Boxing schedule for 2023: Every major fight night, dates, venues and results
- Scott Allen
- 28 December 2023
Planet Sport has all the results for every major boxing fight night across the world in 2023.
The 2023 boxing calendar saw some great clashes.
Anthony Joshua nudged his career back on track after beating Jermaine Franklin on points at the start of April. He then knocked down Robert Helenius in August and stopped Otto Wallin in December.
Gervonta Davis dished out the first defeat of Adam Garcia's career in their highly-anticipated catchweight fight in April.
While Canelo Alvarez retained his WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO and The Ring super middleweight titles after beating British fighter John Ryder by unanimous decision in May, and then Jermell Charlo in September.
Here's the full review of all the major fights of 2023.
Major 2023 fight night results
December 26
Naoya Inoue stopped Marlon Tapales in the 10th-round to unify his WBC and WBO super-bantamweight belts with the defeated Filipino’s WBA and IBF titles.
December 23
Anthony Joshua took a step closer to regaining a version of the world heavyweight title when he defeated Otto Wallin in Saudi Arabia, while Joseph Parker’s delivers a shock defeat to Deontay Wilder on the same card. Full report
December 16
Britain's Sunny Edwards fell to his first professional defeat as he was beaten by American Jesse Rodriguez to lose his IBF title in Arizona. Full report
December 10
Chris Billam-Smith completed his first successful defence of his WBO cruiserweight title against Mateusz Masternak after the ref ended the contest two seconds into round eight after Pole sustained an injury.
December 9
New WBC super-lightweight champion Devin Haney thrashed Regis Prograis in a dominant display that proves he is ready for more weight classes. Full report
Rafael Espinoza exited the ring at the Charles F. Dodge City Center in Florida as WBO World Featherweight champion after pulling off a stunning victory over Robeisy Ramirez. Full report
Ryan Garcia returned to the ring for the first time since his loss to Gervonta Davis to beat Oscar Duarte with an eighth-round KO.
November 25
Katie Taylor emerged victorious from a thrilling encounter with Chatelle Cameron with a majority decision to unite the light-welterweight belts. Full report
David Benavidez extended his unbeaten record to 28 after retaining the interim WBC super-middleweight title against fellow American Demetrius Andrade in six rounds.
November 18
Harry Scarff became the new British, Commonwealth and European welterweight champion after handing Ekow Essuman his first professional defeat. Full report
Adam Azim knocked Franck Petitjean down twice to claim the vacant European super-lightweight championship in Wolverhampton.
November 16
Shakur Stevenson became a three-division world champion after beating Edwin De Los Santos by unamious decision in Las Vegas to claim the vacant WBC lightweight title.
Emanuel Navarrete knocked Robson Conceicao to the canvas twice but had to settle for a majority draw to retain the WBO super-featherweight world title.
November 4
Joe Cordina retained his IBF super featherweight title with a majority decision win over Edward Vazquez in Monte Carlo. Full report
Noel Mikaelyan stopped former world champion Ilunga Makabu with a third-round technical knockout to claim the vacant WBC cruiserweight crown.
October 28
Tyson Fury had to pull himself up from the canvas to eventually out-point Francis Ngannou in their heavyweight boxing clash in Saudi Arabia. Full report
O'Shaquie Foster prevailed over Eduardo Hernandez to retain the WBC super-featherweight title after knocking him down twice. Full report
Amanda Serrano defeated Danila Ramos by unanimous decision to retain her WBO, WBA and IBF world featherweight titles, in the first women's world title fight held over 12, three-minute rounds since 2007.
October 21
October 15
Unbeaten Tim Tszyu defended his WBO light-middleweight title with a unanimous decision over Brian Mendoza on the Gold Coast.
October 14
Tommy Fury claimed a majority decision win over KSI in a scrappy cruiserweight headliner at a packed-out AO Arena in Manchester. Full report
Logan Paul was awarded a disqualification win over mixed martial arts fighter Dillon Danis, who lost all of the first five rounds before shooting for a take down in the last three minutes. Full report
Janibek Alimkhanuly beat Vincenzo Gualtieri by technical knockout in the 6th round to retain the WGO middleweight belt and claim the IBF strap.
October 7
Leigh Wood weathered the storm from Josh Warrington to eventually stop his British rival in a pulsating showdown at the Utilita Arena Sheffield. Full report
Terri Harper and Cecilia Braekhus battled out a majority draw in their light-middleweight unification fight.
September 30
September 23
Zhilei Zhang delivered a devastating third-round knock-out to win his WBO interim heavyweight title rematch against Joe Joyce at Wembley Arena. Full report
September 18
Kenshiro Teraji retained the WBC, WBA and Ring light flyweight world titles belts after beating Hekkie Budler by TKO in the ninth round.
Unbeaten Junto Nakatani made the first successful defence of his WBO super flyweight title after knocking Argi Cortes to the canvas three times during his unanimous decision victory in Tokyo.
