The lineup is set for June.
Top Rank has released its schedule for the coming month, when boxing will resume after months of inactivity because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Six events – without spectators — are planned for June, beginning on the 9th.
The cards, most of which set for Las Vegas, will be televised on ESPN.
All but one card will take place on Tuesdays and Thursday. The exceptional card, featuring Emanuel Navarrete, is set for Saturday, June 20, in Mexico City.
“This is a sensible way to push ahead,” Arum told ESPN. “Hopefully the fights will be good — I know they will be — but you’ve got to make sure all the procedures are safe and so forth. Hopefully what we’re doing will serve as a template for other promoters to put on shows.”
He went on: “Hopefully, we will have demonstrated to the authorities, based on these Nevada protocols, that they work.”
Featherweight titleholder Shakur Steveson will headline the first card in a non-title fight against Felix Caraballo.
Here is the complete June lineup of featured fights:
June 9 – Shakur Stevenson (13-0, 7 KOs) vs Felix Caraballo (13-1-2, 9 KOs); Mikaela Mayer (12-0, 5 KOs) vs Helen Joseph (17-4-2, 10 KOs).
June 11 – Jessie Magdaleno (27-1, 18 KOs) vs Yenifel Vicente (36-4-2, 28 KOs); Adam Lopez (13-2, 6 KOs) vs Luis Coria (12-2, 7 KOs).
June 16 – Joshua Greer Jr. (22-1-1, 12 KOs) vs Mike Plania (23-1, 12 KOs); Giovanni Santillan (25-0, 15 KOs) vs Antonio Demarco (33-8-1, 24 KOs).
June 18 – Jose Pedraza (26-3, 13 KOs) vs Mikkel LesPierre (22-1-1, 10 KOs); Gabe Flores Jr. (17-0, 6 KOs) vs Josec Ruiz (21-2-3, 14 KOs).
June 20 – Emanuel Navarete (31-1, 27 KOs) vs Uriel Lopez (13-13-1, 6 KOs).
June 23 – Andrew Moloney (21-0, 14 KOs) vs Joshua Franco (16-1-2, 8 KOs); Christopher Diaz (25-2, 16 KOs) and Jason Sanchez (15-1, 8 KOs).