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Key dates:
May 4: Las Vegas (Prime PPV and DAZN PPV) -- Title fight: Canelo Alvarez vs. Jaime Munguia, 12 rounds, for Alvarez's super middleweight undisputed championship
May 6: Tokyo (ESPN/ESPN+) -- Title fight: Naoya Inoue vs. Luis Nery, 12 rounds, for Inoue's junior featherweight undisputed championship
May 11: Perth, Australia (ESPN/ESPN+) -- Title fight: Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. George Kambosos Jr., 12 rounds, for the vacant IBF lightweight title
May 18: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- Title fight: Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tyson Fury, 12 rounds, for the undisputed heavyweight championship
May 25: Leeds, England (ESPN+) -- Josh Taylor vs. Jack Catterall, 12 rounds, junior welterweights
June 1: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- Title fight: Dmitry Bivol vs. Artur Beterbiev, 12 rounds, for the undisputed light heavyweight championship
June 15: Las Vegas (Amazon Prime Video) -- Gervonta Davis vs. Frank Martin, 12 rounds, for Davis' WBA lightweight title
June 29: Glendale, Arizona (DAZN) -- Title fight: Juan Francisco Estrada vs. Jesse "Bam" Rodriguez, 12 rounds, for Estrada's WBC junior bantamweight title
Full schedule:
APRIL
April 27: Fresno, California (DAZN)
Jose Ramirez vs. Rances Barthelemy, 12 rounds, junior welterweights
Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Thomas Dulorme, 12 rounds, junior middleweights
Oscar Duarte vs. Joseph "JoJo" Diaz, 10 rounds, lightweights
Title fight: Marlen Esparza vs. Gabriela Alaniz, 10 rounds, for Esparza's WBC, WBA and WBO women's flyweight titles
Raul Curier vs. Jorge Marron Jr., 10 rounds, welterweights
Brian Lua vs. Ronaldo Solis, 4 rounds, lightweights
Jennah Creason vs. Maria Garcia, 4 rounds, women's welterweights
Figo Gonzalez vs. Alejandro Robles, 4 rounds, junior bantamweights
April 27: Liverpool, England (DAZN)
Peter McGrail vs. Marc Leach, 10 rounds, junior featherweights
Title fight: Beatriz Ferreira vs. Yanina del Carmen Lescano, 10 rounds, for IBF vacant women's lightweight title
Pat McCormack vs. Williams Andres Herrera, 10 rounds, welterweights
Junaid Bostan vs. Jack Martin, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Joe McGrail vs. Ryan Walker, 8 rounds, featherweights
Maisey Rose Courtney vs. Giuseppina Di Stefano, 8 rounds, women's flyweights
Frankie Stringer vs. Jonatas Rodrigo Gomes de Oliveira, 6 rounds, lightweights
Hamza Uddin vs. Santiago San Eusebio, 6 rounds, junior bantamweights
Stephen Clarke vs. Artjom Spatar, 4 rounds, middleweight
MAY
May 4: Las Vegas (Prime PPV and DAZN PPV)
Title fight: Canelo Alvarez vs. Jaime Munguia, 12 rounds, for Alvarez's super middleweight undisputed championship
Brandon Figueroa vs. Jessie Magdaleno, 12 rounds, for Figueroa's WBC interim featherweight title
Mario Barrios vs. Fabian Andres Maidana, 12 rounds, for Barrios' WBC interim welterweight title
Title fight: Eimantas Stanionis vs. Gabriel Maestre, 12 rounds, for Stanionis' WBA "regular" welterweight title
May 4: Osaka, Japan
Title fight: Emmanuel Rodriguez vs. Ryosuke Nishida, 12 rounds, for Rodriguez's IBF bantamweight title
Teru Nobita vs. GuiMing Li, 8 rounds, bantamweights
Hisayuki Kinjo vs. Daisuke Yokoyama, 4 junior flyweights
Ryuta Kinjo vs. Hiromu Tadokoro, 4 rounds, junior featherweights
Shota Torii vs. Ippei Kataoka, 4 rounds, welterweights
Akihiro Kudo vs. Yukahiro Suzuki, 4 rounds, junior bantamweights
Yota Sato vs. Haruka Hokamura, 4 rounds, featherweights
Yudai Masumoto vs. Ruin Odani, 4 rounds, junior featherweights
May 6: Tokyo (ESPN/ESPN+)
Title fight: Naoya Inoue vs. Luis Nery, 12 rounds, for Inoue's junior featherweight undisputed championship
