Overview
- Raymond Muratalla defends the IBF lightweight title against mandatory challenger Andy Cruz on Jan. 24 at the Fontainebleau in Las Vegas.
- Matchroom won the Muratalla–Cruz purse bid with an $888,888 offer that pays a 65/35 split of $577,777 to Muratalla and $311,110 to Cruz.
- IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev faces Josh Kelly on Jan. 31 at the Utilita Arena in Newcastle.
- Leigh Wood and Josh Warrington meet in a rematch on Feb. 21 at the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham.
- The Navarrete–Nunez unification was moved up to Feb. 28 in Glendale from a March 7 penciled date in Phoenix, and a CSAC ruling keeps Charly Suarez positioned as a mandatory for the winner.