54-year-old Roy Jones Jr. will meet former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis in an eight-round professional boxing match on April 1 at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The bout will headline a pay-per-view card promoted by UFC welterweight contender Jorge Masvidal’s Gamebred Boxing. The show will feature several other high profile MMA fighters in boxing matches. Pettis has knockouts and finishes at 145, 155, 170, it’s crazy what this guy has done in his career in MMA. Great striker. The former four-division world champion Jones (66-9, 47 KOs) on the other hand has not fought professionally since 2018.Â
After Navarrete (37-1, 31 KOs) decided to remain at super featherweight after capturing the vacant WBO 130-lb title, he vacated WBO featherweight title . Robeisy Ramirez (11-1, 7 KOs) and Isaac Dogboe (24-2, 16 KOs) will battle for the vacant WBO featherweight title previously held by him on April 1st at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
A former two-time heavyweight king, Anthony Joshua is on the outside looking in for the first time in his career. Under a new trainer, but in the familiar stomping ground of the O2 Arena in London, AJ will face American contender Jermaine Franklin on April 1. The 12-round bout, plus undercard action, will be broadcast exclusively by DAZN
Jose Ramirez continues his quest to become a two-time world champion when he takes on the Ghanaian Richard Commey. Ramirez lost to Josh Taylor in 2021, but he bounced back last March with a win over Jose Pedraza, Commey fought Pedraza in August of 2022 but ended up in a draw when he made his super lightweight debut . ESPN/ESPN Deportes/ESPN+)