Title fight: Takuma Inoue vs. Sho Ishida, 12 rounds, for Inoue's WBA bantamweight title
Title fight: Jason Moloney vs. Yoshiki Takei, 12 rounds, for Moloney's WBO bantamweight title
Title fight: Seigo Yuri Akui vs. Taku Kuwahara, 12 rounds, for Yuri Akui's WBA flyweight title
TJ Doheny vs. Bryl Bayogos, 10 rounds, junior featherweights
May 11: Perth, Australia (ESPN/ESPN+)
Title fight: Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. George Kambosos Jr., 12 rounds, for the vacant IBF lightweight title
Carlos Cuadras vs. Andrew Moloney, 12 rounds, for Cuadras' WBC interim junior bantamweight title
Title fight: Nina Hughes vs. Cherneka Johnson, 10 rounds, for Hughes' WBA women's bantamweight title
Imam Khataev vs. Ricards Bolotniks, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
Joseph Goodall vs. Faiga Opelu, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Hemi Ahio vs. Lucas Browne, 8 rounds, heavyweights
May 11: Cardiff, Wales (Peacock)
Title fight: Jessica McCaskill vs. Lauren Price, 10 rounds, for McCaskill's WBA women's welterweight title
Rhys Edwards vs. Thomas Patrick Ward, 10 rounds, featherweights
Kane Shepherd vs. Ishmael Ellis, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
Moses Jolly vs. TBA, 6 rounds, heavyweights
Mark Jeffers vs. TBA, 6 rounds, super middleweights
Hughie Fury vs. TBA, 8 rounds, heavyweights
Kyran Jones vs. Lewis Howells, 4 rounds, super middleweights
May 11: Aguascalientes, Mexico (DAZN)
Eduardo Hernandez vs. Daniel Lugo, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
Title fight: Erika Cruz vs. Nazarena Romero, 10 rounds, for Cruz's WBA women's junior featherweight title
May 18: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Title fight: Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tyson Fury, 12 rounds, for the undisputed heavyweight championship
Title fight: Joe Cordina vs. Anthony Cacace, 12 rounds, for Cordina's IBF junior lightweight title
Title fight: Jai Opetaia vs. Mairis Briedis, 12 rounds, for the IBF vacant cruiserweight title
Agit Kabayel vs. Frank Sanchez, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Mark Chamberlain vs. Joshua Oluwaseun Wahab, 10 rounds, lightweights
Sergey Kovalev vs. Robin Sirwan Safar, 10 rounds, cruiserweights
Isaac Lowe vs. Hasibullah Ahmadi, 8 rounds, featherweights
David Nyika vs. Michael Seitz, 8 rounds, cruiserweights
Moses Itauma vs. Ilja Mezencev, 8 rounds, heavyweights
May 18: San Diego, California (ESPN/ESPN+)
Title fight: Emanuel Navarrete vs. Denys Berinchyk, 12 rounds, for the vacant WBO lightweight title
Giovani Santillan vs. Brian Norman Jr., 12 rounds, welterweights
Richard Torrez Jr. vs. Brandon Moore, 8 rounds, heavyweights
Charlie Sheehy vs. Manuel Jaimes, 8 rounds, lightweights
Alan Garcia vs. Wilfredo Flores, 8 rounds, lightweights
Jonathan Lopez vs. Edgar Ortega, 8 rounds, featherweights
May 24: Rzeszow, Poland
Title fight: Lukasz Rozanski vs. Lawrence Okolie, 12 rounds, for Rozanski's WBC bridgerweight title
May 25: Leeds, England (DAZN)
Josh Taylor vs. Jack Catterall, 12 rounds, junior welterweights
Cheavon Clarke vs. Ellis Zorro, 12 rounds, for the vacant British cruiserweight title
Paddy Donovan vs. Lewis Ritson, 10 rounds, welterweights
Gary Cully vs. Francesco Patera, 10 rounds, lightweights
George Liddard vs. TBA, 8 rounds, middleweights
Giorgio Visioli vs. Sergio Odabai, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
May 25: Quebec, Canada (ESPN+)
Christian Mbilli vs. Mark Heffron, 10 rounds, super middleweights
Arslanbek Makhmudov vs. Junior Fa, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Wilkens Mathieu vs. TBA, 6 rounds, super middleweights
Mehmet Unal vs. TBA, 6 rounds, light heavyweights
Alexandre Gaumont vs. TBA, 8 rounds, midldeweights
