned to Australia a star after defeating Teofimo Lopez in New York to capture the undisputed lightweight championship in ESPN's 2021 Upset of the Year. The 29-year-old dropped back-to-back decisions to Devin Haney in Australia and will now look for his first win since the Lopez bout. Kambosos is rated No. 5 by ESPN at lightweight, and a victory should bring him one step closer to another title shot. Hughes (26-5-2, 5 KOs) is coming off the best win of his career, a majority-decision victory over former featherweight titleholder Kid Galahad in September. The 33-year-old from England has reeled off seven consecutive wins since a 2020 loss to Liam Walsh, including a points win over Jono Carroll. Fight will be live on ESPN and ESPN+

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Alycia Baumgardner and Christina Linardatou Clash for the UNDISPUTED WORLD SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP Title

Masonic Temple, Detroit, Michigan, US

Alycia Baumgardner (14-1, 7 KO) will make the first defense of her undisputed Junior Lightweight Championship Belt when she fights Christina Linardatou (14-2, 6 KO), in Detroit. It's the second fight this year for Baumgardner (14-1, 7 KO), who last fought in February when she beat Elhem Mekhaled at the Hulu Theatre in New York's Madison Square Garden to become undisputed champion. Linardatou (14-2, 6 KO) last fought in July 2022, when she beat Aleksandra Vujovic. Linardatou's only losses have come to Katie Taylor and Delfine Persoon. Linardatou held the WBO junior welterweight belt when she vacated the title after becoming pregnant -- leading to an over two-year layoff before she returned last year. Fight will be live on DAZN

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Two Welterweights Fighters, Vergil Ortiz Jr and Eimantas Stanionis Fist it Out for the WBA REGULAR WELTERWEIGHT WORLD TITLE at AT&T Center, San Antonio

AT&T Center, San Antonio, Texas, US

Eimantas Stanionis and Vergil Ortiz Jr are now officially set for a clash on July 8 date is now set in stone, as the two welterweights will headline a DAZN card from AT&T Center in San Antonio. the 25-year-old Ortiz (19-0, 19 KOs) has been battling COVID off & on since 2020, and it just keeps coming back on him again & again. Though Ortiz says he feels great, it’s difficult to know how much COVID took out of him. Some people are never the same after a vicious bout with COVID; in Ortiz’s case, he’s struggled with it for three years. Stanionis (14-0, 9 KOs) has had his own physical problems, dealing with an emergency appendectomy last January. If not for that, Ortiz and Stanionis would have fought on March 18. It’ll be good to get the Stanionis vs. Ortiz fight out of the way so these two can move on and fight other opponents. There are a lot of other fighters in the division that would like to get a shot at Stanionis’ secondary WBA 147-lb belt. Fight will be live on DAZN

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