2024 wrapped up with some truly great boxing matches! Former ‘interim’ WBC lightweight champion Ryan Garcia shocked the world with his exciting performance against former undisputed lightweight champion Devin Haney—even though things didn’t go so well for the Victorville native after that. Former undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk became the first undisputed heavyweight champion of the 21st century since Lennox Lewis in 1999. And…

‘The Cat’ even defended his unified title just last month in his rematch with former WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. Artur Beterbiev also created history by clinching the undisputed light heavyweight title—a first in the 21st century since Roy Jones Jr. in 1999. Given the list of historic moments boxing has produced in just the last year, 2025 has to do something big to top it. And by the looks of things, there’s no shortage of action here.

A fantastic lineup!

The first fight you should be looking out for is the January 8th bout between Jai Opetaia and David Nyika for Opetaia’s IBF Cruiserweight title at the Gold Coast Convention Centre in Broadbeach. It will be available to stream live on DAZN Boxing. Then there’s, of course, the Naoya Inoue vs. Sam Goodman fight for the WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO super bantamweight titles on January 24th at the Ariake Arena in Koto-Ku, Japan—available on Sky Sports and ESPN+.

Diego Pacheco will come back to the ring against Steven Nelson on 25th January at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Chelsea Ballroom in Las Vegas. On the same night, Dalton Smith and Walid Ouizza will exchange blows at the Nottingham Arena, Nottingham—live on DAZN. This wraps up January, and on to the next month. 

February 1st will see David Benavidez lock horns with David Morrell at the T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas. Fans can watch the duo fight for WBA ‘regular’ and WBC ‘interim’ light heavyweight belts on Amazon Prime Video. On the undercard of the bout on the same night, Brandon Figueroa will seek revenge against Stephen Fulton in a rematch for Figueroa’s WBC featherweight title. However, that’s not the end of the list of fights on February 1st.

On the same night, Adam Azim and Sergey Lipinets will engage in action at the Wembley Arena, Wembley, which will be live on Sky Sports. Seven days later on February 8th, Derek Chisora will go toe-to-toe with Otto Wallin at the Co-op Live Arena in Manchester—their bout will be live on TNT Sports. 

Then there is Jack Catterall vs. Arnold Barboza Jr. on 15th February at the Co-op Live Arena in Manchester—live on DAZN. This brings us to one of the most anticipated events of the year!

The action just doesn’t stop!

On February 22nd, the undisputed title rematch between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol will lead a stacked card at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Also on the card, Daniel Dubois looks to continue his dominance by fighting Joseph Parker with his heavyweight IBF strap on the line. To make the night even more enticing, Shakur Stevenson will fight rising star Floyd Schofield Jr. 

However, that’s not the end of things! Carlos Adames and Hamzah Sheeraz will vie for greatness in the middleweight division with Adames’ WBC middleweight title at stake. If that wasn’t enough, Vergil Ortiz Jr. is coming back to defend his WBC ‘interim’ super welterweight title against Israil Madrimov. Zhilei Zhang will also make an appearance against Agit Kabayel for the ‘interim’ WBC world heavyweight title, while Joshua Buatsi and Callum Smith add the final touches, fighting for the WBO ‘interim’ light heavyweight belt. All of these fights will be live on DAZN. 

A couple of days later on February 24th, Junto Nakatani will collide with Mexico’s David Cuellar at the Ariake Arena in Koto-Ku, Japan, for the WBC bantamweight title—the broadcast partner for this fight has not been revealed at the time of writing. Jumping onto the next month, March 1st will see Gervonta Davis square off against Lamont Roach Jr for the WBA lightweight title at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Continuing the action on March, on the 15th Nick Ball will throw down against TJ Doheny for the WBA featherweight title at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, though the broadcaster for the fight has not been revealed yet. 

That concludes the list of fights scheduled for the first quarter of 2025, but more action is on the way as the year unfolds. And we will be here with the list—so you can stay updated with the latest and great of the year. Which fight are you looking forward to the most?