Luis Santana vs. TBA, 8 rounds, lightweights
Christopher Guerrero vs. TBA, 8 rounds, welterweights
Jhon Orobio vs. TBA, 6 rounds, lightweights
May 25: Copenhagen, Denmark
Title fight: Dina Thorslund vs. Seren Cetin, 10 rounds, for Thorslund' s WBC and WBO bantamweight titles
JUNE
June 1: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Title fight: Dmitry Bivol vs. Artur Beterbiev, 12 rounds, for the undisputed light heavyweight championship
Daniel Dubois vs. Filip Hrgovic, 12 rounds, heavyweights
Deontay Wilder vs. Zhilei Zhang, 12 rounds, heavyweights
Title fight: Raymond Ford vs. Nick Ball, 12 rounds, for Ford's WBA featherweight title
Hamzah Sheeraz vs. Austin Williams, 12 rounds, middleweights
Willy Hutchinson vs. Craig Richards, 12 rounds, light heavyweights
June 1: Inglewood, California
Nate Diaz vs. Jorge Masvidal, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
June 7: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Adrien Broner vs. Blair Cobbs, 10 rounds, welterweights
Title fight: Norair Mikaeljan vs. Ryan Rozicki, 12 rounds, for Mikaeljan's WBC cruiserweight title
June 8: New York (ESPN/ESPN+)
Xander Zayas vs. Patrick Teixeira, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Bruce Carrington vs. Enrique Vivas, 10 rounds, featherweights
Delante Johnson vs. Tarik Zaina, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Andy Dominguez Velasquez vs. Cristopher Rios, 8 rounds, flyweights
Jahi Tucker vs. Quincy LaVallais, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
Ofacio Falcon vs. Antonio Dunton El Jr., 6 rounds, junior lightweights
Elijah Flores vs. Derrick Whitley Jr., 6 rounds, welterweights
Nisa Rodriguez vs. Jordanne Garcia, 4 rounds, women's middleweights
Ali Feliz vs. Lemir Isom Riley, 4 rounds, heavyweights
June 15: Manati, Puerto Rico (DAZN)
Title fight: Subriel Matias vs. Liam Paro, 12 rounds, for Matias' IBF junior welterweight title
June 15: Las Vegas (Amazon Prime Video)
Title fight: Gervonta Davis vs. Frank Martin, 12 rounds, for Davis' WBA lightweight title
Title fight: David Benavidez vs. Oleksandr Gvozdyk, 12 rounds, for the vacant WBC interim light heavyweight title
June 15: London
Title fight: Chris Billam-Smith vs. Richard Riakporhe, 12 rounds, for Billam-Smith's WBO cruiserweigfht title
Michal Cieslak vs. Isaac Chamberlain, 12 rounds, cruiserweights
June 29: Miami (ESPN/ESPN+)
Title fight: Teofimo Lopez vs. Steve Claggett, 12 rounds, for Lopez's WBO junior welterweight title
June 29: Glendale, Arizona (DAZN)
Title fight: Juan Francisco Estrada vs. Jesse "Bam" Rodriguez, 12 rounds, for Estrada's WBC junior bantamweight title
JULY
July 6: Newark, New Jersey (ESPN/ESPN+)
Title fight: Shakur Stevenson vs. Artem Harutyunyan, 12 rounds, for Stevenson's WBC lightweight title
July 20: Arlington, Texas
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AUGUST
Aug. 3: Los Angeles
Title fight: Israil Madrimov vs. Terence Crawford, 12 rounds, for Madrimov's WBA "regular" junior middleweight title
Andy Ruiz vs. Jarrell "Big Baby" Miller, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Title fight: Isaac "Pitbull" Cruz vs. Jose Valenzuela, 12 rounds, for Cruz's WBA junior welterweight title
Tim Tszyu vs. Vergil Ortiz Jr., 12 rounds, junior middleweights
Title fight: David Morrell vs. Radivoje Kalajdzic, 12 rounds, for the WBA vacant "regular" light heavyweight title
Andy Cruz vs. Antonio Moran, 10 rounds, lightweights
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ARLINGTON, Texas -- — Hard-throwing Reds right-hander Hunter Greene held the Texas Rangers to one hit over seven scoreless innings and Jonathan India homered while driving in four runs on a four-hit day as Cincinnati beat the reigning World Series champions 8-4 on Saturday.