September 15
September 2
Chris Eubank Jr stopped British rival Liam Smith in round 10 of their rematch to gain revenge for his defeat in January at the AO Arena in Manchester. Full report
August 26
Oleksandr Usyk knocked out Daniel Dubois in the ninth round to retain his WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight titles, but the result was not without controversy. Full report
August 12
Anthony Joshua knocked out Robert Helenius in the seventh round at the O2 Arena in London, staying on track for a future bout with Deontay Wilder. Full report
August 5
Jake Paul dominated professional boxing debutant Nate Diaz through much of their 10-round fight and was rewarded with all judges agreeing he had won the fight. Full report
July 29
Terence Crawford became the undisputed welterweight champion after a dominant performance against Errol Spence Jr in Las Vegas. Full report
The unification bout for four super bantamweight titles lasted less than one round as Liam Davies flattened Jason Cunningham in the first round and forced the referee to call the fight. Full report
Nonito Donaire and Alexandro Santiago went toe-to-toe in Mexico for the WBC bantamweight title, with the latter making short work of his more experienced foe. Full report
July 25
It took eight rounds for Naoya "The Monster" Inoue to beat Stephen Fulton by technical knockout and it often looked like the Japanese fighter didn't need to step out of second gear. Full report
July 22
Lee McGregor suffered defeat in a punishing contest against Mexico's Erik Robles for the vacant IBO super-bantamweight title in Edinburgh. Full report
July 15
July 8
July 1
Savannah Marshall scored a majority decision points win over Franchon Crews-Dezurn to become the undisputed super-middleweight champion in Manchester. Full report
June 24
Carlos Adames beat Julian Williams by ninth-round TKO to retain his WBC interim middleweight title but there will be questions asked about why the referee stopped the fight so quickly. Full report
Kazuto Ioka managed to beat Joshua Franco convincingly with a unanimous points decision to claim the WBA junior bantamweight title but was disappointed that he was not able to knock Franco out. Full report
June 18
WBO interim junior middleweight champion Tim Tszyu underlined his credentials with a dominant first-round knockout of Carlos Ocampo to extend his record to 23-0 with 17 knockouts. Full report.
June 17
Regis Prograis emerged from a slow and tactical fight with a narrow split-decision win over Danielito Zorrilla to retain his 140lb title. Full report
June 10
June 3
Claressa Shields defeated Maricela Cornejo in a dominant victory at the Little Caesars Arena in Michigan to defend her middleweight world title. Full report
May 27
Chris Billam-Smith was crowned the new WBO cruiserweight champion as he defeated Lawrence Okolie by majority decision in Bournemouth. Full report
Irish boxer Michael Conlan was knocked out by Luis Alberto Lopez in front of his home fans in Belfast as the Mexican defended his IBF world title. Full report
Leigh Wood had answers for everything that Mauricio Lara threw at him as he beat the Mexican to regain the WBA featherweight title. Full report
Jack Catterall ended his nearly year-and-a-half sabbatical with a thoroughly dominant performance against a lacklustre Darragh Foley at the AO Arena in Manchester. Full report
May 20
Devin Haney defended his lightweight titles with a unanimous decision win over Vasiliy Lomachenko but the drama didn't end after the fight with the latter's team planning to appeal the result. Full report
May 13
KSI demolished Joe Fournier - albeit via a controversial knockout - to set up a huge all-British bout with Love Island star Tommy Fury. Full report
May 6
Guts alone were not enough for Jon Ryder as he went down to Canelo Alvarez in 12 rounds. Full report
Joshua Buatsi held off a strong challenge from Pawel Stepien to claim an important win and keep hold of his status as the WBA's No 1 ranked light-heavyweight contender. Full report
April 22
Gervonta Davis scored a dramatic knockout win against Ryan Garcia to advance his impressive professional record to 29-0, with 27 knockouts. Full report
Undefeated Welsh boxer Joe Cordina was taken the distance by Shavkat Rakhimov but was able to prevail in an exciting IBF super-featherweight title fight. Full report
April 15
Zhilei Zhang needed just six rounds to dismantle Joe Joyce at the Copper Box Arena in London. Full report
April 8
Jesse 'Bam' Rodriguez beats Cristian Gonzalez by unanimous decision to win the vacant WBO flyweight title.
Shakur Stevenson beats Shuichiro Yoshino by TKO in the 6th round.
April 1
Anthony Joshua returned to winning ways but only after a laboured display in a unanimous points victory over Jermaine Franklin. Full report
March 25
Lawrence Okolie returned to action with an underwhelming points win over New Zealand's David Light in the third defence of his WBO cruiserweight title in Manchester. Full report
March 12
March 4
Brandon "The Heartbreaker" Figueroa prevailed by unanimous decision in a closely-fought encounter against Mark "Magnifico" Magsayo for the vacant Interim WBC Featherweight Title. Full report
February 26
Tommy Fury silenced Jake Paul in Saudi Arabia after winning their eight round contest by split decision. Full report
February 18
British boxer Leigh Wood surrendered his WBA featherweight world title after being leveled in the seventh round by Mexico's Mauricio Lara in Nottingham. Full report
February 11
O'Shaquie Foster won his first super featherweight world title after beating Rey Vargas by unanimous decision. Full report
British boxer Adam Azim continued his impressive rise up the professional boxing ranks with a dominant, unanimous points decision win over Santos Reyes. Full report
February 4
January 28
Anthony Yarde failed in his against-the-odds bid to become a unified light-heavyweight world champion after he was stopped in the eighth round by Artur Beterbiev in a thrilling contest at Wembley Arena. Full report
January 21
Liam Smith came up with a devastating fourth-round knockout to defeat Chris Eubank Jr in their middleweight grudge clash in Manchester. Full report
January 14
KSI beats FaZe Temperrr with a convincing first-round knockout - the third of his career - at Wembley Arena. Full report
January 7
Gervonta Davis beat Hector Luis Garcia in the ninth round by TKO to successfully defend his WBA Lightweight Title for the fifth time.
