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At the end of March, the year's boxing calendar continues to come together. With that schedule filling up has finally come the confirmation that Gervonta "Tank" Davis and Ryan Garcia will meet on April 22. Though that is not the only massive fight set for the first half of the year.

Davis announced in November that he and Ryan Garcia had agreed to the framework of a deal for a fight in 2023 with Davis only needing to get by Hector Luis Garcia on Jan. 7 to make the fight a reality. He did exactly that, surviving a tough early challenge before scoring a knockout to secure arguably the biggest fight in boxing in terms of public attention.

A major pound-for-pound showdown was set for May 7, with former undisputed bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue moving up to super bantamweight to challenge WBC and WBO super bantamweight champion Stephen Fulton. Unfortunately, Inoue suffered an injury and the fight has been postponed, with the new date not yet officially set.

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The schedule also took a hit with the announcement that the planned rematch between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano on May 20 in Dublin had been postponed due to a Serrano injury. Their first meeting was a Fight of the Year effort in front of a wild crowd in Madison Square Garden, making it the biggest -- and arguably most important -- fight in the history of women's boxing.

Taylor will still head to Dublin on the May 20 date, however, with confirmation that she would defend her undisputed super lightweight championship against Chantelle Cameron.

Below is a running list of boxing main events for 2023.

Note: This will be updated constantly with changes and additions.

DateLocationMain eventWeightclass/titleNetwork
April 1LondonAnthony Joshua vs. Jermaine FranklinHeavyweightDAZN
April 1TulsaRobeisy Ramirez vs. Isaac Dogboe
Interim WBO featherweight titleESPN+
April 6Indio, CaliforniaAngel Acosta vs. Angelino CordovaFlyweightDAZN
April 7Brooks, CaliforniaShinard Bunch vs. Bryan FloresJunior welterweightShowtime
April 8Newark, New JerseyShakur Stevenson vs. Shuichiro YoshinoLightweightESPN
April 8San AntonioJesse Rodriguez vs. Cristian Gonzalezvacant WBO flyweight titleDAZN
April 8TokyoKenshiro Teraji (c) vs. Anthony Olascuaga
WBC, WBA junior flyweight titlesESPN+
April 8Carson, CaliforniaSebastian Fundora vs. Brian Mendoza
Junior middleweightShowtime
April 15LondonJoe Joyce vs. Zhilei ZhangHeavyweightESPN+
April 22Las VegasGervonta Davis vs. Ryan GarciaLightweightShowtime PPV
April 22Cardiff, WalesShavkatdzhon Rakhimov (c) vs. Joe Cordina
IBF super featherweight title 
DAZN
May 20DublinKatie Taylor (c) vs. Chantelle CameronUndisputed super lightweight titleDAZN
May 20Las VegasDevin Haney (c) vs. Vasiliy LomachenkoUndisputed lightweight titleESPN+ PPV
June 10New York CityJosh Taylor (c) vs. Teofimo LopezWBO junior welterweight titleESPN