Greene (1-2) struck out six and walked one while throwing 63 of his 98 pitches for strikes while relying mainly on his fastball and a few sliders.
“Just trusting myself being able to attack the zone,” Greene said. “When you attack the zone, great things happen.”
The last Reds starter with a scoreless start of at least seven innings and six strikeouts, and one or no hits, plus one or no walks was Greene in June 2022. The right-hander at 24 years and 265 days old became only sixth major league pitcher with that kind of line twice by that young age, according to Stathead.
“He’s going deep into the game. ... That is important, but he's pitching really well and he's making improvements,” Reds manager David Bell said. “Really was on the attack the whole day, so was able to accomplish both, going deep into the game and limiting runs. That's a great start.”
Brent Suter relieved him with a perfect eighth before allowing six hits in the ninth, including back-to-back homers by rookie Davis Wendzel and Corey Seager. Alexis Díaz got the last two outs for his sixth save in seven chances.
“It’s always good to show life when things weren’t looking so good for eight innings,” Texas manager Bruce Bochy said. “It’s just tough sledding. We faced a guy with a really good fastball and he used it well. ... We just couldn't do much with him. He was on top of his game.”
India already had a pair of RBI singles before his two-run homer in the seventh for his first of the season. That doubled his season RBI total from four to eight, put the Reds up 5-0 and chased Texas starter Michael Lorenzen (2-1).
Will Benson also had a two-run homer for the Reds, who have won six of their last nine games.
Josh Smith had the only Texas hit off Greene when he pulled a double into the right-field corner to open the fifth and extended his on-base streak to 15 games. He got stranded at third base when shortstop Elly De La Cruz made a slick backhanded stop of a short-hopper and was falling away from first base when threw out speedy Travis Jankowski by a step to end the inning.
“One of the best plays I’ve seen all year, and he made it look relatively easy,” Bell said.
Lorenzen struck out three, walked one and allowed five runs on six hits against his original team. The right-hander was the 38th overall pick by the Reds in the 2013 draft and pitched in 295 games for them from 2015-21.
SHORT HOPS
Benson’s homer later in the seventh off José Ureña, ending the streak of 16 consecutive scoreless innings by Rangers relievers since last Sunday. ... Seager's second homer of the season came on his 30th birthday. It was only his second hit in his last 24 at-bats. ... Wendzel's second big league hit was his first homer.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Reds: C Tyler Stephenson was hit on the right hand by a pitch to open the seventh inning. He initially stayed in the game and scored on India's homer, but was replaced behind the plate in the bottom of the inning. Bell said he should be OK.
UP NEXT
Andrew Abbott (1-2, 2.60 ERA) is scheduled to pitch for the Reds in the series finale Sunday. Abbott has allowed only four runs over 17 1/3 innings his last three starts. Rangers right-hander Dane Dunning (2-2, 4.61) has given up homers in all five of his starts.
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